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After the Cultural Revolution, the government began to allow a few Buddhist monasteries, such as this one in Shanghai, to be revived.

Exhibit Hall, constructed in Stalinist-style architecture, in Shanghai.

Card players in Dalian, north China. Such activity used to be frowned upon by the Chinese authorities, but as a result of growing unemployment, such sights are increasingly commonplace in Chinese cities.

This table witnessed the birth of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai on a hot day in August 1921.

These young Chinese students chanting democratic slogans during the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989 did not interrupt the farmers planting rice nearby or this woman carrying wood near Guilin.

Nanjing Road in Shanghai, a bustling strip mall with skyscrapers, department stores, and upscale boutiques and restaurants.

This tile, with a painting of Confucius and two other sages, has been placed on a tombstone in Taiwan, where it is intended to demonstrate the filial duties of the child to his parents. This lucky ancestor gets a bag of rice as a filial bonus.

The skyline of Hong Kong was significantly altered with the new Conference Center, built on reclaimed shoreland to celebrate the return of the British possession to China in 1997.

On an outlying island near Hong Kong, a fisherman lives on this boat with his family, his wash, and his TV.

These marble steps leading up to the Imperial Palace in Seoul were carved in imitation of those at the Imperial Palace in Beijing.

Silk factory workers in Suzhou. The cocoons are heated in boiling water to enable the worker to separate the strands of silk and wind them onto a spool.

Models of traditional Chinese single-mast sailing vessels located in a museum in Nanking. The single sail was turned on the mast to catch the wind.

A Chinese entrepreneur selling dumplings and Chinese-style shishkebab on the street in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Such sights are now common in Chinese cities, as private commerce becomes officially acceptable.

One of China's "little emperors." The photo illustrates China's one-child-per-family policy. Many Chinese parents spoil their children, hence the title "little emperor."

Young married couples all over the world enjoy having their wedding photos taken at historical sites. Here a young Korean bride in a traditional red gown smiles in front of the Pulguksa temple near Kyongju, the site of the ancient Silla kingdom.

A Buddhist temple at Nara, Japan's ancient capital on the island of Honshu. The building is reputed to be the largest wooden building in the country.

A model of the Dutch settlement at Deshima, in Nagasaki. When Tokugawa Ieyasu drove out the Europeans in the early seventeenth century, he permitted the Dutch to remain on this small island in the inner harbor of the city.

Ladies picking tea. After selection, the leaves are dried and boxed for export.

Japan's highly developed sense of aesthetics is reflected in the refinement of this Silver Pavilion complex in Kyoto, with its serenity and simplicity, framed in nature.

Three geishas leaving the brilliant red Heian Shrine in Kyoto, where they undoubtedly prayed for good fortune at the Shinto altars and strolled under parasols to protect their white skin in the famed gardens.

Oasaka Castle in central Japan. It was the last headquarters of the son of Hideyoshi Toyotomi and was seized by Tokugawa Ieyasu's armies in 1615 in route to his ascent to the shogunate.

Japanese desserts in a restaurant window. Many Japanese restaurants display plastic models of the food offered inside, suggesting the continuing importance of aesthetics in Japanese cuisine.