@The Liberal Moonbat
You're right, the throne is stunning, but I got to think that sitting on it would not be comfortable. I guess that's a small price you pay for being the emperor.

...and I've always been infatuated with those ornate mini-landscapes - in fact, I've always wanted to live on one.

@soryang
Great music selection. I'll have to see if I can find it on Spotify and add it to my play list. Thanks for the links. You're right, those are some lengthy lyrics.
Here's a link that explains what vocaloid is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid

Thanks!

The guzheng cover reminded me of one of my favorites The Emperor Sun Quan.

I looked briefly for some background on the song, and found it was synthesized for a "vocaloid" whatever that is. This is an instrumental in the video, I found some rendition of the lengthy lyrics in English here:

权御天下 (Quán Yù Tiānxià)

I don't know the story from the 3 Kingdoms period, but had come across references to it, somewhere earlier in my browsing. I'm pretty sure the first time I had heard this music was from a busking video in Paris where a young Chinese woman in traditional clothing was playing this on a Guzheng on the street.

Sun Quan

I'll probably watch the movie Red Cliff to get a feel for the story.

@janis b
From the description I read it appears to be a male. Maybe it's out searching for a mate.

Google says it's a Hermann's Tortoise, native to North Africa, southern Europe, and southwest Asia. It must be a pet that has escaped its adopted home.