In balance to the Temple of Heaven, Temple of Earth was built in 1530 in the Ming Dynasty, it was subsequently renovated in compliance with an imperial decree of Emperor Qianlong in 1749 in the period of Qing Dynasty, after the Cultural Revolution, in 1981 it was restored.
Almost of all Chinese know a famous phrase by Francis Bacon “Knowledge is power”. Though today the conception of knowledge changes in some ways, while the source of getting knowledge changes a lot, internet plays a very important role in that aspect. But the books printed in paper is still very convenient, book prices are much internationlized in China recently, so they are no longer cheap in China, most people including me like to buy books online, they give you 20% or 30% off.
Badachu Park is at the foot of the west hill of Beijing. Normally people come here for visiting the 8 temples scatter around the hill. In autumn days, it is also good for seeing the leaves of the trees that are coming to be coloured.
Today is the 3rd following sunny day.
The sky is beautiful anyway, white cloud and blue sky, but I still hate the sun in this most unwelcome time.
Part 2 of the panaroma pictures…
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Part 3 of the Panaroma Pictures that I took…
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The follow pictures are in panaroma size, much bigger than normal ones.
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I just visit the Beijing Botanical Garden before the May holiday, the weather is not perfect compared with 2 days ago, maybe I should visit here again in a nicer day.
This is my first time to visit here. There are many galleries and studio scattered around the area. Alike 798 art space, here is also an important artist community in Beijing, but it is a little far from downtown Beijing, 30 KM in the east.
The beginning of Songzhuang started in the late 1980s at Yuanmingyuan, from 1994 many artists moved here, 2005-2006 the village attracted much attention from the international media, now here habits about 3,000 artists.
