Travel Reference
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Tai ji
A discipline of physical exercise, characterized by slow, deliberate, balletic movements.
Tian
Heaven or the sky.
Uigur
Substantial minority of Turkic people, living mainly in Xinjiang.
Waiguoren
Foreigner.
Xi
West.
Yuan
China's unit of currency. Also a courtyard or garden (and the name of the Mongol dynasty).
Zhan
Station.
Zhong
Middle.
Zhongnanhai
The compound, next to the Forbidden City, that serves as Communist Party headquarters.
Zhonglou
Bell tower, usually twinned with a drum tower. The bell it contained was rung at dawn and in emergen-
cies.
Zhuang
Villa or manor.