Beijing 5th day, China
Visited TianTan, Temple of Heaven. This is the place where the Emperor made sacrifices to the God during the Ming and Qing dynasty. Some people draw comparison between Shang Di who worshipped by the Emperor and the Christian God saying that the earliest Chinese form of worship was of a monotheistic God recognizable by His attributes as the same God Yahweh of the Old Testament worshipped by Jews and Christians.
Faith in the Creator God in Ancient China
The Book Faith of Our Fathers will provide more information regarding this subject
Map of the site
Kicking a feather ball
Gambling, one of Chinese favorite pastime
Visited Beijing Film Academy. Many famous directors (Zhang YiMou) and actresses (Gong Li, Zhao Wei) were alumni of this school.
Lunch at the university canteen
Back to ZhongGuanCun.
Sohu Headquarter, one of my favorite stock
Visited TsingHua University again
TsingHua Business school
Took a bus to YiHeYuan (Summer palace)
Had dinner at a Korean restaurant with Jack and his classmates from Tsing Hua mba program. There is a big Korean population around here as well. Was asking around why they decided to study there and learned that by enrolling in Tsing Hua mba program, they are looking to get some political connection because many of China’s leaders studied in Tsing Hua university as well.
