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National Geographic : 1936 Dec
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© National Geographic Society Camera PaintingbyH.C.and J.H.White andDeng Bao-ling "THE CURTAIN WALL OF NINE DRAGONS" SCARED AWAY EVIL SPIRITS FROM A NOW-VANISHED TEMPLE Gorgeous in brilliant porcelain, the beneficent monsters play on green sea waves under tiles of imperial yellow. Inthis garden ofthe North Sea Palaces at Peiping, sovereigns enjoyed relief from the Forbidden City's formal life. Todaythe park isapublic playground.
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