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"chineze tourist" in tian-an-men square. standing in front of
the zhang-yang-men building. central beijing,
china 05/01/08 |
xiong-mao -n- mama-san in tian-an-men square, ready to start a very long
day touring beijing. its a cool 65f mourning here in beijing. |
"uncle
mao's" (mao zedong) tomb. his remains are in a crystal
case in-side this building. NO camera's allowed in here, so
there is NO picture of what is in-side.
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| "ren
hen duo", too many peoples here in tian-an-men square today,
even MORE crowded then dizney-land! central beijing
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standing
in front of bei-jing's meeting hall, across the street from tian-an-men
square |
the
main entrance to the "forbidden city", there is a
picture of mao zedong in front. |
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near front entrance of forbidden city |
standing
in front of main entrance to forbidden city |
standing
with chineze army, near the forbidden city. 05/01/08 |
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| haveing
a good time walkin' around the forbidden city. it starting
to get HOT here, 80f -n- sunny, under hazy sky's. |
xiong-mao
standing next to a 300 year old fire-pot in-side the forbidden
city. (probably needed this to keep warm in the winter) |
in-side
the forbidden city, which wuz the palace for 5 century's for the emporer
of china during the ming to qing dynastys. |
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| xiong-mao
standing next to a BIG pot |
the
forbidden city complex is very HUGE, with renovations -n- constructions
going on here |
standing
next to large doors with brass knobs. (it muss' be a real job to
keep these things polish'd!) |
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| stone
carveing ramp from 1 of the palace buildings in the forbidden city |
sign
explaining the stone carveing on the floor |
in
1 of the large court-yards of the forbidden city, central bei-jing,
china 05/01/08 |
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by old door-way of 1 of the buildings in the forbidden city |
takeing
a break from walking around the forbidden city. the temperature
has climbed to about 80f under hazy sky's now. |
checking
to see how water comes out of this thing, in-side the forbidden city |
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| the
"dui xiu shan", hill of accumolated elegance. the hill
is about 10 metres high |
more
information about the "dui xiu shan" here, north side of the
forbidden city |
tha's
the end of the forbidden city tour, getting ready to go eat
lunch. 05/01/08 |
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| in-side
a building of the forbidden city. looks like a royal throne room |
eating
1 pop-sicle while in-side the forbidden city museum. it wuz
probably a good 82f out-side at this time |
in-side
the "temple of heaven" round building. but its roped
off, no-body can go in-side |
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| ceiling
of 1 of the rooms in the palace of the forbidden city |
those
buildings behind look a little old (probably also made in 1420) needs a
new paint job? |
xiong-mao
mama-san enjoying the forbidden city |
