We started our Beijing tour by taking the subway
to the front entrance to tiananmen square. On the way of Beijing travel to the square we
passed by Mao's Mausoleum, which was closed. A little background on the
forbidden city in most Beijing
tours: It received its name because it was off limits for 500 years. It is
the largest and best-preserved cluster of ancient buildings in
two dynasties of emperors, the Ming and the Qing, who didn't stray from this
pleasure dome unless they absolutely had to. The various sights i saw that go
from the south of the city to north are: the palace of heavenly purity, the
hall of union, the hall of supreme harmony, the hall of middle harmony, the
hall of preserving harmony, and the imperial garden is in the very back.
Once we made it inside the palace, which
turned out harder than we imagined due to a variety of different ticket booths
(the first ticket we bought sent us into some egyptian mummy museum...which was
weird), the sight of the palace buildings seemed to go on forever. It is huge.
Its amazing to believe that all of this is right in the heart of
few other tourists, mostly local Chinese citizens, wanted pictures with me. at
first i thought they all wanted me to take a picture for them but then they
would just put their arm around me have their partner take pictures. I dont
know who they think i am, but this is not the first time this has happened in
china. The city is amazing. Look at the pictures.
Once we made it to the north entrance we
decided to exit the city and cross the street to see Jingshan park. I almost
recommend going here over the forbidden city. The 'mountain' was erected using
the dirt dug up to build the moat around the forbidden city. At the top of this
rather mystical mountain is a wonderful view of
can see everything. The russet roofing of the forbidden city has never looked
cooler than from this angle. Beijing
travel service and Beijing
tour guide offered mainly by local travel agent in
locust tree stands in the place where the last of the Ming emperors, Chongzhen,
hung himself as rebels swarmed at the city walls.
| Date: 30 July 2008, Wednesday | Comments (0) | Add Comment |