Thursday, March 4, 2010

Detail at the gate to the Confucian family cemetary in Qufu
The Marble Boat in the Beijing Summer Palace. The story is this: after much of the summer palace had been destroyed by fire the queen rebuilt it, but she took the entire naval budget to do so. This was her token tribute to the navy. A stone boat.
Summer Palace shrine from top of hill after new snow
Great Wall of China Jinshanling/Simatai section
Jewelry in Shanghai Museum shaped like spider and turtle. Each is the size of a fingernail.

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