intact. The old fort tried as it had been built in the Han dynasty, 2000 years ago but repaired by the Ming. The yellow tiles proclaiming it to being under imperial patrimony. He should no succeed to which the page was said & here tried his horse and also char acters cut in stone which had been written by an early Tang emperors. The temple has some splendid gates and within is the equal of any of the famous temples with its large beauty of its courts & buildings. Today we have traveled thru a more beautiful country, thickly studded with pagodas. Into this hinterland we drove. To find an olden type farm not yet at Peking. The crops all across this whole is very plentiful! There are a good deal of money & rice & we had good sale shopping.