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King
Wai and I took a side trip to Beijing - this is our beautiful hotel
room at the Renaissance Beijing |
Our
first nite we listened to a band who played modern songs with Chinese
instruments. The band was called Mimosas |
On
our guided tour, our first stop was the Ming Tombs. The Ming Tombs are
a group of mausoleums for 13 Ming emperors. The first one was built in
1409. The emperors were burried here with all of thier gold and
treasures. Their bodies and treasures are burried under a huge (1 sq
km) mound behind the mausoleums. Unlike most tombs in the world, these
tombs have been protected over the years and have not been robbed or
excavated. One tomb was excavated by the chineses government but the
rest remain untouched. The Chinese feel that we should leave the tombs
untouched for future generations. |
