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Chinese line dancing in the park

Our day at the Temple of Heaven Park

August 28th 2014
Geo: 39.9193, 116.412This morning we were off on the metro to visit Temple of Heaven park. It was a tranquil oasis in the busy city of Beijing. The park is 276 hectares and is encompassed by a long wall with gates at each compass point. The park has lovely groves of ancient trees which we enjoyed strolling along. Some of the cypress trees are over 800 years old. When we entered the park there ... read more
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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
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