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Xuzhou: Han Tomb of Liu Wu, King of Chu

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Liu Wu was a member of the Han Dynasty royal family. He ruled over the state of Chu in the early Western Han, and built a tomb on Shizishan (Lion Hill) with a guardian army of 1/3-size terracotta warriors. I photographed the tomb, along with an underwater burial site of terracotta cavalry, and a larger pit of infantry. Compare this with the tomb of Han Emperor Jingdi, as well as the more famous life-size warriors of Qin Shihuang (both on this website). Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/XuzhouHanTombOfLiuWuKingOfChu

Xuzhou Museum

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Xuzhou City Museum has many of the treasures from two Han tombs in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. I photographed the tomb and terracotta army of Liu Wu, King of Chu, and have posted this in a separate album. The museum contains the original jade burial suits from the tomb, as well as many other – mostly Han Dynasty – artifacts from Xuzhou. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/XuzhouMuseum

Nanjing Museum: Lacquerware, outdoor, & miscellaneous artifacts

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This is one of four Nanjing Museum photo albums. They include ancient bronze; jade; pottery & porcelain; and lacquerware, outdoor exhibits, and miscellaneous. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingMuseumLacquerwareMiscellaneousArtifacts#

Memorial Hall of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre

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This memorial commemorates the 300,000 or so victims of a 6-week rampage by invading Japanese troops in Nanjing in 1937. Iris Chang’s, The Rape of Nanking, is an excellent popular account of this forgotten holocaust of WWII. The museum contains many photos which have been published elsewhere, so I did not copy them here. But I have strong sympathies for the Chinese victims of this brutality, as members of my own mother’s family perished in the Nazi holocaust at Auschwitz. As with the Nanjing Massacre, there is a company of fools who try to deny that this mass murder ever happened.  Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/MemorialHallOfThe1937NanjingMassacre#

Nanjing: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Museum

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Hong Xiuquan led perhaps the largest peasant uprising in history, from 1850 to 1864. Claiming to be a younger brother of Jesus, Hong established his Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (Taiping Tianguo) in Nanjing. From there he sent armies to try to conquer the Qing Dynasty and establish himself as emperor. This quasi-Christian rebellion inspired numerous other uprisings, and left an estimated 20 million dead in its wake. Foreigners generally opposed the Taipings, in part because they outlawed opium and interfered with foreign profits. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingTaipingHeavenlyKingdomMuseum#

Zijin Shan, Nanjing: Tomb of Sun Quan, Ming Hongwu, Sun Yat-sen, and Linggu Temple

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Zijin Shan, or Purple Mountain, lies on the edge of Nanjing. It is the burial place of Sun Quan, the king of Wu during the 3rd century Three Kingdoms Period, and of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming Emperor (Hongwu). It houses the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen), founder of the Guomindong and of modern China, and Linggu Temple and Pagoda. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/ZijinShanNanjingTombOfMingHongwuSunQuanSunYatSenLingguTemple#

Nanjing Museum of Paleontology

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I stumbled upon this museum by accident, but have always loved dinosaurs and almost majored in paleontology in college. However, I guess I just don’t have enough faith to believe all the macroevolutionary dogma, especially after seeing too many evolutionists get creamed in debates with creationists who raised too many embarrassing questions. Some years ago the evolutionists circulated letters among university faculty advising them to stop debating, which tells me something about the quality of their “science.” Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NanjingMuseumOfPaleontology#