Advertisement
« previous next »
The Summer Palace  
   

The Summer Palace

In the distance, seen from across the lake.
Calligraphy(书法), the Summer Palace (颐和园)

June 25th 2010
We have calligraphy and kong fu classes every week! Also we have Friday afternoons off to go explore the city... this week I went to the Summer Palace (aka Yi He Yuan aka 颐和园). ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing

Chinese Flag 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
Advertisement
Tot: 0.015s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 6; dbt: 0.0043s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb