The Sacred Way, or Picking the Great Turtle's Nose

On our way back to Beijing we stopped at the Sacred Way.  The Sacred Way is where the emperors were buried.  When you enter the garden gate there is a long pathway lined with statues of 13 of the emperors.

After all of the emperors there were animal statues. I sat to rest on an elephant.

At the end of the line of animals there was a temple with a giant stone turtle in it.

 



The turtle was very big.  It is supposed to be good luck if you rub the turtle’s nose.  I not only rubbed the turtles nose, I picked it too for extra good luck.