Saturday

Here I am at the Ming Tombs. I am touching the nose of one of the sons of the Dragon. He never became a "real" dragon like his dad, but he is very strong and good at lifting heavy things. Touching his nose brings prosperity to your offspring, so this is for Aslen and Nan. The writing above is in Manchurian and Mandarin, even though the Ming Dynasty was the last Han-lead empire.

After this we visited a Cloisonne factory and then the Great Wall. My camera died so I'm going to post some pictures from other people later. The climb up the Great Wall was breath-taking in every way.