My first stay in Beijing

1. Tiananmen Square.
2. Tiananmen (it stands for Gate for Heavenly Peace, it is also the entrance to the Forbidden City).
3. Inside the Forbidden City.
4. Inside the Forbidden City (you can see some renovation is going on there).
5. One of the nine dragons on the Wall of Nine Dragons in the Forbidden City.
6. The "Dragon Seat" -- the emperor's seat.
7. Another "Dragon Seat".
8. Highly decorated ceiling in one of the rooms.
9. One of the Forbidden City's clock collections.
10. The White Tower in the Bei Hai (North Sea) Park.
11. A bronze sculpture in the Summer Palace.
12. Inside the Summer Palace.
13. Su Zhou Street inside the Summer Palace. One of the emperors liked the southern city of Su Zhou so much that he built a replica in the Summer Palace.
14. Ruins of the Old Summer Palace. The original one was destroyed and burnt by the British and French armies in the 1800s.
15. Tai Tan (Heavenly Temple) Park.
16. A panda in the Beijing Zoo.


 
 

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