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Thread: Nephew of Last Emperor who is calligraphist at Forbidden City
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[quote=GUEST12083,496549]Visited Forbidden City April 12 and the paid guide directed us into a side building where art and calligraphy were hung. The sales job was delivered by our own guide which makes the scam rather extensive when you consider the older chinese man who is proudly and honorably painting calligraphy, the other people with him, and the guides who bring the American and other nationality naive tourists in for the same exact story. The calligraphy sales we were told were to raise funds for the Forbidden City. We bought it as we felt somewhat pressured, but also impressed by this chance of luck meeting the Emperors nephew. Would have continued to be nostalgic until I found this sight and I realize now we were had....also found out that our cab driver who took us to the Great Wall had a planned agenda as well to take us to the government run Cloisonne factory, then to the silk factory, the olympic park, and then to drink tea....these chance stops are planned and are the schedule of every driver . Probably designed and regulated by the central government to encourage revenue. It's highly effective, I have to hand it to them. I saw many people at the airport carrying around their silk comforter vacuum packed for travel. So as I hang that calligraphy, it won't lose any nostalgia with me...China is an amazing country. The culture, the people, the geography. The scams are a mixture of the old ways of this culture, amidst China's rise in the 21st century.[/quote]
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