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Monday, February 6th, 2012
12:47 pm	Pay attention to beijing Jimingyi Station was the largest ancient post station which often located around Beijing. Eventhough it was built within Ming Dynasty and had went through over five hundred many years of history, it was still remained in good condition and thus providing an exceptionally strong evidence as well as the sources for research regarding the post station of ancient dynasty. Jimingyi Post Station is among the most most famous postal stations throughout the history of China that will built within Ming Empire (1368 to 1644). Jimingyi is situated to the north with Yang River and in the foot of Jiming Mountain, Huailai County of Hebei State. The whole area of ancient post station possessed covered 22000 square meters in the shape of square. There are actually four Corner Towers within the ancient post office and two city gates facing east and west in the city wall. Some of the residents have been lodging here since Ming Dynasty. You would gain a wonderful Beijing one day tours. Jimingyi Post Station can be considered as one of the most precious heritage involving Posting Service of China with extremely high cultural value. That postal station played fundamental role throughout the history of China. In historic China, horses were the main transportation that brought people in one place to another position. Nevertheless, due to the physical strength and the limited distance that some sort of horse can run just a day, the postal carriers ought to change horses in the midway to ensure the mails reached their destinations on time. Normally, the midway stations that enabled postal carriers to give up and rest was branded as post-house. Then, the post-house would developed into village, towns and protective fortress as well gradually. http://www.beijingimpression.com/beijing-tour/beijing-day-tours.shtml (Comment on this)
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
4:09 pm	Attracted by the good scenery Located in southern Beijing, it was first constructed in 1420, through the 18th year of that reign of Ming Emperor Yongle, who was simply also responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City. This Temple of Heaven was where the emperors of your Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests. They will came here twice a year, to the 15th day of the 1st lunar month and on Winter Solstice. At first, both heaven and this planet were worshipped here during Beijing day tour. Pursuing the construction of the Temple of Earth in 1530 in the north of Beijing, only heaven was worshipped from this temple. During the reigns associated with Ming Emperor Jiajing together with Qing Emperor Qianlong, it was extended and renovated. Covering an area of 273 hectares, it's the largest architectural complex in the world for rituals to pay for homage to heaven. With 1918, it was turned into a park,learned more in Beijing day trips. Within 1998, it's designated a World Traditions Site by UNESCO. Your Temple of Heaven is round inside north and square inside south, implying the standard Chinese belief that there's a "round heaven and square earth". Two layers of adjoining walls divide the temple in the Inner Altar and the Outer Altar. The a pair of altars, connected by some sort of 360-metre-long raised walk termed the Vermilion Steps Bridge, are arranged in some sort of line forming a north-south axis 1, 150 meters long. http://www.beijingimpression.com/beijing-tour/beijing-day-tours.shtml (Comment on this)