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Leaving Early to Explore Ji’an 集安

The thing with early darkness in the northern hemisphere is that you get disoriented as to the time of the day. Of course, I still have my mobile phone to…

Thoughts on the Humble Administrator’s Garden 拙政园

The Humble Administrator’s Garden certainly is worthy of its designation as a world heritage site, particularly in its being the epitome of a classical Chinese garden. This style has been…

Small Flying Rainbow Bridge 小飞虹

It is truly a delight to go around the Humble Administrator’s Garden, one could imagine to have the garden all to themselves and just walking around the garden with not…

Hall of Thirty Six Pairs of Mandarin Ducks 三十六鸳鸯馆

Right above where the mandarin ducks were happily swimming about, was a hall which incidentally was named after them. The Hall of Thirty Six Pairs of Mandarin Ducks is a…