Ming Tombs

This is part of the Ming tomb complex that we visited. The actual tomb is behind me. This is just an elaborate entry hall. The small gate in the middle symbolizes the gateway between this world and the next, and the Chinese believe that to step through it is to leave your soul behind.

Trip to Beijing

March 15th 2008
Last weekend was my first major side-trip since I have been in China. My roommate Aaron and I undertook the massive task of seeing the sights of Beijing in a mere three days. Our plan was to take a sleeper train up there on Thursday night so that we could arrive by Friday morning and spend all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday sightseeing then return by sleeper train on Sunday night and arrive back ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City

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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