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China Photo Album - June 26-July 6, 2002

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Terracotta warrior army considered the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World - 7,200+ Terracotta Warriors discovered so far created by the first Qin Dynasty Emperor to protect his tomb in the afterlife

Beijing Photos

Great Wall of China - 6,000+ kilometers long begun by the first emperor of unified China in the Qin Dynasty

Great Wall of China - much steeper than it looks!

Great Wall of China - much steeper than it looks!

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China - Rex Geissler

Great Wall of China - Sybase PowerBuilder Evangelist Dave Fish

Mongolian horseman with tent ready to "Attack the Great Wall"

Tomb of Ming Dynasty Emperor Wanli

Dragon clothes of Ming Emperor Tomb

Ming Dynasty Emperor's Tomb

Ming Dynasty Emperor Tomb road with statues

Chinese Communist Party Headquarters on Tiananmen Square

Chairman Mao's Tomb on Tiananmen Square

People's statue on Tiananmen Square

Forbidden City entrance from Tiananmen Square

Inside the Forbidden City, home to the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty emperors, emperesses, concubines, and attendants

Steps with dragon reliefs in the Forbidden City

Forbidden City lion or "Temple Dog" with the world under his paw, the symbol of the Emperor

Huge kettle in Forbidden City

Worship building in Forbidden City

Throne area in Forbidden City

Garden in Forbidden City where the last emperor would roam and sometimes "borrow" things to sell for money

Rock palace in Forbidden City

Dragon in front of Forbidden City Hall of Benevolence and Longevity

Monster in Forbidden City

Temple of Heaven where the Emperor would fast for several days from women and devote himself to prayer

Summer Palace where Empress Dowager Ci Xi should escape from the heat in the Forbidden City

Summer Palace

Emperess Dowager's Marble Boat that does not float in her Summer Palace built with money that was supposed to build China's Naval Fleet

Emperess Dowager's Marble Boat

Longest aisle in the world at the Summer Palace

Emperor's incredible Jade Suit in the National History Museum

Gold ingots with dragon designs in the National History Museum

Buddhist view of Nirvana in the National History Museum

Wine vessel and square ding 1400-1046 B.C. in the National History Museum

Peking Man Museum - Peking is a western bastardization of Beijing so the Chinese call "Peking Duck" by the proper name "Beijing Duck"

Peking Man cave

Peking Man deposit areawhere many bones were found at different levels

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Xi'an Photos

Xi'an Wall which is unbelievably large - Xi'an was the capital of China and the Emperors for several dynasties and about 1,300 years

Xi'an moat all around the city from the wall - note how high the wall is and how long the construction must have taken!

Big Wild Goose Pagoda (648 A.D.) in background with the largest Chinese promoter of Buddhism Monk Xuanzang who went to India and brought back many texts to Xi'an

Buddhist Shrine at Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Tang Dynasty marble horse in Xi'an History Museum

Tang Dynasty warrior in Xi'an History Museum

Ram's head agate cup national treasure in Xi'an History Museum

Figures in Xi'an History Museum

Pool at the Neolithic Village of Banpo

Re-creation of a Banpo home - maternal society

Actual floor of a Banpo home - note the fire circle in the center

Kiln in Banpo Village

Banpo jars that contained bones of dead children right next to the homes so they were close

Four-person Banpo grave

Tiger sculpture national treasure in Xi'an History Museum

Stone mythological creature in Xi'an History Museum with Yellow River Hukou Falls photo in background

Rhinoceros in Xi'an History Museum

Buddhist statue

Buddhist statue

Engraving of largest Chinese promoter of Buddhism Monk Xuanzang who went to India and brought back many texts to Xi'an

Museum of Stone Tablets

Museum of Stone Tablets - Daqin Nestorainism describing spread of Christian religion in China 761 A.D.

Museum of Stone Tablets

Terracotta warrior army - discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well and named the Eighth Ancient Wonder of the World

Terracotta warrior army - 7,200+ Terracott Warriors have been discovered so far

Terracotta warrior army - the vast army was created during the entire rule of the first Qin Dynasty Emperor to protect his tomb

Terracotta warrior army

Terracotta warrior army

Terracotta warrior army - assembled as they were set in place by the Emperor to protect him while dead

Terracotta warriors - approximately lifesize statues around 6 feet tall

Terracotta warriors in situ after being destroyed when the Qin Dynasty was overthrown by the peasant rebellion c. 200 B.C.

