lion

'the king of all beasts' is honored in buddhism as a holy beast protecting Buddhist values. It symbolises the emperor's dignity and power. // 'le roi des animaux' est considéré par les buddhistes comme un animal sacré qui protège les valeurs du Buddhisme. Ici il représente la dignité et la force de l'empereur.

UNESCO - the Ming xiaoling tomb

December 28th 2013
Geo: 32.05, 118.78Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming dynasty, is the only Ming emperor buried outside of Beijing. The mausoleum was build between 1381 and 1423 and the emperor was buried in 1398. A spiritual path leads to the mausoleum. The first section (615m) of the path is lined with 6 kind of stone animals: lions, Xiezhi, camels, elephants, qilin and horses (see picture's legend for ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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