Forbidden City Holdover 1

It is good Feng Shui to have a mountain near your residence. What do you do if you are building the Forbidden City and there is no good mountain next to your back door? You have a few hundred thousand laborers build you one. And then you put a nice little pagoda on top.

looking for Luke, March 27 (Part 2)

March 27th 2008
Or: The delicate balance between giving in to exhaustion and sightseeing some more. During our few days in the Capital of the North (that be Beijing, "bei" indicating north. Like the US, China had different cities as its capital at points in its history. The two most important ones are the Capital of the North and Nanjing, the Capital of the South. I will let you figure out yourself what "na ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Temple of Heaven

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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