Terracotta warrior - archer

Terracotta warrior - officer

Terracotta warrior - general

Terracotta warrior - calvalry man and horse

Terracotta warrior - bronze chariot with general driving the emperor's carriage

Terracotta warrior - modern day with tennis shoes, etc.

Tang Dynasty Dinner show

Tang Dynasty Dinner show

Tang Dynasty Dinner show

Tang Dynasty Dinner show

Tang Dynasty Dinner show

Tang Dynasty Dinner show

Grand Mosque - a number of Muslims came across the Silk Road which began in Xi'an and married Han Chinese people and formed a community that numbers around 60,000 today and look slightly different than the Han Chinese due to their background and their only marrying Muslims

Huaqing Palace & Hot Springs, resort palace of many emperors and dynasties with statue of Concubine Yang, one of the four prettiest women in China and most favorite concubine of the Tang Dynasty emperor c. 745 A.D.

Huaqing Palace & Hot Springs bath where empress and concubines would soak

Huaqing Palace & Hot Springs wooden beam from Qin Dynasty

Huaqing Palace & Hot Springs building architecture

Huaqing Palace building where Xi'an Incident took place and Generals forced Chiang Kaishek and the Nationalists to fight against the Japanese invaders in the late 1930s & 1940s

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Guilin Photos

General Fubo statue in front of Fubo Hill

Fubo Hilltop view showing limestone hills scenery in and around Guilin

Fubo Hilltop

Fubo Hill traditional dress and almost-touching rock

Fubo Hill carved Buddhas and wall writings next to Li River in background

Praying Mantis at Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave stalagtite/stalagmite formation

Reed Flute Cave mushroom formation

Reed Flute Cave curtain formation

Fubo Hill cave formation

Elephant Trunk Hill cavern

Elephant Trunk Hill Buddhist Shrine

Li River fisherman on typical five-bamboo "boat"

Li River landscape with Ming Dynasty village on the riverbank

Li River landscape with water buffalo in front

Li River landscape with water buffalo in front

Li River landscape

Snake Wine on Li River boat - this is not like traditional wine but heavily fermented spirits and right in line with other gourmet commodities like pig's tongue and eel

Terraced rice patties

Birds tied to the "boats" and used by fisherman to grab fish

Water buffalo behind fish pond, rented by the farmers to raise and sell fish

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Hong Kong Photos

Hong Kong city view from Victoria Peak

Hong Kong city view with cable car from Victoria Peak

Hong Kong park pond with lilly pads and sky scrapers in the background

Hong Kong park pond with lotus and sky scrapers in the background

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Shenzhen Photos

Appeon Executive Team including President Dr. John Shi, Yang Gao, Shun Gao, and Armeen Mazda, Technical Lead Engineers, SMC Chief Billy Yung, Sybase Consultant Rex Geissler and SMC employee Harry

Fourth of July Independence Day dinner in China with Dr. John Shi, Armeen Mazda, Vanessa Rowlett, and fiance David (CTO of Galactic Computing)

Appeon Work Conditions - Dai Fung sweating under deadline pressure - just kidding, it was really a wicked game of badminton in front of the office

Appeon Lunch - President Dr. John Shi, Harry, Rex Geissler, and Billy Yung

Sybase Asia Pacific User Conference in Beijing - Appeon's President Dr. John Shi delivers a speech

Sybase Asia Pacific User Conference in Beijing - Appeon's Dai Fung & SMC Chief Billy Yung

Sybase Asia Pacific User Conference in Beijing - Appeon's Dai Fung & Rex Geissler control demonstration while Dr. John Shi speaks

Windows to the World Park with Eiffel Tower and Dr. John Shi, Appeon System Adminsrator, ?, Yang & Lin-guay Gao

Windows to the World Park Show

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Shenzhen laundry hung out to dry - Shanghai Mayor banned this practice stating, "How can we get the world to come visit us where we keep hanging out our underwear and dirty laundry?"