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The Great Wall 万里长城 - 5

In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 8

So when they left the sheltering walls of Dunhuang(敦煌), heading for the desert that local people referred to as

Lesson 96 You're Looking Great !

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The Great Wall 万里长城 - 14

The new Manchu dynasty tried something different with their neighbors, diplomacy. Here in their lovely Summer Palace, they greeted delegations from all over the Eastern world. Attendance was compulsor

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 13

The tombs all followed the same basic design, a temple in front and a walled enclosure with the underground tomb behind. Because Wanli(万历) ruled for so long, he constructed a huge tomb. And in 195

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 10

In summer, dried-up river valleys offered easy invasion routes for horsemen bent on sacking the rich Chinese towns of the plains. And this is why these passes were heavily fortified, even though they

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 9

The Tang(唐) armies controlled vast areas on both sides of the Great Wall. So it was no longer needed as a defense and it fell into ruin. To maintain order in the steppes, the Tang preferred to make

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Sid: Wow! Candy, youre looking great! 席德：哇！凯蒂，你看起棒极了。 Candy: Really? 凯蒂：真的吗？ Sid: You look so slim. How did you do it? 席德：你看起来很苗条，你是怎么做到的？ Candy: I went on a balance di