Palace

Hengdian World Studios

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April 11th 2009
The girls and Kevin both had a Monday off for "tomb sweeping". The Chinese have this day so that they can go and pay their respects to the dead and I assume clean up their graves. To us it was a day off and gave us a long weekend to enjoy. Saturday was a washout unfortunately, which meant we would just enjoy a very lazy day. It was so lazy that I took a nap in the afternoon which is something I ... read more

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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