http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakonative/39556 This was a post I had saved then lost due to the save draft problems formerly - so I'll post it now. Included are pics I took while in China back in November. &nbsp; &nbsp; The Sacred Way &ndash; The Ming Tombs Serene is the best word I can describe when walking down the path of the Ming tombs, from the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. Located here are the tombs of 13 of the 16 Ming Dynasty emperors. The Sacred Way runs for about a kilometer and is flanked on both sides by carvings of human and animal figures. There are 12 large stone human figures and 24 of animals, all carved from a single block of granite in 1435 during the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Xuan De. This was a post I had saved then lost due to the save draft problems formerly - so I'll post it now. Included are pics I took while in China back in November. &nbsp; &nbsp; The Sacred Way &ndash; The Ming Tombs Serene is the best word I can describe when walking down the path of the Ming tombs, from the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. Located here are the tombs of 13 of the 16 Ming Dynasty emperors. The Sacred Way runs for about a kilometer and is flanked on both sides by carvings of human and animal figures. There are 12 large stone human figures and 24 of animals, all carved from a single block of granite in 1435 during the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Xuan De. en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:46:59 PDT <p><span style="font-size: medium;">How beautiful! The creation of art from stone or wood has always humbled me~ and those certainly have a timeless quality about them.Thanks for posting this!</span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakonative/39556/#c_390113 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakonative/39556/#c_390113 <p><span style="font-size: medium;">How beautiful! The creation of art from stone or wood has always humbled me~ and those certainly have a timeless quality about them.Thanks for posting this!</span></p> <br />