Entrance to the Temple of Heaven. Large drum. Nice greenery. Surrounding temple walls. Active locals exercising. Gate to the temple courtyard. Courtyard and surrounding buildings. The Temple of Heaven. Urn. Dragon adorning staircase leading to the temple. View from the top. Temple fixtures and interior. Truck of a tree. Windows XP system error!
Breakfast queue. Facade of a random hotel.
Moat surrounding the Forbidden City. Wu Men aka "Meridian Gate". Guess how many knobs there are on imperial gates? 81... because 9 is an auspicious number for the Emperor thus there are 9 knobs in each row of 9. Crossing the Five Marble Bridges. In front of the Tai He Men aka "Gate of Supreme Harmony". Lion guarding the gate. "Cheena" woman posing in front of the Tai He Men. Decoration adorning Tai He Men. Courtyard between Tai He Men and Tai He Dian aka "Hall of Supreme Harmony". Vessels in the courtyard. April enjoying herself. Tai He Dian face, interior and surroundings. Animal symbols signifying the importance of buildings within the palace. Zhong He Dian aka "Hall of Middle Harmony". Interior of Bao He Dian aka "Hall of Preserving Harmony". Facade wall of Bao He Dian. Courtyard between Bao He Dian and Qian Qing Men aka "Gate of Heavenly Purity". Dragon heads in the courtyard. Qian Qing Men. Lion guarding the gate. Approaching Qian Qing Gong aka "Palace of Heavenly Purity". Sundial and lamp outside. Fixtures within Qian Qing Gong. Jiao Tai Dian aka "Hall of Union and Peace" and its interior. Imperial Garden and its wide variaty of plants. Pagoda within the garden. Pavillion atop a rocky man-made hill. Exiting the palace grounds.
Mesh of overhead electrical cables. Workers in a silk factory. Individual cocoons being spun into a single thread. Lunch!
Summer Palace. Lion guarding the entrance. These lions come in pairs... do you know how to tell the male and female apart? Mythical creatures. Stone decorations adorning doors within the palace. Ancient ventilation system where ice was used to provide "air-conditioning" and hot water was poured in the tunnels below to heat the residences. Original fixtures. The longest garden corridor in China. Floral elephant. Temple atop a hill. Lotuses. Ancient walls outside the palace.
Colonial style building. Passing the "Gate of Heavenly Peace" in our taxi. Street lamp. Jams everywhere. Did you know that there are 4 millions cars in Beijing alone? That's the equivalent to the number of people we have in Singapore. Wangfujing shopping district. Ronaldinho ad in Beijing. April admiring chopsticks. The stretch of shopping centres along Wangfujing. Nike Beijing. Sculpture of a fencer. Eatery corner in Wangfujing. Scorpions! Wanted to try them but April wouldn't let me :p April sampling skewered chicken meat. Singing restaurant staff. Original well. April ordering dinner. Souveniers! Beijing BreadTalk. Beijing subway. Communist contraption. Riding the escalater to go back for a good night's rest.
Long day!!!
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