There are ten pavilions at Nurhachi’s Palace, five on each side. The palace grounds itself is quite unlike the palaces of Huang Taiji and Qianlong, here, there was a lot…

It is really strange how I would wake up much much earlier than normal when I am abroad and not tired when I am in a different country. I would…

It was finally night time and I decided that I would be leaving Pingyao the next day. Two days of wandering around the ancient town was enough for me. Maybe…

I have just had about it with the ancient city of Pingyao when I finally reached the southern gate. I didn’t really explore the other gates as I didn’t find…