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Beijing museum of urban planning: when gods walked upon the earth
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Xian: scowly photos
No one was grumpy, it was just sunny today. From top to bottom: – Me on top of Xian’s city wall with a view of the outer city – Dad in front of an enormous bell (this is /the/ bell, … Continue reading
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Huashan
The jokes about Chinese loudspeaker technology play out in many of these beautiful settings. This mountain had a themesong which played in the gondola and also from discreet speakers at several points along the path. So, while viewing the photos … Continue reading
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Xian dumplings
This restaurant is famous for having ‘more than 100’ kinds of dumplings. Of course, no one can eat 100 dumplings, so they have three fixed price options. I asked what the difference was between the menus, and the server responded … Continue reading
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Shaolin kung fu
When the Shaolin monks asked for volunteers during their demonstration, I did not raise my hand! It turns out they just wanted some people to embarass, though, not someone to beat with rakes. The demonstration consisted of many impressive feats … Continue reading
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Shaolin pagoda forest
This is the monk graveyard — a pagoda, in this case, is a sort of crypt. One of the newest pagodas is carved with modern themes: bullet trains, jets, etc. The man with the big camera is Kangdong Liu, our … Continue reading
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Shaolin monastary — outside of Zhengzhou
(These photos are out of order thanks to an internet outage.) Most buildings in this batch of photos were rebuild in the 80’s. The temple has been burned down enough times that I’m tempted to question the efficacy of Shaolin … Continue reading
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Xian + vanishing points
Last night we visited a musical fountain in a new part of Xian. It was ridiculously huge… a couple of blocks long at least. Today we saw some of the excavated pits of the Chin terra cotta statues. They, too, … Continue reading
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Millenium City Park, Kaifeng, Henan
Millenium City Park is a sort of rennaisance fair style park which roughly recreates 10th century Song dynasty life, minus the hunger. The architecure is based on an enormous painting, Qingming Festival by the Riverside. There were various shenanigins including … Continue reading
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