The Great Wall! Photo 4

The Great Wall!

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August 14th 2012
Day two in Beijing! We started our morning with a five minute traditional exercise routine. I could handle the stretching and breathing but tai chi was very fast and difficult to do! The moves we did symbolized five spirit animals but I was too focused on staying balanced to remember them! We also did patting exercises which is exactly like it sounds- you pat yourself from head to toe to benefi ... 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