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Beijing installs anti-spy devices to nab exam cheaters
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:20:00 +0800 | peopledaily.com
Beijing will install anti-spy devices to combat cheating during the national postgraduate recruitment examination this weekend, according to the Beijing Education Examination Authority.
1,100 relics unearthed at Beijing venue sites (Reuters)
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:57:50 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - About 1,100 cultural relics were
unearthed at Beijing Olympic venue construction sites last
year, state media reported on Thursday.
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:13:39 -0600 | Beijing Visitor Olympics 2008
Capital Hotel Beijing
The 322-room Westerner-friendly Capital Hotel Beijing is within easy walking distance of two of the city's most famous sightseeing attractions, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
The modern, well-appointed Western-style rooms have excellent views of the city.
The Capital Hotel Beijing makes for an excellent choice on any business or leisure trip to Beijing.
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Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:07:19 -0600 | Beijing Visitor Olympics 2008
Beijing Opera traces its roots to outdoor entertainment in China's markets and streets.
Both musicians and performers developed a "strident" style to make themselves overheard above the crowds. Beijing Opera can also include mime and acrobatics.
Although called Beijing Opera or formally Peking Opera, the art form originated in Anhui and Hubei provinces in south central China, and became popular in the mid-nineteenth century when it was patronized by the Qing Dynasty court in the capital.
Beijing Opera runs to over 1,000 storylines based on historical events, popular fiction and Chinese legends.
There are 4 main actors' roles sheng, dan, jing, chou which are further sub-divided:
sheng - leading male roles
- laosheng - bearded old men
- xiaosheng - young men
- wensheng - public servants, scholars and sages
- wusheng - soldiers (acrobats)
dan - female roles
- loadan - older women
- qingyi - costumed aristocrats
- daomadan - Chinese Amazons
- caidan- female comics
jing - painted face parts of warriors, demons, statesmen
chou - the clown
Beijing Opera Venues
Changan Grand Theater
Evening performances
Jianguomen Subway Station; Circle & East-West Lines
Lao She Teahouse
Evening performances
Hepingmen Subway Station; Circle Line
Old Station Theater
Evening performances/afternoon Sundays
Qianmen Subway Station; Circle Line
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Beijingers Told To Mind Their Manners
Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:35:59 -0600 | Beijing Visitor Olympics 2008
In an attempt at getting surly waiters, rude clerks, and loogie-hawking men to shape up in time for the 2008 Olympics, the Beijing Municipal government has decided to make it illegal to be rude. Starting February 1st, the new anti-rudeness measures will take effect.
Many are applauding the measure as long overdue. Others however worry enforcement will be difficult or impossible.
With less than two years to go until the Olympic Games, it should be a great contest: newly enacted law vs. centuries of tradition. Which will come away the champion?
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Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:47:37 -0600 | Beijing Visitor Olympics 2008
The Temple of Heaven is probably Beijing's most well-known temple, but the city contains literally hundreds of other temples.
The Ming Dynasty Temple of Heaven (or "Altar of Heaven"), which is located in the south of the Temple of Heaven Park, was used as an altar by the the Emperor to perform his ceremonial rites as the Son of Heaven: praying for good harvests,?seeking forgiveness from the gods for the wrong-doings and sins of the Chinese people.?
Access
Chongwenmen or Qianmen Subway Stations. Chongwenmen is on both the Circle Line and Line 5. Qianmen is on the Circle Line.
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:47:03 -0600 | Beijing Visitor Olympics 2008
Great Wall Facts
Parts of the Great Wall were built over 2,000 years ago
You CAN'T see it from space
The wall is a UNESCO World Heritage site listed in 1987
The wall is approximately 4,000 miles long
The wall averages 15 to 30 feet high and 15 to 25 feet wide
That dead slaves were buried in the wall is probably untrue
The Great Wall is not one continuous wall but a series of walls joined together
The wall was built by prisoners, soldiers, and local people
The Great Wall visible to tourists today was built mostly during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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