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There are a lot of people in China |
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Our taxi had the door taped up...I don't think it was very safe |
Paul didn't mind because he fell asleep |
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Our hotel was near the Beijing Railway Station |
The next day, we had the privilege of starting our 3-day tour with Vivie Pan, a terrific tour guide I found on Viator. Our first stop was the Temple of Heaven.
The locals are only at this public park in the morning to do their exercise - by the afternoon, they are gone. |
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Locals knitting |
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Paul wandering among the locals |
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More locals playing Chinese chess |
Close up of Chinese chess |
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Making hard decisions |
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A cool looking door |
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Close up |
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The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest |
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Me and Mr. Peanut |
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As Sloth would say..."Ehcho" |
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We didn't test the echo wall since there were 10 million tourists with us (you can't really tell in this photo though) |
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Walking towards the Circular Mound Altar constructed in 1530 during the Ming Dynasty |
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Everyone wants to get a little closer to heaven |
Central Supreme Stone - love the socks |
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A really old Juniper tree |
Our next stop was Tian'anmen Square.
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I thought there were a lot of people at the Temple of Heaven. I was wrong. |
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A lot more people here |
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I tried to capture the panoramic view |
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Behind us is the front entrance to the Forbidden City |
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There are a ton of cameras everywhere...watching |
After lunch, we headed to The Forbidden City.
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We spotted a family who were all matching at the East entrance |
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One of the many doors |
You can kind of see the 5 marble bridges which symbolize the 5 cardinal virtues of Confucianism |
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Here's a closer shot - looking towards the Gate of Supreme Harmony |
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And of us in front of one of the bridges |
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Crossing one of the bridges |
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Looking back towards the entrance we came from |
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Gate of Supreme Harmony was used for banquets during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) |
Roof guardians are supposed to protect the building from fire |
Hall of Supreme Harmony is in the middle |
Always an odd number of roof guardians - the total number was dictated by status |
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Slinky shot |
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Another door - this one (as my cousin Amy pointed out) - has a weird sad face |
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Looking inside the Empress' bedroom |
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I like this door |
We also went across the street to BeiHai Park.
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BeiHai Park - an imperial garden just Northwest of the Forbidden City |
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Pretty willow trees |
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The White Pagoda (Bai Ta) is a 40m stupa |
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9 dragon screen/wall built in 1402 - one of the three in China |
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Maybe where dragon ball Z comes from? |
Our last activity of the day was to watch the Chaoyang Acrobatics Show. It was pretty awesome.
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