The Imperial Palace Of The Qing Dynasty In ShenYang China

The Shenyang Imperial Palace is famous for its Manchu characteristics and is the founding area of the Qing Dynasty. In 1616, Nuerhachi the chief of Nuzhen tribe in Jianzhou in the Ming Dynasty, unified all the Nuzhen tribe and declared himself "Khan" or King.

an old stone carving




come across this cute warning sign



After the Qing Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing in 1644, the Shenyang Palace was preserved and continued to expanded. From 1671 to 1829 the Qing emperors including KangXi, QinLong, Jiaqing and Daoguang all stay in the palace during their visit and offer sacrifices to their ancestor ceremonies and held celebrations.

the 8 personal Flags of the great Generals of the Qing Dynasty


one of the weapons display




the feeding pole for feeding the crow every morning


On 1 July 2004 Shenyang Palace was inscribe on the list of The World Culture Heritage.

Harbin Night Scene

Here is few Harbin night scene photos taken nearby my hotel


Milky Way Hotel the hotel I stay in

Harbin At 3.00am

I was awaken by the bright sunlight around 3.00 am in the morning in Harbin, at first I thought that fast it already 7.00am morning thought I only sleep only for while then I look at my watch and remember our tour guild say Harbin morning is very early than other place in China.

So I decide to go down from my hotel to walk around and snaps few pictures:

view of the hotel I stay early in the morning


the building beside my hotel


view of the road from the bridge above



Harbin morning quiet street view


man going home after work maybe


lonely road




found there still some vehicles around roaming around finding customers

Harbin City China

Here is some of the photos around Harbin city, the architecture building in Harbin have lots influence from The Russians when they build the Trans-Siberian Railway.



Government Office



Cinema




railway station building


Harbin Mascot Goose


some monument at the roundabout


Harbin Hospital







Harbin Police Headquarters



Harbin Mosque



St Sophia Church



St Alexeevsky Church