1. The transportation between the Mausoleum area and the Linggu Scenic Area.
2. Approaching Hong Shan Gate.
3. Sidewalk project.
4. The Memorial Archway of the Cemetery for the KIAs.
5. The tiger in front of the archway.
6. Wuliang Hall, or Beamless Hall. According to Wikipedia: The hall "was constructed in 1831, and is 22-meters-high and 53.8-meter- wide. The hall enjoys high reputation for its special architectural techniques. It has three archways on the front and rear sides respectively. The structure was built with bricks from the bottom to the top entirely, without a piece of wood or a single nail."
7. Approaching Linggu Pagoda. The nine stories pagoda was built in 1929 to memorize the soldiers sacrificed in the War of Northern Expedition (1926-1927).
8. A little red pavilion near the pagoda.
9. Do you know what this is for? The sign wasn't very clear. My understanding is, hundreds of years ago, the emperor would bring poets to the place, sitting around this thing, drinking and making poems. The rule was, pouring wine down the curve, wherever the wine stopped, the poet sitting in front of it had to make a poem on the spot.
10. More sidewalk project.
11. I thought laying tiles in our bathrooms were hard, look at the size and the thickness of the tiles he needed to cut.
12. After that, we went back to the Mausoleum area. This is the Open-air Music Hall.
13. It was a perfect place to sit back and relax in the warm sun.
14. With peaceful music playing in the background, fountain dancing in front of the stage, white doves flying around us, my dad and I sat there and talked for hours.
(To be continued)
