From there to lunch at Dai Pai Dang a traditional Chinese restaurant that calls itself “Food Heaven,” and decorated in Ming and late Qing Dynasties. Dai Pai Dang is frequented by locals and we didn’t see another westerner in the crowded restaurant. Enter and choose a table before deciding what to eat out of the [...]
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Dai Pai Dang Restaurant, Nanjing and Train to Huangshan, China
March 23rd, 2011 
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Memorial Hall of The Nanjing Massacre, China
March 22nd, 2011 Sheila Simkin Thank goodness yesterday was nice to walk around Zhongshan Mountain National Park with its Ming Tomb, Linggu Temple, Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum, and later in Fuzi Confucius Market because of torrential rains today. A perfect gray and depressing day to visit the somber Memorial Hall of The Nanjing Massacre. From 1931-1945, over 35 million Chinese [...]
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Fuzi Confucius Temple and Market, Nanjing
March 21st, 2011 Sheila Simkin The Fuzi Confucius Temple is the site of the original temple, once an academy for Confucian studies. I can’t begin to tell you how many Confucius Temples we’ve visited in China, all the same. On the outside chance that you don’t know who Confucius was, here we go…. Confucius’ teaching and philosophy emphasized personal and [...]
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The Ming Dynasty City Wall of Nanjing, China
March 20th, 2011 Sheila Simkin The Ming Dynasty City wall runs for 16 square miles, making it the longest city wall in the world. It was built by the first Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, popularly known as HongWu and took 20 years to construct. It is said that 200,000 workers cemented the bricks stamped with details of the brick maker [...]
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Dr. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
March 19th, 2011 Sheila Simkin Nanjing’s most famous landmark is the mausoleum of Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), father of the Chinese Republic. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was the first and last president of China. We and the world tend to refer to the present leader of China as President Hu Jintao but this is incorrect according to Maggie. He is properly [...]
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The Linggu Temple (Beamless Hall), Nanjing
March 18th, 2011 Sheila Simkin It was a short drive from the Ming Tomb Scenic Area to Linggu Temple still in Zhongshan Mountain National Park. One ticket gives access to all three sights. The Ming Tomb, Linggu Temple and Memorial to Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Another beautiful walk led toward Linggu Temple…View image, also referred to as the “Beamless Hall” that [...]
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The Treasure Mound Tomb of The Ming Emperor, Nanjing
March 17th, 2011 Sheila Simkin There was a small stall selling Scorpion Nutrition Wine along the route. Small and big bottles that had small and big scorpions inside…View image. I really wanted to buy one to carry back to America as a curiosity but ex-Marine reminded me that U.S. Customs would not look favorably on a scorpion in wine and [...]
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Zhongshan Park Stone Soldiers on The Sacred Way, Nanjing
March 16th, 2011 Sheila Simkin The avenues were lined with the most wonderful, what Maggie called Umbrella trees. I thought they resembled Eucalyptus. Locals were walking in the bushes and all over the grounds picking wild onions, garlic, tea leaves and even dandelion blossoms. Another woman was harvesting a herb that could be used to stop bleeding, boiled for health [...]
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The First Ming Dynasty Emperor’s Tomb, Nanjing
March 15th, 2011 Sheila Simkin I’ll spare you the details of most of the different pavilions we walked up and through (The Imperial Tablet Hall was one…View image) except for the Sacrificial Hall that was nothing like it sounded. The Sacrificial Hall was built specifically to house the memorial tablets of Zhu Yuanzhang, his empress and concubines. Eventually, we came [...]
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Zhongshan Mountain National Park Sacred Way Animals, Nanjing
March 14th, 2011 Sheila Simkin Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province and has a population of 9 million people. We asked new guide, Maggie, to “guestimate” how many cities in China have a population of over 3 million. Her guess, 23. Darn good, Maggie. According to Nations on line there are 21 Chinese cities with over a 3 million [...]
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