Some characters I wrote in calligraphy class

八大处 (8 Great Sites)

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July 8th 2010
One Sunday I visited 8 great Buddhist sites in Beijing's Western Hills. One of the public bus lines goes directly to Badachu so it was really easy to get to in 1.5 hours. I had a nice time, but I was kind of disappointed that the sites were kind of within the mountains and there wasn't a clear way to a mountain peak with a nice view. ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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