| Show PEKING A CITY WITHIN A CITY until recently capital q of f china with its people was one of the least known of tile the great cities of the world it took the boxer rebellion and the siege of the legations in 1000 to open tho the long closed doors recently it hns has been in the headlines because of revolutionary disturbances poking peking Is a city within a city the chinese city huilt built in 1513 Is the commercial center the tatar city dates front from 1207 and includes the famous forbidden city of which the dragon throne of the son of heaven emperor of the kingdom Is the center the throne Is of rare wood carved just back of it Is a screen of golden lacquer so dainty in design and execution that it gives the die appearance of golden lace around this throne room are arranged the palaces shut in by purple walls the chien men street bisects the chinese city from the south gate where the railway enters to tile lie principal gate in the wall separating the chinese from the tatar city along this main thoroughfare there passes it ft continuous throng there too may be seen the gp sp passenger cart with its alti blue arched root roof arid and yellow NIi wheels eels corrugated metal tires and its awning sheltering driver and mule or the mongolian came camel the ship of the asian desert and interesting above all the scarlet cartel bridal chair with its piece of bacon and parcel of sugar hung on oil the lie back as an offering to the demons who might molest the bride white on her johiney jou incy iney chils hurry hack back and forth in the tak gorgeous chairs their coolies making great din as they seek right of way noisy vendors of amulets and medicines of ground tiger hones bones to strengthen hearts and extracts of rat meat to make tle hair grow add to he file din ou on the east cast side of this roadway Nay Is IA an enclosure of about one square nillo which contain the altar of heaven surrounded by shrines and temples the most inoel of which Is the cir collir three roofed marble temple of heaven with walli pillars of 0 oregon pine an aal root roof of deep blue porcelain film kllc near me le ornate temple of benun Is the of confucius tile the most holy ancestral teacher the washington monument of peking la Is the famous thirteen storied buddhist pagoda from the summit of which a line fine view of the city may be hall had pekin peking claims the oldest dally newspaper in J tile lie world the peking gazette compared with whose age th the e london times with its hundred years year s Is in its infancy for six dollars n icar acar it a pekingese can read nil all that his government desires him to know as to its actions action or lie he can rent his gazette for the day and return it in former years newspapers wore were found on the walls in the form of posters they were printed from a large block of wood upon which the intricate characters had been cut by hand in the heart of the tatar city Is another enclosure the forbidden F or hIdden city in which stands the imperial palace distinctive in china because it Is 19 faced with yellow porcelain surrounding the palace aro are the gardens reception halls pavilions and offices formerly used by the emperor in conducting the affairs of the empire pro prospect hect hill would be interesting in to those who went trent to the movies to keep warm during the recent coal shortages the hill bill Is a huge mound of coal which was to provide fuel in time of siege and it Is now covered with a grove of beautiful trees the pekingese are consumers only the trade of the city Is small alt although bough it Is open to foreign commerce the famous orand grand canal which connected it with the rich proN provinces inces of south china greatly facilitates the transportation of rice and other products |
