An unidentified tourist checks the broadsword of a worker at the imperial palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province September 8, 2004. To attract visitors, the administration of this Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) palace, asked some its staff to wear clothes as housecarls to patrol the palace and provide services to visitors. (Xinhua Photo)

An unidentified tourist checks the broadsword of a worker at the imperial palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province September 8, 2004. To attract visitors, the administration of this Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) palace, asked some its staff to wear clothes as housecarls to patrol the palace and provide services to visitors. (Xinhua Photo)

Wearing the Qing Dynasty attires, a group of the Shenyang imperial palace administration staff begin to patrol the cultural heritage and provide services to visitors September 8, 2004. (Xinhua Photo)