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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-10-24 05:31:39 UTC) |
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Indeed, during his reign at least nine outbreaks of smallpox were recorded in Beijing, each time forcing the emperor to move to a protected area like the "Southern Park" (Nanyuan 南苑), a hunting ground south of Beijing where Dorgon had built a "smallpox avoidance center" in the 1640s. --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor "Initially, the Qing restored the Southern Park as a place for hunting; new halls were built under Shunzhi, and later emperors usually stopped here on their way to the Qing imperial tombs. Shunzi received the 5th Dalai Lama [there] in 1652, ..." Google Books -- "Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900" By Susan Naquin 海子 lit., little sea: unofficial reference to the Southern Park (nan-yuan) maintained by the Imperial Household Department (nei-wufu) ---- "中国古代官名辞典" By Charles O. Hucker Review of Milu Yuan (Milu Park) Located on the site of the Southern Marshes (Nan Haizi), where Yuan, Ming, and Qing emperors would hunt deer, rabbit, and pheasant, and practice military exercises, this ecological research center is the most humane place to view animals in Beijing. The main attraction is Père David's deer (milu), a strange deerlike creature that became extinct in China toward the end of the Qing dynasty. The milu you see today are the descendants of 18 animals that were collected in 1898 by the far-sighted Lord Bedford from zoos around Europe. In 1985, a group of 20 milu was reintroduced to China; they now number about 200, and over 400 animals have returned to the wild. The expansive marshlands attract migratory birds, and also house other endangered animals, a maze, plots of land where members can grow vegetables without pesticides, and the chillingly effective World Extinct Wildlife Cemetery, which illustrates the plight of endangered species. ---- http://www.frommers.com/destinations/beijing/A33183.html |
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- 南苑 南苑 [Nan2 yuan4] /Nanyuan, the imperial hunting grounds in the south of Beijing during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now a large park known as Nanhaizi Park/ + 南苑 南苑 [Nan2 yuan4] /Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing/ |