Saturday, December 27, 2008

The 7th day

The day begin with heading to the great wall of china. This great wall spanned ten thousand li and is used to defend China against fierce Xiongnu invaders from the nothern borders. Its walls was the brainchild of Qin Shi Huang Di(秦始皇帝) and many other emperors continue to expand it.



Note that it had been reconstructed.



A great challenge even for hikers. The scenery is appealing to the eye too.





After the hike tourists can go the gift shops and are able to buy great souvieniers to take back home.


After lunch, we went to the graveyard of emperors, the Ming tombs. However due to a lack of time and the fact that some of the tombs had bad 'fengshui' ,we could only visit on tomb of a respectable emperor named Yongle. From this tombs, we can also saw how the royal families lived. An exhibition of artefacts explained that well.





This video shows a popular item among tourists. Pay 50 yuan and you get your name written in a unique artistic style.


After dinner, we headed back to the hotel rather quickly since we wanted to have a good rest before the final day. It was a "two tourist-destination in one day" package and probaly the most enjoyable day out of the trip.

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