From water colour paintings by A. Efimoff z i,; SEN j i bE Adra 7 pagoda (Pai T'a), built on an island An entrance to the Temple of Imperial Ancestors (1'ai Miao), where It is unfortunate that in recent years spoilation The Ware raghgi, eas Sa" Lake). It was were preserved the spirit tablets of the Emperors and their Consorts and neglect have robbed Peking of much of its erected in 1651 in commemoration of the first during the Ming and Manchu dynasties. The T'ai Miao was built in former beauty. This once beautiful temple is visit of a Dalai Lama of Thibet to Peking. 1420 during the reign of the Emperor Yung Lo. only one example of many that have been allowed to go to rack and ruin.
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