I will admit right off the bat that Tianjin was not the most exciting place I went on my trip to China. But it’s a major city just a short high-speed train ride from Beijing, so how could I resist spending a day [Read more…]
China 2015, Day 3: Nanjing
Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
The morning of Day 3, having dried off from my day of moisture in Hangzhou, I headed back to Shanghai’s high-speed train station. This time the destination was Nanjing (formerly known as [Read more…]
China, A Little History, Part 1
Ancient China Through Song Dynasty
Understanding the (quite long) history of China is helpful in appreciating its fascinating sights. Every week while I’m sending out the pictures of my trip to China, I’ll add a post on Chinese history. In a perfect world, I’d match up the history with the sights for that week. But I don’t think I could quite get that to work, so I’ll just go chronologically. Chinese civilization goes back about 10,000 years. I’ll cover the first [Read more…]