Oct
20
Beijing Holiday Part II
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Panda Zoo - 大熊猫馆 Giant Panda - what they do best, lazing around Tri-shaw Driver at Hutong 胡同, lanes Some of the lanes we passed by The Summer Palace 颐和园This place is where Empress Dowager CiXi 慈禧太后 likes to spend her leisure time. Beautiful place, too bad it was hazy hence the picture didn't turn out nice My attention was caught by this guy, using a water brush to write Chinese calligraphy, ...
Oct
18
Beijing Holiday Part I
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Temple of Heaven (天坛)Huge Door, the dots on the door represents the identity of the owner. For the Emperor has 9. Another templeThe insideHeavenly Centre Stone (天心石), if you stand in the centre and speak, you can hear echo.
City Gate near Tian An Men SquareMonument at Tian An Men SquareTian An Men (天安门)You have to pass through this to go to Forbidden CityForbidden City (紫禁城), after going through ...