Picture taken on October 16, 2007 shows the main entrance of the
palace attached to Western Tombs (Xiling) complex of the Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911) in Yixian County of north China's Hebei
Province, some 120 kilometers away from Beijing. The palace, once
the temporary dwelling for the visiting royal family, is undergoing
a maintenance that will finish before next May. The ancient
structure was listed in the UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage in
2000.
Picture taken on October 16, 2007 shows the renovated part of
the palace attached to Western Tombs (Xiling) complex of the Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911) in Yixian County of north China's Hebei
Province, some 120 kilometers away from Beijing.
A man prepares the paving bricks as a woman flattens the ground
in the palace attached to Western Tombs (Xiling) complex of the
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Yixian County of north China's Hebei
Province, some 120 kilometers away from Beijing.
Carpenters work in the palace attached to Western Tombs (Xiling)
complex of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Yixian County of north
China's Hebei Province, some 120 kilometers away from Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2007)
