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  • 121dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …

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  • 122Qing Dynasty — Not to be confused with the Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China. Qing redirects here. For other uses, see Qing (disambiguation). Great Qing 大清帝国, Dà Qīng Dìguó …

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  • 123Geography of Beijing — Location of Beijing Municipality in northern China …

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  • 124Tiananmen Square — (guangchang) Across the more than 440,000 square metres (100 acres) of cement expanse and among the monumental edifices of Chinese socialist neuesattlichkeit, hundreds of tourists and city residents saunter; three wheeled bicycle pedlars hawk… …

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  • 125Chinese architecture — Diagram of corbel wood bracket supports ( Dougong ) holding up a multi inclined roof, from the architectural treatise Yingzao Fashi (1103 AD) Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in East Asia over many… …

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  • 126Land (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Land Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Seattle, Washington, United States Instrument = Genre = Jazz World music Rock Electronic music Occupation = Years… …

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  • 127Jingshan — (zh cpl|c=景山|p=Jǐngshān|l=Prospect Hill) is an artifical hill in Beijing, China. It is located in Xicheng District, immediately north of the Forbidden City on the central axis of Beijing. Originally an imperial garden, it is now a public park,… …

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  • 128Reginald Johnston — Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874 ndash;1938) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and pedagogue and the tutor of Puyi, the last emperor of China, and later appointed as commissioner of British held Weihaiwei.EarlyBorn in Edinburgh, he studied at… …

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