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Day 2: Ernest standing in a 'replica' of an historic tree, Jingshan Park

The "The Guilty Chinese Scholartree" is a specimen of Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) located in Beijing's Jingshan park, is a famous tree and national landmark on which the last Ming emperor Chongzhen hanged himself after a group of peasants (led by Li Zicheng) successfully stormed the Forbidden City.

 

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Uploaded on January 17, 2006
Taken on December 31, 2005