Portal:China/Did you know/8


 * ...that Tui bei tu, a banned 7th century prophecy book about China which has been compared to the work of Nostradamus, became a bestseller in the 1990s?
 * ...that traditional Chinese phoenixes in carved reliefs of the Qianling Mausoleum are modeled on ostriches?
 * ...that Bailin Temple (inner yard pictured) in Beijing was not pillaged by Anglo-French forces in 1860 or by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900 because of the superstitious fear that Tibetan Buddhism inspired in the invaders?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2007/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2008/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2008/August, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.