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old coin (replica) with animals of the chinese zodiac - these are bought in sets of ten and placed around the home for fortune and luck

Green Lake Park in Kunming city, the capital of Yunnan province, China.

Tokyo Japan – June 21,2023: Tokyo National Museum that houses the largest collection of national treasures.

Traditional ancient buildings in Beijing

The eaves of the imperial building of the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

The scenery and architecture of the Summer Palace in Beijing. This is one of the most famous royal gardens in China and retains a large number of Qing Dynasty buildings. It is also one of the most famous parks in China now.

The Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years.

Lijiang, China - April 23, 2014: People visit Mu Residence in the Old Town of Lijiang. The residence reflects the architectural style of China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province - Aerial photography of West Lake, Leifeng Pagoda and city skyline

High Angle View of Beijing Forbidden City in Jingshan Park

Hall of Supreme Harmony in Forbidden City

Main Gate of Shenyang Imperial Palace of Qing Dynasty. UNESCO world heritage site.

$he Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.\nThe complex consists of 980 buildings, encompassing 8,886 rooms and covering 720,000 square metres (72 hectares)/178 acres. The palace exemplifies the opulence of the residences of the Chinese emperor and the traditional Chinese palatial architecture and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere.$

Hall of Worship of Ancestors in Chinese Palace

A view of Korean Changdeokgung Palace, traditional building

$Weihai city, Shandong Province, China,\nIn the seaside, there is a newly built, huge garden landscape, this is \$

5 yen brass coin issued in 1953, old design with hole

Palace Museum, Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Outside of Forbidden city during and a bit after sunrise. Mostly Forbidden city is surrounded by moat and each corner is ancient watch tower.

Scenery of Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang City

view down to the forbidden city in Beijing in 1986

An engraved stone plaque on a tomb in the floor of St Nicholas’ Chapel in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, Eastern England. The current St Nicholas Chapel was built in the early 15th century as a ‘chapel of ease’ granted to the monks of the priory church of St Margaret (now King’s Lynn Minster).

Seoul,South Korea 1/12/2020 Jongmyo Shrine UNESCO World Heritage Site. Seoul, South Korea

Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China- October 16, 2022: Other than Beijing, Nanjing and Xi'an, there many small but with long history cities or towns. Zhengding, a county under Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, is a remarkable ancient city with over 3000 years long history. Here is the entrance to Zhaoyun (a major Three Kingdoms hero who sided with Liu Bei)Temple.

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