Brief Intro

Yuanmingyuan

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November 4th 2006
Yuanmingyuan is commonly known as the old summer palace. Compared with the Summer Palace we visited earlier, there are much less tourists here. All that we saw were ruins of what used to be the "Xi Yang Men", which literally translates to "European gate". Curiously and sadly, they do not provide any brochures or pamphlets for the places of interests. Without a tour guide, all the ruins would mean ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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