| Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year Taken |
| China |
Jiangsu |
Grand Canal |
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The canal runs between Beijing and Hangzhou. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
Grand Canal |
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The Grand Canal is the longest in the world. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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Dong Shan is a traditional village by Taihu Lake. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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Home made transport. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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The houses are very traditional. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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Quiet street. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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View of Taihu Lake through a stone bridge. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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Canal. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dong Shan |
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Botanical garden. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Yixing is a town in the centre of China's pottery region. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Boat transport along the canals of Yixing. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Making dumplings. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Accident poster. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Old man at Yixing bus station. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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People waiting in the bus station. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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A group of people. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Zhanggong |
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The Zhanggong Caves have 72 caverns. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Yixing |
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Zhanggong |
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The caves are lit with colourful lights. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Dingshu is a 5000 year old pottery town. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Ceramic street light. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Ceramics used for buildings. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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The Pottery Museum. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Canalside pavillions. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Traditional canalside houses. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Canal wall with ceramic additions. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Painted and decorated ceramics outside a workshop. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Pots and ceramic pandas. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Ceramic shops. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Pottery in a yard. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Large ceramic pots. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Tea pot maker. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Making Purple Sands tea pots. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Showroom |
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Showroom with tables and stools. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Showroom |
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Ceramic sheep and flower shaped flask. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Showroom |
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Ceramic items. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Showroom |
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Beautiful and detailed ceramic artwork. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Blocks of clay being taken for the kilns. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Clay being added to the kilns. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Clay diggers on their way home. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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A busy canal. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Transporting ceramics by boat. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Barge carrying ceramics. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Fruit and vegetable sellers on a canal bridge. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Dingshu |
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Ceramics waiting to be transported. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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View over Nanjing, a former capital of China. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The city was settled 5000 years ago and became capital in the 3rd century. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The city was attacked by Europeans in 1842 and by Japan in 1937. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The city is on the Yangtse River. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Civil War Memorial |
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Memorial commemorating the capture of Nanjing by the Communists in 1949. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Civil War Memorial |
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The events of 1949 were a turning point in the Civil War. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Civil War Memorial |
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Caligraphy Deng Xiao Ping. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
City Walls |
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The City Walls are 33km long. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
City Walls |
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Nanjing's city walls required 20 years to build. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
City Walls |
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Each brick is inscribed with the details of its manufacture. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
City Walls |
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The walls were built by 200,000 workers. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
City Walls |
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The walls date from 1386. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
City Walls |
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Zhonghua Gate is the largest in Nanjing and dates from 1386. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Old City |
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Street scene in the old city. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Old City |
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Transporting meat. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Old City |
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Girl eating bread. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The Bell Tower dates from 1388. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Drum Tower |
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The Drum Tower dates from 1382. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Drum Tower |
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Large drum in the interior cafe. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Hong Wu Palace |
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The ruins of Hong Wu Palace, the model for the Imperial Palace in Beijing. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Hong Wu Palace |
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The palace was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 1864). |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Hong Wu Palace |
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Stone carving. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Han Burial Suit |
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Jade burial suit from the Han Dynasty (25 to 220). |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Han Burial Suit |
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The burial suit is made from jade rectangles held together with silver thread. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Sun Yat Sen Tomb |
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The entrance gateway to the Mausoleum of Sun Yat Sen. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Sun Yat Sen Tomb |
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Sun Yat Sen was the first President of republican China. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Sun Yat Sen Tomb |
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The tomb is reached via a staircase that is 323m long and 70m wide. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Sun Yat Sen Tomb |
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The main tomb. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Sun Yat Sen Tomb |
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Sun Yat Sen died in 1912. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Sun Yat Sen Tomb |
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Children at the mausoleum. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The 34 storey Jingling Hotel. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The Taiping Museum is in a wooden building. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Linggu Park |
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Linggu Park is a large area with pagodas and temples. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Linggu Park |
Beamless Hall |
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The Beamless Hall was built from brick and uses no wood. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Linggu Park |
Beamless Hall |
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The hall was bult in 1381 by Hong Wu. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Linggu Park |
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View of the park. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Linggu Park |
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Linggu Pagoda is 60m high and was built in 1929 as a war memorial. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
Linggu Park |
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View from the pagoda. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Small stream. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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The hills overlooking the city. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The Tomb of Hong Wu, first emperor of the Ming Dynasty who died in 1398. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The tomb is reached via the avenue of animals. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Stone elephant along the Avenue of Animals. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Bactrian camel. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Stone lion. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The Avenue of Military and Political Figures. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Military figure. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Mandarin. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The tomb is reached via a long avenue. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Visitors. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Stele. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Small temple. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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Tortoise. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The Soul Tower leads to the unexcavated tomb mound. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The rear of the Soul Tower. |
1988 |
| China |
Jiangsu |
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Nanjing |
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Tomb of Hong Wu |
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The base of the overgrown tomb mound. |
1988 |