Casket

The casket for the first of the five Emperors buried in this complex. Fourteen empresses and 136 concubines are also buried here along with the Dowager empress Cixi. She is worth reading up on if you have any interest in intrigue and deceit.

The Last Weekend Trip - Beijing

July 12th 2011
Editor’s Note We are now back in Canada and up to our ears in emptying the storage locker here, unpacking the crate we shipped home from China, dealing with the renovations to our home and thinking about what to take to Williams Lake for next year. But that is a story for another day. There are still Chinese trips to address! Beijing weekend The schedule showed us leaving ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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