Zhengzhou

China 2009
IMG_3255 Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor
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IMG_3256 Yellow Emperor's Native Place
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IMG_3257 Yellow Emperor, is a legendary Chinese sovereign and who is considered in Chinese mythology to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese
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IMG_3260 Tradition holds that he reigned from 2697 BC to 2597 BC
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IMG_3261 Wall painting depicting Xuanyuan leading his tribe
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IMG_3262 Wall painting depicting Xuanyuan and Yan Emperor (Yandi) united together of their two tribes
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IMG_3263 A giant incense burner
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IMG_3266 MoMu, Xuanyuan's 4th wife - inventor of weaving
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IMG_3268 MoMu, supposedly ugly, but very intelligent
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IMG_3269 LeiZu, the inventor of raising silkworm and making silk
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IMG_3270 LeiZu, a lengendary empress and wife of Xuanyuan
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IMG_3274 An old tree with two main trunks
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IMG_3279 A golden dragon
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IMG_3281 5 grains - one version includes soybeans, rice, wheat, proso millet and foxtail millet
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IMG_3283 Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Memorial Hall
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IMG_3284 Money drum - one has to beat the drum and ask for it...
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IMG_3286 Xuanyuan statue inside the Memorial Hall
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IMG_3290 A monument for the completion of the Memorial Hall in 2003
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IMG_3291 Pavilion with the monument, erected 2003
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IMG_3292 Surrounding structure and flags
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