Sorry for the lack of updates this week. It’s been very busy as the old Lunar New Year winds down and everyone gets ready for the coming of the Year of the Tiger.

Here’s a short video showing the sights and sounds of the Beijing Imperial Academy just next to the Confucius Temple. This was where generations of promising young scholars were prepared for the ordeal of taking the incredibly rigorous Imperial Examinations. 

I wrote more about this very subject last year in this blog entry here.