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9/19/2006 - We visited a place called White Emperor City. Named after 25 Ad legend of a local noble declaring himself to be the "White Emperor" in resonse to seeing vapors in the shape of a dragon rising form a nearby well...

Another boat loaded with coal	Baidi City with famed 12 story wooden pagoda.	Old dinky boat we took to go from cruise boat to Baidi Cheng	Old dinky boat view #2
Old dinky boat view #3	Old dinky boat view #4	Tourists on way up and down the White Emperor City	Famous view imprinted on back of a renmingbi bill
Spirit Door	Entrance to White Emperor City #1	Entrance to White Emperor City #2
		I went with a chinese speaking tour here. They talked a lot of the many calligraphy and poetic cultural relics here - very few of which I truly appreciated... (sigh...)
	Bamboo calligraphy (calligraphy formed of bamboo drawing) #1	Bamboo calligraphy (calligraphy formed of bamboo drawing) #2	Another view of famous renmingbi view
Yet another view of famous renmingbi view			Remains of a hanging coffin behind a glass enclosing
	Our boat

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