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Beijing’s Temple of Heaven

August 24th, 2008 by Larry Steagall

The park and complex of Taoist buildings — known as the Temple of Heaven — is filled with people playing music and practicing taiji bailong, a kind of paddleball Tai Chi.

Before this year’s Olympics, the complex underwent a nearly 5.9 million renovation.

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Kitsap Sun photographer Larry Steagall will be shooting the athletes and atmosphere of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing for the Scripps Howard News Service.

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