Prior to ascending the imperial throne of China as the first Qing emperor, he minted the Abkai Fulingga Han Jiha coin (Imperial coin of the Heavenly Mandate). An intersting feature of the Qing coin is the use of Chinese script on one face of the coin and the use of Manchu script on the other.) Shunzhi coins (AD 1644 - 1661) 2) Kangxi coins (AD 162 - 1722) 3) Yongzheng coins (AD 1723 - 1735) 4) Qianlong coins (AD 1736 - 1795) 5) Jiaqing coins (AD 1796 - 1820) 6) Daoguang coins (AD 1821 - 1850).
The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor is a marble memorial over the sunken battleship USS Arizona, which was dedicated in 1962. The memorial remembers all military personnel who were killed in the Pearl Harbor attack. Another memorial is that of the USS Utah, a battleship that was sunk in the attack. A memorial to honor the crew of the USS Utah was dedicated on the northwest shore of Ford Island, near the ship's wreck, in 1972.
Ancient Myths About the Pearl. Many myths and folktales surround this ancient gemstone of the sea. Early Chinese civilization considered black pearls a symbol of wisdom and believed they were formed within a dragon's head. Once full-grown, the pearls were carried between the dragon's teeth. According to this myth, one had to slay the dragon to gather the pearls.