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48 relations: Arch, Beijing, Cemetery of Confucius, Chengde, China, Chinatown, Chinatown (Washington, D.C.), Chinatown, Boston, Chinese architecture, Chinese calligraphy, Dalian, Death, Dongsi Subdistrict, Beijing, Dunedin Chinese Garden, Foshan, Friendship Archway, Frommer's, Gansu, Hangzhou, History of China, Hongsalmun, Hutong, India, Liberty Square (Taipei), Lychgate, Ming dynasty, National Palace Museum, Precinct, Qiandao Lake, Qufu, Shunde District, Shunfengshan Park, Song dynasty, Stonemasonry, Summer Palace, Taipei, Taiwan, Tang dynasty, Torana, Torii, University of Hawaii Press, Washington, D.C., West Lake, Widow, Wuhan University, Xidi, Yingzao Fashi, Yonghe Temple.
Arch
An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it.
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Beijing
Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.
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Cemetery of Confucius
The Cemetery of Confucius is a cemetery of the Kong clan (the descendants of Confucius) in Confucius' hometown Qufu in Shandong province.
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Chengde
Chengde, previously known as Jehol or Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated northeast of Beijing.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
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Chinatown
A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of Chinese or Han people located outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan, most often in an urban setting.
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Chinatown (Washington, D.C.)
Chinatown in Washington, D.C.(), is a small, historic borough east of downtown consisting of about 20 ethnic Chinese and other Asian restaurants and small businesses along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest.
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Chinatown, Boston
Chinatown, Boston is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
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Chinese architecture
Chinese architecture is a style of architecture that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries.
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Chinese calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is a form of aesthetically pleasing writing (calligraphy), or, the artistic expression of human language in a tangible form.
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Dalian
Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning Province, China.
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Death
Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
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Dongsi Subdistrict, Beijing
Dongsi literally, the "Eastern Four" or the "Eastern Quadrangle", is the name of an intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Dongcheng District, Beijing.
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Dunedin Chinese Garden
The Dunedin Chinese Garden, is located in the city of Dunedin in southern New Zealand.
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Foshan
Foshan, formerly romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province in southeastern China.
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Friendship Archway
Friendship Archway is a gate installed at Chinatown, Washington, D.C., United States.
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Frommer's
Frommer's is a travel guidebook series created by Arthur Frommer.
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Gansu
Gansu (Tibetan: ཀན་སུའུ་ Kan su'u) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country.
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Hangzhou
Hangzhou (Mandarin:; local dialect: /ɦɑŋ tseɪ/) formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China.
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History of China
The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC,William G. Boltz, Early Chinese Writing, World Archaeology, Vol.
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Hongsalmun
Hongsalmun is an architecture built as a gate for entering a sacred place in Korea.
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Hutong
Hutong are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially Beijing.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Liberty Square (Taipei)
Liberty Square (also Freedom Square) is a public plaza covering over 240,000 square meters in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan.
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Lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the – for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
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National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum, located in Taipei and Taibao, Taiwan, has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world.
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Precinct
A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it.
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Qiandao Lake
Qiandao Lake, a human-made, freshwater lake located in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, China, was formed after the completion of the Xin'an River hydroelectric station in 1959.
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Qufu
Qufu is a city in southwestern Shandong Province, China.
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Shunde District
Shunde District is a district in the city of Foshan in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, China.
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Shunfengshan Park
Shunfengshan Park, located at the foot of Taiping Mountain in Shunde District, Foshan City, is one of the "Ten Attractions of Shunde".
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Song dynasty
The Song dynasty (960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279.
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Stonemasonry
The craft of stonemasonry (or stonecraft) involves creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth, and is one of the oldest trades in human history.
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Summer Palace
The Summer Palace, is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing.
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Taipei
Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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Torana
Torana is a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes seen in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia.
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Torii
A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to sacred.
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University of Hawaii Press
The University of Hawaii Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiokinai.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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West Lake
West Lake is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, China.
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Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died.
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Wuhan University
Wuhan University (WHU;; colloquially 武大, Pinyin: Wǔdà) is in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Xidi
Xidi is a village in Yi County of the historical Huizhou region of Anhui province, China.
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Yingzao Fashi
The Yingzao Fashi is a technical treatise on architecture and craftsmanship written by the Chinese author Li Jie (李誡; 1065–1110), the Directorate of Buildings and Construction during the mid Song Dynasty of China.
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Yonghe Temple
The Yonghe Temple ("Palace of Peace and Harmony"), also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paifang
