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Heritage through lenses-The Temple of Heaven
Göd :: Hungary | 5 days ago
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The building complex was used by the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties as a place to offer sacrifice to God and pray for good harvests. Covering an area of 273 hectares, the Temple of Heaven is the biggest and the most complete existing
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IMAGES: Most unusual homes in the world
Manila :: Philippines | 21 days ago
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Edgar Keret , TVN24 , Warsaw , Israeli , Poland Most unusual homes in the world R esidents climb into their houses atop gravestones inside a cemetery in Manila, the Philippines. Many poor urban dwellers make their homes in public cemeteries,
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Palace Museum windows restored after damage
Shanghai :: China | 25 days ago
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The Palace Museum has restored windows unwittingly damaged by tourists, who were criticized by netizens for uncivilized behavior, Beijing Morning Post reported on Friday. Guards at the museum found windowpanes at the Zhonghe Palace were damaged
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Action thriller hits screen
Xiamen :: China | 1 month ago
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Filmed in tourism magnets of South China's Fujian province such as Gulangyu island in Xiamen and Tulou in Zhangzhou city, the film follows the adventures of a freelance hacker who accidentally uncovers a big company's illegal project in human
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Historic Buddha statues on display
Shanghai :: China | 1 month ago
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Seven historic Buddha statues that had been stolen and put on display overseas were on show at a museum in Henan province last week. The seven statues, from the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534) and Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), were stolen from the
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Palace Museum spruces up
Shanghai :: China | 1 month ago
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Beijing's Palace Museum launched an eight-year campaign this week to remove all potential safety hazards, part of preparations for the imperial palace's 600th anniversary celebrations in 2020. The museum, commonly known as the Forbidden City, houses
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Oldest wooden pagoda has rain-proof revamp
Taiyuan :: China | 3 months ago
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A rain-proof renovation on the Yingxian Pagoda, believed to be the world's oldest existing wooden pagoda, has been completed, according to an official in North China's Shanxi province on Wednesday. The revamp is intended to better preserve the 956-
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China offers many roads to winter salvation
Guangzhou :: China | 4 months ago
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While the frigid wind and icy roads in northern China may keep people from taking a short road trip, the warm seaside cities in the country's south are embracing tourists with open arms. Passenger cars with fewer than seven seats are exempt from
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Palace Museum to enlarge exhibit space
Shanghai :: China | 5 months ago
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The museum will open its Goose Wing Buildings on both sides of the Meridian Gate as exhibiting space. A major exhibition in 2015 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Forbidden City's transformation into the Palace Museum in 1925 will take place
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Forbidden City comes alive
Beijing :: China | 5 months ago
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The production tells how the Ming Emperor Zhu Di (1360-1424) established his capital at Beijing and constructed the Forbidden City, and narrates the epic construction of the royal complex. The whole show contains several chapters organized in
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