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The bell and drum were originally used as musical instruments in China. Afterward, however, they were used for telling time. As early as in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220), there was a morning bell and a dusk drum. Telling the time by bell and drum played an important role in helping people live and work regularly when there was no other means to keep track of the time. As a result, bell and drum towers became public architectures, and were widely constructed in almost every city throughout the country since the Han Dynasty. In the history of their construction, the bell and drum towers of Beijing are the largest and highest. Their layout is unique, in that they were placed fore-and-aft, not as the traditional sense of standing right-and-left horizontally.
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Hot pot - is the most famous and favorite dish in Chongqing. Chongqing local people consider the hot pot a local specialty, which is noted for its peppery and hot taste, scalding yet fresh and tender. People gather around a small pot boiled with charcoal, electric or gas filled with flavorful and nutritious soup base. You have a choice of spicy, pure and combo for the soup base. Thin sliced raw variety meat, fish, various bean curd products and all kinds of vegetables are boiled in the soup base. You then dip them in a little bowl of special sauce. Be careful since the spicy soup base is burning hot.
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Pixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: pí xiū) originally known as Pi Xie (辟邪 avoid evil spirits in Chinese) is a Chinese mythical creature. It reembles a winged lion. Pixiu is an earth and sea variation, particularly an influential and auspicious creature for wealth. It is said to have a voracious appetite towards only gold and silver. Therefore traditionally to the Chinese, Pixiu has always been regarded as an auspicious creature that possessed mystical power capable of drawing Cai Qi (财气 wealth) from all directions Thus, it is helpful for those who are going through a bad year according to Chinese zodiac.
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King's mansion well a light repast street is the excellent taste a light repast of Beijing and in everyplace to constellate of 苑 .It covers more than 2000 square meters, constructing area more than 1000 square meters, the facilities is well-found, the whole day conduct.Inside street in addition to taste a light repast, also have exclusively an old type booth of sell, creating the civil handicraft product, folk thing, not a few handicraft products which spread in the folks will emerge here. Still take theatrical stage inside street, the drama is miscellaneous to play, chamber city rhyme in the city, show the special features of this street tradition culture more,feeling in view ten thousand carry".
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A swing is a hanging seat, usually found in a playground for children, a circus for acrobats, or on a porch for relaxing. The seat of a swing can be attached to a chain or a rope. Once a swing is in motion it continues to oscillate like a pendulum until external interference or drag brings it to a halt.
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