Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Where in the World is Kailey?

Where in the world is Kailey?  She is currently in Shenyang City, Liaoning province.  Shenyang is the capital city of Liaoning and is located in northern China, just under Inner Mongolia. The climate there gets pretty cold in the winter (high 25 low -5).  You may notice just to the east of Liaoning is North Korea, Shenyang is about 150 miles from there.  I sure hope there are no wrong turns and we end up in North Korea!
 
I learned a few things about Shenyang City: Shenyang means "city to the north of Shen River".  The Hun River on the city's south side used to be called the Shen River. Shenyang was first established around 300 B.C. and currently has a population of 7.2 million.  It is the largest city in northeastern China by population and contains 38 of China's 56 ethnic groups, including the Han Chinese majority which makes up over 90% of Shenyang's population.   Shenyang is the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and has many cultural relics which symbolize the prosperity and subsequent decline of China's last feudal dynasty. The most famous of these is the Shenyang Imperial Palace, which is of great historic and artistic significance and second only to the Forbidden City in Beijing in the extent of its preservation.  Beijing is west of Shenyang.

Thank goodness for Google...when in doubt Google!

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