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This is a drum tower--not a bell tower. During the day, a bell tower would signal the time, but at night the signals would come from a drum tower. One hour in China equals two hours in North America--each hour represents one of the animals--same as years--and there are only twelve animals. By the way, China, only a little smaller than Canada, has only one time zone.

Xi’an (pronounced Shee an)

April 6th 2013
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Xi’an (pronounced Shee an) Xi’an is a city of eight million people and traces its history back 3300 years. It is the only remaining walled city in China. The wall was built 600 years ago. We learned that Xi’an is the centre for Fengshui. They used coal for heat as early as 1300. Xi’an is also the jade capital of China. Jade look ... 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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