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073a dongba
an aged (78?) Naxi shaman leading the evening folk music and dance show in Lijiang
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056 dali pagodas
a trick of perspective: the center pagoda, built before 900, is tallest at 16 stories; the others are 10 stories.
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029c coal station
China consumes prodigious amounts of coal, much of it shipped on the Yangtze. Controlling runoff from the coal piles is a big problem
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081c tiananmen in the fog
the preceding day was so foggy that our flight from Xi'an had to turn around because the Beijing airport shut down
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011 pudong pano
the ultramodern side of Shanghai. The needle with the bulge in the middle is the Pearl TV tower. (6 pictures stitched together to make the panorama)
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098 ming tombs
096 sacred way
095 temple of heaven and sky
095a temple of heaven inside
according to our guide, the last time the temple burned down in the 1800s, the only place they could source the huge logs for the pillars was Oregon
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094 musicians
part of the scene along the long corridor that approaches the Temple of Heaven
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092 dancing in the park
part of the scene along the long corridor that approaches the Temple of Heaven
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091 hutong lady with lily
the lady in the center was a retired government worker who described life in the traditional hutong...
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088 great wall
at Badaling; the large sign to the right of the wall is advertizing the 2008 Olympic Games in China.
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084 hall of supreme harmony
the most important hall in the Forbidden City. (a panorama from 5 pictures)
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080a city wall night
a watch tower on the wall in Xi'an after the fog lifted at night
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