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form)" among the feudal lords excavated so far, which is
comparable to that of an emperor.
In 2000, the then French President Jacques Chirac once paid
a visit to this Museum.He also visited Slender West Lake not
far away and Dongguan Ancient Ferry by the ancient canal.
Chirac said that he liked Li Bai's poem very much, "My Daming Temple Dongguan Ancient Ferry
friend waved goodbye to me in the Yellow Crane Tower. He
was going to Yangzhou eastward in the sunny March."
The burial form of this mysterious underground palace is
called "Huangchang Ticou." "Huangchang" refers to the
peeled cypress, and "Ticou" refers to the way the wood
is stacked. The general "Huangchang Ticou" is made of
cypress, but this is all made of precious gold-rimmed nanmu
(a type of precious wood) which not only has a light and
elegant fragrance, but also is strong and antiseptic. After
more than 2,000 years, it still exudes the unique fragrance
Slender West Lake Scenic Area
of nanmu.
