Portal:China/Did you know/8
Appearance
- ...that Tui bei tu, a banned 7th century prophecy book about China which has been compared to the work of Nostradamus, became a bestseller in the 1990s?
- ...that traditional Chinese phoenixes in carved reliefs of the Qianling Mausoleum are modeled on ostriches?
- ...that Bailin Temple (inner yard pictured) in Beijing was not pillaged by Anglo-French forces in 1860 or by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900 because of the superstitious fear that Tibetan Buddhism inspired in the invaders?
Source
[edit]- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/November#9 November 2007, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/February#15 February 2008, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/August#30 August 2008, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.