The first day we
traveled through Beijing and learned the history of China's Dynasties.
We visited the World Heritage Site of the Summer Palace outside of
Beijing. This Palace was built as a gift to the emperor's mother and
includes a 2.2 square kilometer man-made lake and the Long Corridor that
is over 700 meters long. We also visited the Forbidden City and the
Temple of Heaven. Both of these sites are within the city of Beijing
and are continuously being restored. The amazing bard of the two sites
is though Beijing has had earthquakes that have toppled the majority of
the city's high-rises at some point, the Temple of Heaven have never
been destroyed by an earthquake. This is because the completely wooden
structure "sits" on the surface of the earth and is not cemented in
place. When an earthquake occurs the building shakes like a table on
each of its leg instead of breaking apart. We finished the day at
Tienanmen Square which is the location of Mao's speeches and the only
public square in the world that can fit 600,000 people.
This week we have
been learning the specific acupoints of the horse and got to actually
use this knowledge on our demonstration donkey. The donkey did pretty
well until the last couple of minutes when he had enough of us poking
him.
It looks like you are having a fantastic time Katie!! I love all your pictures:-)
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