The Purple Mountain and Tombs of Nanjing Photo 8

The Purple Mountain and Tombs of Nanjing

July 26th 2010
Today was a really awesome day. First Jie's mom drove us to Purple Mountain, a big mountain in Nanjing, where we saw a bunch of different attractions. We met Jie's cousin there and he went with us too. First we saw Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum. We saw his tomb and where he's buried. He overthrew the Qing Dynasty and pretty much founded the Republic of China. His tomb was a huge park enclosure and ... 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

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I'm Johnny, an American born in 1991 who loves learning foreign languages and traveling! 2010 - China 2010/2011 - Living in Germany and Europe travels 2012 - Jordan and the Holy Land 2013 - Israel/Palestine and Middle East travels I started this blog about my trip to China mostly for family and friends, so they can see a little of where I'm going and what I'm doing, but I've stuck with it after that as a short of hobby and also to preserve the memories and emotions of my travels. "Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated." -Aziz Sha... full info

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