Pilger auf dem Weg zur Goldenen Felsenpagode

A crowd of people wearing traditional longyi walks along a stone path toward the Golden Rock pagoda at dusk, with the gilded boulder illuminated by the setting sun against a backdrop of violet mountain ranges.

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