Yuan Ming Yuan Imbibing the past
James Wasserman visuals
photographer and filmmaker
Marble ruins at the Yuan Ming Yuan. These stones have been moved around over the years to produce a ruinscape that throngs of Chinese tourists flock to. The site is used as a "grade A" propaganda lesson on Western barbarism and the consequences of a weak government.
The maze at Yuan Ming Yuan.
Trying to imagine the fountains at Yuan Ming Yuan. Beijing, China
A mother telling her son about Yuan Ming Yuan. She said that the destrcution of YMY was the result of weakness and according to her the son felt angry.
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A couple's first visit to Yuan Ming Yuan.
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