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The Women's Cultural Museum

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January 15th 2010
I made a request to visit this Museum which displays artifacts of women's lives throughout the history of China. The Museum is housed in the fabulous library of the Shaanxi Normal (Teaching) University--pictured in an earlier blog entry. It was moving and profound to observe their indomitable spirit, particularly in the Sisters Writings, which are secret writings that could be deciphered only by ... 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