Dynasty Inn

... 26126;孝陵）were located. The most historic figure in Nanjing was Zhu Yuanzhang who overthrown the Mongolian-ruled Yuan Dynasty and founded the Chinese ruled Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang also had a dramatic life. He was a cowherd, but ...

... location, we arrived here at 5pm, by then, it was already dark and gloomy and the weather was ridiculously cold. The Ming Dynasty Wall Relics Park is a park built to protect the remains of the city walls and the southeastern corner tower of the inner ...

... very safe looking. I told the driver to keep driving and to take me where I originally wanted to go. He took me to the Dynasty Inn in uptown. I got a room at the Dynasty Inn for 799 pesos. It was nothing special but the room was fairly big with a ...

... Inn to update on to Travelpod.com. Then just killed time with a few beers untill the cab picked me up from out side the Dynasty Inn at 4.30pm. By 7.00pm had only travel around 2 miles as coach was picking up all sorts from Bangkok still. Tried to sleep ...

... kingdoms that fought with each other.  The Silla dynasty began when the Silla king 'united' (read: conquered) Korea.  This dynasty then ruled for 1000 years in the old capital of Gyeongu.  However, as all good things must come to an end, ...

... paintings, porcelains, engravings, embroidery, and art crafts. FUN FACTS: Shunzhi was the third emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and officially the first Qing emperor to rule over China from 1644 to 1661. He was emperor at 6 years old ...

... have been found date back to more than 3000-years ago.  This museum houses relics that are many from the Shang Dynasty, which according to Wikipedia occurred between 1600 BC–1046 BC and was the first Chinese dynasty.  JinSha stands for ...

... the fall of the Ming Dynasty as has been predicted by its finder.      The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), who commissioned work on the imperial gardens on the hill in 1749, gave Longevity Hill its present day name in ...

... Chengyan Palace staircase and railing (and the outer wall) are the only original parts. Everything else was burned during the Qing Dynasty and Japanese invasion. The Palace was rebuilt during 1947. We looked at the display inside, but there was no English ...

... The first stop here was the Shuanglin Temple.  It was a series of Buddha temples built in the Ming Dynasty.  One impressive room had a large Buddha surrounded by 1,000 carved Buddhas. Then we drove into the ancient ...

... the help of the book) for 1.5 yuan.   A Monastery was originally built at this location in 605-617 during the Sui Dynasty and was called Xin Xiang. It was destroyed in the later part of the Ming Dynasty and was rebuilt in 1697 during the Qing ...

... , it is considered as one of China's four most famous gardens.  It was originally built in 1509 during the Ming Dynasty and was initially a private garden of a former government servant.  It was said he intended to build a garden after retiring ...

... and the guide explained the significance of every building, hill and tree as we walked through. The last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, committed suicide by hanging himself here on a tree in 1644 as well.       ...

... deeper and deeper into the city, through more and more gates the grander the place becomes. The opulence that the various dynasty's lived in was of such a high standard. It is called the Forbidden City because it was forbidden for the public to ...

... There are 9 outlets which symbolize the 9 dragons harnessing the rivers.  The pavilion dates back to 1876 (rebuilt in 1963), Qing Dynasty, and the roof looks like a flying dragon. When it reflects in the pool it looks like a dragon in the sky ...

... a while to visit the Forbidden City and today is the day!!  The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.  It is located in the middle of Beijing and now houses the Palace Museum.  ...

... years and was called the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi, an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri's court of the Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals. We took our time wandering around and reading all about the restoration works.  We particularly ...

... the capital for many years during the long history of this ancient country. It was here that the first emperor of the Qing dynasty ruled, Emperor Qin Shihuang. A strong leader during his time, he was the first to unify China and was a very powerful man. ...

... after the Tiananmen Gate which seperates the Forbidden City. From there we went into the Forbidden city which was the Imperial Palace from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty and is now the Palace Museum. Then we went to the Temple of Heaven which is a ...