Old Shenyang

Author: Ma Qiufen
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: A square city wall, sturdy and rustic, stands boldly amidst the vast, flat wilderness of Manchuria—Shenyang City. Here, Emperor Hong Taiji built a magnificent imperial capital, from which the Qing Dynasty flourished with a prosperous destiny. Zhang Zuolin began his ambition to dominate Northeast China from here, making it the hometown that haunted the life of Zhang Xueliang, the Young Marshal, and became a place he could never return to. Old Shenyang, a city with the richest charm in the North, under the dust of history, features alluring courtesans and dazzling cheongsam in their prime. The old city wall fades into the city's memory, but the stories continue to be passed down from generation to generation.