Word: changanszu
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blasted; he saw people sleeping in the streets; and when he also saw a potter setting out his wares for sale he was amazed at the display, not of porcelain but of nerves. That afternoon the bombers returned, gutted the business district, including many foreign offices. The big Changanszu (General's Temple) was cut to the ground except for a statue of Buddha sitting on his fat haunches and smiling among the cracked bricks...
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