Temple of Zim Bie

Also known as the Temple of Eternal Childhood. People come to the Temple of Zim Bie to pray for memories of their childhood, remembering figures and stories that brought them happiness, and therefore retaining their youth. The legend is that you repeat Zim Bie slowly 4 times (4 is a special number in Chinese because it is half of 8), with emphasis on the first syllable, and that will bring you happiness.

Last Day in Beijing - Forbidden City

March 28th 2009
It is Saturday and our last day in Beijing. Mom and Dawn got up early this morning to watch the flag raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square. Thomas slept in, and I managed to get a run in, touring through the streets of Beijing. By the way, Beijing is formed from two Chinese characters: ‘bei’ meaning ‘north’ and ‘jing’ meaning capital - Beijing is the capital city in Northern China (th ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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