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Beijing's Ming Tombs: New Life Breathed into Legendary Necropolis The final resting place of 13 legendary Chinese emperors has continued to fascinate and intrigue millions of visitors down the centuries. |
Lakeside Diners Raise a Glass to Literary Legacy The two-storey restaurant is situated just south of the lake behind a grove of tall bamboo. Upon pushing open the carved wooden doors, customers are greeted... |
A walking tour of Beijing's lake district Shichahai This area, where rock sculptures mix with seasonal flowers, is popular with locals exercising, flying kites, playing cards or having their hair cut. Curios are on sale and boys wait to carry visitors by pedicabs around the neighbouring hutong.
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Women's Way with Words Unveiled: Rare Nushu Dictionary China's archive keepers have announced that they will reveal the mysterious Nushu, probably the world's only female-specific language, to the public at an exhibition scheduled for late April. |
Memories Are Made of This Organisers of the shows at The Great Hall of the People are looking for a fitting translation into Chinese, Beijing-style, of one of the musicals most famous songs, Memory. |
New Life for Ancient Clear Spring Temple The first thing you notice is that the air is fresh and mountainous. The second, that it is quiet. Two women sell fruit in an empty car park that looks out over the level plains of Beijing's countryside. |