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Xiezhi, the bear-eyed unicorn
According to legend, the xiezhi can identify an evil person in a fight by hitting him with its horn (or quiff). Placed outside the tomb it stands for uprightness.
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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]
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] Blog: Nanjing Ming Tomb (third day)
Date: June 8th 2010
Today I headed back to the Zhongshan Mountain area to see the final attraction: the tomb of the Ming Emperor. Naning - the name literally means 'South capital' was the capital of China under the Ming dynasty, before it was changed back to Beijing - which, I found out, literally means 'North capital', such an anticlimax! The Ming tomb as it stands now is, you'll be stunned to learn, a reconstru ... read more
Date: June 8th 2010
Today I headed back to the Zhongshan Mountain area to see the final attraction: the tomb of the Ming Emperor. Naning - the name literally means 'South capital' was the capital of China under the Ming dynasty, before it was changed back to Beijing - which, I found out, literally means 'North capital', such an anticlimax! The Ming tomb as it stands now is, you'll be stunned to learn, a reconstru ... read more
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