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Heilongjiang in northeastern China has a unique geographic location and rich tourism resources, making it a tourist destination for all seasons. Its topography includes snow-capped mountains, forests, wetlands, grassland, a boundary river and a boundary lake. It is rich in both natural and human resources.....
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>Heilongjiang: Natural and Magical
The picture on the title page of the 1,300 year-old Chinese Diamond Prajnaparamita Sutra, now part of the British Museum collection, is believed to be the oldest block print in the world. Modern Chinese woodblock printing started in China in the 1930s......
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> Block Print Artist Wu Changjiang
Within Chinese thinking, the number "13" is not an inauspicious omen, except in the case of the Ming Dynasty imperial family. The 13th imperial family tomb marks not only the burial ground of Emperor Chongzhen himself, but also of the entire Ming Dynasty......
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> From Darkness to the Light
> Imperial Tombs of the Ming Dynasty
In the more than 700 years since the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the central government of China has exercised sovereignty over Tibet. During the 19th century, imperialist powers invaded China, encroaching not only on its interior areas, but also Tibet, where they sowed seeds of discord between Tibet and the motherland. On the eve of the establishment of the People's Republic of China......
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