Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven and Hutongs

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July 20th 2007
Temple of Heaven and Hutongs "That's China" MMM and I went to eat zha jiang mian at a restaurant the hotel recommended to us. The noodles where pretty good. Zha jiang mian is noodles with brown sauce made from fermented beans, meat, soy beans, scallions, etc. The waiters mix all the ingredients in front of you. A tasty mixture. However, halfway through my noodles I found a short piece of hai ... 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