I am writing this in Xi 'an, ancient capital of the Chinese empire.

我正在中国古都西安撰写此文。

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The ancient capital of Nanjing, for example, had 27 homes in 1990 and 52 a decade later.

例如，古都南京，1990年有27家养老院，10年后，52家。

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Three hundred people died in Kamakura, the ancient capital, when a 20-foot-high wave washed over the town.

在古时的首都镰仓，20英尺高的浪卷过村庄造成了三百人的死亡。

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The ancient capital Beijing and the southern commerce and industrial hub of Guangzhou grew nearly as rapidly.

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In the new Discovery Channel documentary, Koppel travels to the border of Iran's border with Iraq, the ancient capital of Isfahan, the holy city of Qom and the Persian Gulf.

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Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites - Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan - linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion of Shinto, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan, and Buddhism, which was introduced from China and the Korean Peninsula.

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