Historical Sights Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com Explore Shenyang, China, and beyond Tue, 05 May 2020 17:34:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://journeysnjaunts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0761201ed5ccd801f3c799c365d5c7f-150x150.png Historical Sights Archives - Journeys & Jaunts https://journeysnjaunts.com 32 32 Commander Zhang’s Mansion Shenyang https://journeysnjaunts.com/2019/05/06/commander-zhangs-mansion-shenyang/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2019/05/06/commander-zhangs-mansion-shenyang/#comments Mon, 06 May 2019 13:42:04 +0000 http://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=13065 When you question out-of-towners about things to do in Shenyang, the first 2 sights they will probably come up with are the Imperial Palace and Commander Zhang’s Mansion. While our own small version of the Forbidden City is probably familiar to you, the second one might not be. Many foreigners have no clue about who […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2019/05/06/commander-zhangs-mansion-shenyang/feed/ 1 Huanggutun Incident Museum https://journeysnjaunts.com/2019/03/27/huanggutun-incident-museum/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:04:46 +0000 http://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=13043 Zhang Zuolin – lovingly nicknamed the “Old Marshall” by the Chinese and a major figure in the national history of China – is an unknown entity to many in the West. Here in Shenyang, we are lucky in that we have not one, but two different museums dedicated to him.  One of those is Commander Zhang’s Mansion – the palace-like manor complex […]

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]]> What’s in a Name? Shenyang Through the Ages https://journeysnjaunts.com/2018/12/05/whats-in-a-name-shenyang-through-the-ages/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2018/12/05/whats-in-a-name-shenyang-through-the-ages/#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2018 21:34:23 +0000 http://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=13859 A recent article I did entitled Shenyang’s Districts – Where Do Their Names Come From? seemed quite popular. A lot of people contacted me after I published it, asking whether I could do the same for the origin of the name of Shenyang itself. So, here goes. There are actually two possible origins of the […]

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]]> https://journeysnjaunts.com/2018/12/05/whats-in-a-name-shenyang-through-the-ages/feed/ 0 Museums of Shenyang – the Liaoning Provincial Museum https://journeysnjaunts.com/2018/09/06/museums-of-shenyang-the-liaoning-provincial-museum/ https://journeysnjaunts.com/2018/09/06/museums-of-shenyang-the-liaoning-provincial-museum/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:39:21 +0000 http://journeysnjaunts.com/?p=12619 I wanted to dazzle you with an amazing article about things to do to cool down in the summer heat – on the water, in the water and near the water. But with the weather being what is has been recently, I changed my mind. Who needs to know about water-related fun when there is […]

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