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!
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- Buddha at Yonghegong (Lama Temple)
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- Beautiful roofs of Yonghegong (Lama Temple)
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- The Tiantan (Temple of Heaven)
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- Tiantan (Temple of Heaven)
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- A beautiful park in Beijing
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- Sunset over the Forbidden City
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- The entrance to the Summer Palace
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- The Summer Palace, located in the hills north of the Forbidden City, was the emperor’s escape from Beijing’s summer heat.
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- A round door at the Summer Palace
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- The Long Corridor at the Summer Palace, located along the bank of the lake.
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- Taken from the top of the Summer Palace, the complex includes this large lake and its shores.
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- One of the temples at the Summer Palace
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- The Mutianyu segment of the Great Wall
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- Looking out over the wall from a watch tower window.
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- Taken from the top of one of the very steep segments of the Great Wall.
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- The front gate of the Forbidden City, taken from Tianamen Square.
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- Inside the front gate.
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- The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the ceremonial center of imperial power.
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- The roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Notice the number of figures on the roof, indicating its importance.
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- Looking down on the Forbidden City from Jing Shan Park, located on a hill directly to the north.
