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| JIANGSU PROVINCE | |
| Nanjing of Jiangsu Province had been ever built as the capital city of six dynasties in the Chinese history. Even today its people are proud of the flourishing and beautiful. |
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| Ancient Residential House of North Jiangsu | Photo by : Chen Desheng | ||||||
| There are about 200 courtyards in the living area called Hubushan in Xuzhou City. It still keeps the old style since it was built as a government department of Qing Dynasty. Most of the residents were the officer and the rich hundreds years ago. | |||||||
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| Storytelling And Ballad Singing in Suzhou Dialect | Photo by : Jia Ke | ||||||
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| World Heritage |
| CLASSICAL CHINESE GARDEN OF SUZHOU | Photo by : Zhang Kexin | ||||||
| Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are universally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 16th-18th centuries, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in their meticulous design. | |||||||
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| ROYAL TOMBS OF MING DYNASTY | ||||
| In July 2003, Xiaoling (the tomb of the first emperor of Ming Dynasty) was just liste in the World Heritage as a supplement to the Royal Tombs of Ming & Qing Dynasties. Because the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing in 1368 and he was buried there. But the third emperor moved the capital to Beijing in 1421. | ||||