beijing city Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/beijing-city Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Beijing Guide for Tourist http://travelsfinders.com/beijing-guide-for-tourist.html http://travelsfinders.com/beijing-guide-for-tourist.html#respond Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:51:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=230450 The Zhaofo Lou Hall is connected by two suspended galleries to the side halls. In the eastern side-hall is a noteworthy bronze Buddha. The gold shield, crown, and pearls with which he was adorned were stolen in 1949. Just a few yards to the west ofthe Lama Monastery is the former Imperial College (open: Tues.-Fri. 8.30am-7.30pm, Sat. and Sun. 8.30am-5.30pm), where the city library is housed today. It was founded in 1287 by Kublai Khan. The college, also attended by foreign students, maintained its educational pre-eminence until the end of the Qing period (1644-1911). The college masters included various Qing

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