Old Shenyang -- Shengjing Flowing Clouds (Image and Text)

Author: Ma Qiufen
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
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    A square city wall with a sturdy and rustic appearance, forcefully rises amidst the vast, flat wilderness of Manchuria—Shenyang City. Here, Hong Taiji built a magnificent imperial capital, from which the Qing Dynasty flourished and prospered. Zhang Zuolin began his ambitious plan to dominate Northeast China from here, making it the homeland that haunted Young Marshal Zhang Xueliang throughout his life, a place he could never return to. Old Shenyang, a city with immense charm in the north, has seen the rise and fall of alluring courtesans and vibrant, youthful cheongsam under the sands of history. The old city wall has vanished into the city's memory, yet the stories continue to be passed down through generations.