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I met Shuang in Tiananmen Square while taking a pciture. She was studying English in Beijing, and offered to show me around Beijing. Here is the Tiananmen gate to the Forbidden City. |
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Palace of Heavenly Purity Each building in the Forbidden City served particular functions for the Emperor and his court. Most of the Imperial treasures were either taken to Taiwan before the Communists took over the mainland, or they were destroyed during the cultural revolution. Only a few objects remain. |
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Another Hall with a very intricately decorated ceiling. I need to search my notes for the meaning of the inscriptions and the significance of the surrounding objects... |
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One of the interior gates. Notice the colorful decoration, the dragon symbols, and the figurines decorating the rooftops. |
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Pavilion in the Empress' garden |
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3D dragon head protruding downward from the roof of the pavilion. |
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The honeymoon suite, with the Chinese symbol of 'double happiness'. |