China, Land of History, Place of Legend (Misc post about china)

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'Ladies of the Palace' photographed by Frank Carpenter and his daughter Frances. The picture shows the rich detail of court fashion during the last years of the Manchu Qing dynas


A Manchu girl shows off the dress typical of the ruling Qing dynasty. The picture is from the mid nineteenth-century collection of William Lockhart, a British missionary who founded the first Western hospital in Shanghai

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This picture of two singing girls in Hong Kong was one of a series of posed shots by American photographer Benjamin W. Kilburn, which purported to show a slice of Chinese life around the turn of the century

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The hardship of the country: Workers stand barefoot at the mouth of a coalmine in the hills of rural China


A bride wears a basket in lieu of a veil to obscure her face before her wedding. It was Chinese custom to not allow anyone to see the bride until she was secure in her new husband's home

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The bustle of the city: Hong Kong's Queen's Road on Chinese New Year's Day 1902

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A toy vendor shows off his wares in San Francisco's Chinatown around 1900. Immigration controls and strict marriage laws meant that the two Chinese children in this picture would have been an unusual sight

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Very nice pictures.

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Chen Mingzhi, a shoe designer, lies inside of his handmade 1.9 metre-long right shoe at his family store in Wenling, Zhejiang province.

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Students practice moves at a pole dancing club in Wuhan, China on August 31, 2012.

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Visitors at a small outdoor market walk past paintings for sale in central Beijing on September 8, 2012.

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A worker walks past a pile of iron ore from Australia at a port in Tianjin on March 29, 2010.

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Miss Bikini International Committee on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, contestants in swimwears and traditional Chinese opera headpieces stage a rehearsal for their up-coming bikini competition in Beijing. A stage performance by bikini-clad women wearing headpieces styled after traditional Peking Opera has sparked debate in China after photos were made public this week, highlighting divided views on how to preserve the country's traditions.

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Visitors at a small outdoor market walk past paintings for sale in central Beijing on September 8, 2012.

I love the paintings. How much?

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which one? but i know it cost more than an air ticket to bejing and one night of hotel stay.

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I like the one on the top(Middle), The one on the Top(Right) looks very generic.

So about a thousand dollars?

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which one? but i know it cost more than an air ticket to bejing and one night of hotel stay.

Did you notice the bottom left painting, the man wearing a hat and checker shirt, the middle part of his shirt match the scenery of the painting.

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Land of many contrast.

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Archeologists unearth 3,000 ancient Buddhas in China believed to date back 1,500 years

Archaeologists digging in Handan, China have unearthed nearly 3,000 ancient statues of Buddha.

Researchers in January salvaged artifacts believed to be up to 1,500 years old during an excavation outside of Ye, the ancient capital of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties.

Was it one dynasty earlier than the Tang Dynasty ? But, it was at its peak during the Tang period. It was said that during the Qin period ... not too sure about tis.