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| Will, our local tour guide |
Tiananmen Square |
Tiananmen Square |
Kite flying in Tiananmen Square |
Tiananmen Square looking at the Gate of Heavenly Peace |
Tiananmen Square |
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| Tiananmen Square |
Tiananmen Square |
Tiananmen Square |
Monument to the People's Heros |
School children standing guard at the Monument to the People's Heroes |
School children standing guard at the Monument to the People's Heroes |
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| Stan and Tirzah in Tiananmen Square |
Gate of Heavenly Peace |
The picture of Mao is retouched every year |
Lions often guard Chinese gates |
The moat outside the Gate of Heavenly Peace |
Forbidden City aka the Imperial Palace |
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| Forbidden City |
Military exercises in the Forbidden City |
Military exercises in the Forbidden City |
The Forbidden City has many marble structures |
One of the many gates in the Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
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| Every building in the Forbidden City has mythological creatures on the corners of the roofs |
The greater the number of figures, the more important the building |
The figure on the tip is always a man on a chicken. This is supposed to ward off lightning. |
Guard lion in the Forbidden City |
Only a few of the buildings in the Forbidden City were furnished. Many of the interiors were stripped and destroyed during the Revolution. |
Lots of marble courtyards in the Forbidden City |
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| Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
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| Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Painted Ceiling in the Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
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| Bronze turtle in the Forbidden City |
Cranes are signs of long life |
Bronze detail |
This bronze container used to be covered in gold. The Red Army scraped it off with bayonets. |
Forbidden City |
Forbidden City |
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| The Last Emperor's Nephew, a Famous Calligrapher |
His studio is in the Forbidden City |
Painting a scroll to hang in our home |
Painting a scroll to hang in our home |
Signing a book about his body of work |
The Last Emperor's Nephew, a Famous Calligrapher |
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| The Last Emperor's Nephew, a Famous Calligrapher |
Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City |
Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City |
Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City |
Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City |
Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City |
