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This sign says that donkey meat is like “Dragon meat from heaven”. It also says that donkey meat can make a man potent... it really cracked me up!

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I saw this “Hejian Donkey Meat Restaurant”. I became a little curious ‘cause I never had donkey meat in my life. I decided to taste donkey meat for the first time.

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The six hall on the Eastern and Western Sides of imperial College.

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This was the mimosa after I touched it. It closed up! It is so magic! I bought the plant for $1.00 and wanted to bring the plant back to US. My mimosa got thru the airports in Beijing and S. Korea without any problem. When I reached the airport of Honolulu, Hawaii, I saw a sign next to the x-ray machine saying that you will be fined $1000 if undeclared agricultural product is found. I got scared, so I threw away my mimosa into the trash can!

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Six lane Chang’an avenue. There are 20 million people and 4.5 million vehicles including 70,000 taxis in Beijing.

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The day before I left Beijing, I ran into a plant vendor on the street. I spotted Mimosa, the sensitive plant , on his cart. I had a mimosa plant when I was little. It was fun to touch the plant and see the leaves close up.

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Beijing started to look like Hong Kong with tall buildings everywhere. They are still adding new tall buildings. I saw cranes a lot.

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This is Zhong Nan Hai, not very far from Tiananmen Square. The top Chinese officials live here. I took this picture from my taxi window.

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The ancient Chinese zither. It is similar to Persian Kanun.

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The vertical sign says the Hall of Great Achievement. The horizontal sign says the Mentor of 10,000 generations.

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Glazed Memorial Arch in the Imperial College. Imperial College was the highest official institution during Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.

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Floral motif on the beam.

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Confucius scroll in the gift shop.

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This green-tiled burner is for silk and paper offerings.

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Biyong Hall of the Imperial College.

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