Tower of Buddhist Incense

September 19th 2015
While I was in Beijing, at the end of the summer, the downtown was still very hot, heavily polluted and an escape, away from the chaotic city, was definitely needed. Around Peking there are so many interesting and lovely sites. I headed to the great Summer Palace, that is easily reached by tube from the city center. I left from "Xidan" underground station to "Beigongmen" station and in about one ... 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

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Marco

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I was born on September 12 1983 in an Italian town called Rimini, located in the Emilia-Romagna province along the northern east coast of the Adriatic sea. I lived there for a few years up to the age of 7 and I then moved with my family to my mother native town Brescia, where I grew up and spent my adolescence. This idea about travelling around the world came up in 2006, a bit for the curiosity to see places that I watched on TV, when I was a child, and also with the goal to change lifestyle, to face new challenges, meeting and communicate with people of different cultures and learning t... full info

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5th February 2018

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

How beautiful
I love the detail and colour of this Tower, but before I saw this photo I pictured a tower built out of giant incense sticks :) This sort of imperial architecture never fails to blow my mind!

7th February 2018

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Marco

How beautiful
Hi Ren, yes it was really awesome but not only the tower, the entire place was like living in a dream during the imperial era. Thanks for your comment Bye

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