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Identifier: pekingoverlandro00thom (find matches)
Title: Peking and the overland route
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Thomas Cook Ltd
Subjects: Beijing (China) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Shanghai : Thos. Cook
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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oner at court underthe vigilant surveillance of the Empress Dowager until hisdeath in 1908, is one of the most distant and most difficultto visit and presents no unique features. The Tung Ling (^J^) or Eastern Tombs, which areabout 70 miles east ol Peking near the Luau River,, arethe resting places of all the Manchu rulers, except thoseburied in the Hsi Ling, and the early founders of thedynasty who are buried at Mukden. Each ruler chose forhimself, or had selected with the aid of geologists andnecromancers, his burial site, and the choice lay betweenthe eastern and western Ling. The Eastern Tombs arenot easily reached, the journey to and from them requir-ing at least a week, and necessitating foiu- d<iys travelby primative Chinese means of transport. The enclosure,which is much like that at the IIsi Ling, contains thegraves of more than fifty emperors, empresses, princesand princesses. The Emperors interred 1 here are ShunChih. Kang Ilsi. Chien Lung, Ilsien Peng. und TungChih. 116
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117 TIENTSIN. (87 miles from Peking). Railway Stations.—There are two stations : TientsinEast and Central Station. Tientsin East, alsoknown as the East Station, is near the foreignsettlement and European hotels. Central Stationfor Chinese City and Railway Administration Head-quarters. Hotels.—Astor House; Imperial Hotel; Hotel de la Paix. Population.—Approximately 800,000 (Foreigners about0,000). Consulates.—Austria - Hungary ; Belgium ; Denmark ;France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; Italy ; Japan ;Netherlands ; Portugal ; Russia ; Sweden ; UnitedStates of America. Post Offices.—British : German ; Russian ; Japanese ; Chinese. Carriages.—.SO.OO i)er chiy, S.i.OO half day ; .$2.00 firsthour, Sl.OO second hour. Jinrikishas.— -Si.4-0 per day. Per hour: 25 cents first h(»ur,20 cents second hour. 118 n^IIE <ity of Tientsin is the most flourishinfjtreaty port of North China, correspondingin importance to Shanghai in the South.The origin of the city may be traced backto 1368 A

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