A four masted barque of the Flying P-Line, the Peking was one of the last generation of windjammers used in the nitrate and grain trade around the often treacherous Cape Horn (photograph of the Peking under full sail taken before 1914 in the estuary of the Elbe river).

A floral design originated in China.

capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city