Most of the pictures are on Facebook. Click Here to see them. These following pictures were too big to fit onto Facebook so I put them here for your enjoyment. Hope you enjoy Beijing, the Forbidden City, and Tienanmen Square.
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| The bridge that we crossed over walking back to the hotel at night. |
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| This is the other side of the bridge. You can see the space needle and the reflection of the buildings along with the road along the side. Neon lights are BIG in China, the brighter the better. This is probably one of my favorite shots I've taken. |
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| This is one of the courtyards in the Forbidden City. This is about 2 layers away from the center palace. |
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| This is it. The main center building is in front of you, this was where the Emperor's throne was. They thought it was the center of the universe. This place is epically huge. It took 5 pictures to put this shot together. |
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| Tienamen Square As you first walk out of the Forbidden City, you see all of the square in front of you. |
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| We quickly cut through the Square, but this is part of what it looks like. It's a couple hundred yards long. |
Abram, great pictures. You have an "artistic eye".Question: What hotel did you stay in while in Bejing? The large wide street in the picture...was that Jianguomen/Chang'an? In the early 80's very little neon, but we went back in the 90's and things had changed. I can't imagine what it would be like now.
ReplyDeleteComment: You mentioned the throne in the Forbidden City was thought to represent the center of the Universe. The Chinese character to China (Zhongguo) is a square with a perpendicular line in the middle of the square. The Square is the Universe and the line represents China,in which they think is the center of the Universe and every thing orginated from there. Interesting!
Lesson plans: If you didn't get to do what you planned on a particular day, carry it over. You will be that much ahead. You are going to do great and look back on this someday as a great experience and pinch yourself as to say, was I really there, do that, see that? Most of all He is looking out for you. Thanks for the blogs.