Sacret Way of Ming Tombs

Above: This is Sacret Way of Ming Tombs in ChangPing, one hour drive west from Beijing. Good experience. Photo gallery below.


Sacret Way of Ming Tombs near Beijing
PICTORIAL - BENDS LIKE EINSTEIN"S LIGHT

When visiting Beijing, most visitors go to Great Wall, Forbidden City and TianAnMen Square, and then add modern targets and museums.

These pictures are from Sacret Way of Ming Tombs, west of Beijing in ChangPing. I visited there first time in 1992, and since then twice more walking through it. Sacret Way is elegant, timeless and thoughtful experience and bends like the light.


BeijingMan aka Kippo

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Above-1: Road to Sacret Way of Ming Tombs.
Towards ChangPing, west of Beijing.


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Shengong Shengde Stele Pavilion, built in 1435.


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In front of Shengong Shengde Stele Pavilion.


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Inside Shengong Shengde Stele Pavilion. A turtle.


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Inside Shengong Shengde Stele Pavilion. A turtle.


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In front of Shengong Shengde Stele Pavilion.


Above-8: Sacret Way of Ming Tombs is about 500-600 years old.


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Main part is dedicated to animals, real and imaginative, 24 statues.


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There Sacret Way bends like Einstein's light in the space.


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Taking pictures with Sacret Way statues is allowed.


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You can find a lot of Qilin in Beijing where they compete with door lions. Usually Qilins and Lions are in pairs in front of banks and office buildings.

Chinese Qilin is about imagination and luck. Qi=male, Lin=female. Qilin is Chinese legendary animal which "has dragon head, deer horn, lion eyes, tigers back, bear waist, snake skin, horse feet and pig tail. Female Qilin often has one horn. Qilin is always kind. It's a symbol of good luck which pushes away disasters. Qilin comes only when times are peaceful, and when a great man is born".


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Qilin.


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Midway exhibition and sales point.


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Midway exhibition and sales point.


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After this no more animals.


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Second segment is dedicated to bureaucrats... correction, to civil servants... 12 statues.


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These people had good communication skill which is needed to utilize Guanxi, still the key business enabler in China. Guanxi, relations, means exchanging favors. It's much more than connections or network. Building Guanxi is Chinese art.


Above-45: Map of Sacret Way of Ming Tombs. Click to enlarge.


Above-46: Map of Sacret Way of Ming Tombs. Click to enlarge.


Sacret Way of Ming Tombs near Beijing
+ Elegant place, timeless feeling when walking through
+ One hour drive from Beijing, often not too crowded
- Not much services
**** GOOD TARGET FOR HALF DAY PHOTO SAFARI ****

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