Beijing Travel Destinations
Leaving the Hall of Well-being and Longeviety and turning left, we soon reach a fenced-in courtyard where stands the Great Theatre. When it was built in 1891 it was …
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Heng and Ha are the two gods who guard the entrance to Buddhist heaven, According to legend these characters, who actually lived 1000 years before Christ, were granted special …
China Baedeker Special Table Etiquette
The pleasure of a Chinese celebration meal lies not least in the accompanying rituals, the subtle interplay between the various courses, which may be served in a certain order …
Xi’an Map
Altitude: 412m/1352ft. Area: 861sq.km/332sq. miles Population: 2,280,000 (conurbation 3,010,000) Xi’an is situated in central China, between the Weihe river in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south, …
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Wall painting from the Thousand Buddha Caves of Bezeklik In Cave No. 39 can be seen a group of mourners accompanied by thirteen Cave No. 39 disciples of Buddha. …
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During the war with Japan and the subsequent civil war Zhou devoted himself to diplomacy. When the People’s Republic was founded in 1949 Zhou became prime minister, an office …
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Dragon Refuge Cave in the west of the park contains over one hundred inscriptions, ranging in date from the Northern Song period (960-1126) to the early 20th c. Elephant …
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It is six hours by train from Nanjing and eleven from Shanghai. By air it is a two-hour flight from Beijing or Canton and one hour from Shanghai; there …
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Peking Man This temple, situated 35km/22 miles to the west of Beijing at the foot of the Ma’anshan Mountain, dates from 622. However, nearly all the buildings were reconstructed …
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The 300-year Tang ascendancy brought advances in the world of the arts. Poetry of a quality rarely surpassed was written and the skilled pottery makers have bequeathed to posterity …