From Dalian, we took a train to ShenYang, the largest city in the northeast of China (followed in 2nd by Harbin, and then our home city of Changchun, the 3rd largest city in China's northeast).
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| ShenYang's Palace |
Beijing's palace is the biggest and most famous home to China's great emperors, but ShenYang was the birthplace of the Qing dynasty. Built between1625 and 1636, the ShenYang palace was home to Manchurian emperors for a short period before they moved back to Beijing to rule more centrally in the country.
Below is a collection of photos from our visit to the ShenYang Palace:
We also toured 北陵公园, the northern tombs park, which is the mausoleum of the second Qing emperor, Huang Taji, and his empress. More photos below:
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| Their tombs are supposedly under this mound of dirt |
While we were in Shenyang, we also met up with one of Chip's tutors from this past year. Her hometown is Shenyang so she invited us to dinner with her parents. She said it was their first time to eat dinner with foreigners so they were very nervous. She feared they would not know what to say so she chose a noisy restaurant so there would not be awkward silence. In my opinion, noisy restaurants hinder ease of conversation in a second language, but I can be pretty chatty (even in Chinese) and me and her mom kept up a conversation most of the night.
Mallary, beautiful pictures of you! Looks like ya'll are learning a lot of Chinese history as you travel. And I think it's awesome that you are chatty in Chinese too. :) Best way to learn the language.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful place. Your summer off seems to be filling up with fun adventures!
ReplyDeletewhat a neat place to get to visit! and it's neat that you're learning to know people who live in these places you visit as well. and i agree with Molly--being chatty is a great way to improve your spoken language skills!
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