China Trip: Beijing

China Trip: Beijing
I apologize for the lack of posts the past few weeks- it turns out the Great Firewall of China blocked my access to my website even despite my VPN. I am now back in Olympia, but will be posting my back-logged blog entries over the next 4 weeks. I hope you enjoy!
- Buddha at Yonghegong (Lama Temple)
- Beautiful roofs of Yonghegong (Lama Temple)
- Notice the figures on the corner of the roof. The number of figures indicates the importance of the building (the more figures, the more important).
- My qigong students will enjoy this one! This is a statue of Guanyin (the Chinese Buddha of Compassion)- who is the inspiration for one of the qigong forms I teach. At the Beijing Capital Museum.
- The Tiantan (Temple of Heaven)
- Tiantan (Temple of Heaven)
- A beautiful park in Beijing
- Sunset over the Forbidden City
- The entrance to the Summer Palace
- The Summer Palace, located in the hills north of the Forbidden City, was the emperor’s escape from Beijing’s summer heat.
- A round door at the Summer Palace
- The Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, located along the bank of the lake.
- Taken from the top of the Summer Palace, the complex includes this large lake and its shores.
- One of the temples at the Summer Palace
- The Mutianyu segment of the Great Wall
- Looking out over the wall from a watch tower window.
- Taken from the top of one of the very steep segments of the Great Wall.
- The front gate of the Forbidden City, taken from Tianamen Square.
- Inside the front gate.
- The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the ceremonial center of imperial power.
- The roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Notice the number of figures on the roof, indicating its importance.
- Looking down on the Forbidden City from Jing Shan Park, located on a hill directly to the north.