Guangyin Pavillion Teahouse in Pengzhen 20190106_162742

Guangyin Pavillion Teahouse in Pengzhen

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January 6th 2019
Hi All, Holiday times are here again. Decided to stay on the outskirts of Chengdu this time as there isn't much in the city that I haven't seen. So staying in Pengzhen, Shuangliu district in the western suburbs of the city. In Pengzhen is an 18th century teahouse with some remarkable propaganda art from the Cultural Revolution. Around the teahouse are some very old wooden houses which are fast ... 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