• Lunch, jade factory and Ming Tombs Chang

    March 21, 2017 in China ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    The Ming Palace has been standing for over 600 years and is the tomb of Emperor Judi. The four pegs over each doorway indicate wealth, the blue color represents heaven, red is for good luck, and green represents the earth. High thresholds keep evil spirits from below out and the odd shape of the roof keeps evil spirits from above out. The theory being that as they descend, they hit the roof, slide down, then the roof sends them back up where they came from.Read more