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Tiananmen Squre, Beijing
A huge portrait of Mao hangs over the Gate of Heavenly Peace
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Tiananmen Square
The world's largest public square is 100 acres and can accomodate...
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Tiananmen Square
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Guards practicing
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The Hall of Supreme Harmony
During the Ming and Qing emperors all the important national ceremonies took...
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Terraces and The Hall of Middle Harmony
Three terraces with the intricately carved baluster caps.
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Forbidden City visitors
Completed in 1420, it was off limits to visitors for 500 years
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Forbidden City
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Bridges after entering the Meridian Gate
Detail of one of the five bridges streching over the Golden Water...
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A garding male lion
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Greeting the visitors
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A little "emperor"
China's one child policy created many little emperors in Chinese...
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Ceramic symbolical dragon detail
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The Nurturing the Heart Gate
The symbolic #9 appears everywhere - 81 golden nails on the red doors
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Yellow tile roofs
The red color, the symbole of imperial power dominants the walls...
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Yellow roof tiles and dragons
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A man sketching visitors on a plate
My fellow tourists were very impressed.
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A dragon in front of Summer Palace Gate
It is a mythological animal combining seven animals bodies.
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Lion cub under the garding lion's paw
Lions appear many locations in China. The female lion always holds a lion cub...
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Qi Lin
The mythological animal"s head
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Rock formation in the Summer Palace
Located in Haidian District, some 12 kilometers northwest of the...
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Summer Palace Garden
The initial construction began in 1750 but foreign troops in 1860...
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Kiosk along the Long Gallery
The covered Corridor is 700 yards long along the lake shore and...
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Delicate carving featuring dragons
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Man made lake, called Kunming Lake
The landscape architect utilized Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake to create a...
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