Beijing, China
北京
View of the Forbidden City (Gùgōng) 故宫 from Prospect Hill 景山 (Jǐngshān), Běijīng, China — November 4, 2004
Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 8, 2004
Golden sunset from from Prospect Hill 景山 (Jǐngshān), Běijīng, China — November 5, 2004
Archery tower at Qiánmén 前门 (Front Gate), Tiān'ānmén Square, China — March 2001
The archery tower is a fortified barbican in front (south) of proper Qiánmén.
Qiánmén is more formally known as Zhèngyángmén 正阳门
Brian at the Gate of Heavenly Peace 天安门, Běijīng China, Běijīng, China — November 2004
Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
View of Běihǎi Park 北海公园 from from Prospect Hill 景山 (Jǐngshān), Běijīng, China — November 5, 2004
Royal script, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
Courtyard in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony 太和殿, Forbidden City (Gùgōng) 故宫, China — November 4, 2004
Lama Temple Museum, Beijing, China
I don’t know much about this graceful sculpture except that I stumbled upon it, and many others, in a museum in the Lama Temple, Beijing. It appears to be of Southeast Asian influence, but beyond that, I have no idea of its origins. Anybody?
Autumn alleyway, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
A local girl in the hútòng 胡同 of Běijīng China — November 2004
Guards, Tiān'ānmén Square 天安门广场, Běijīng China — November 7, 2004
Water caligraphy, Beihi Park, Běijīng China
It reads: 美国 or America
Royal courtyard, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
Temple of Heaven 天坛, Běijīng China — November 7, 2004
Selling chuanr 串儿, Wángfǔjǐng 王府井, Běijīng China — November 2004
Gate of Heavenly Peace 天安门, Běijīng China, Běijīng, China — November 2004
Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
Cold day in Beihai Park 北海公园, Běijīng China — November 2004
Parading around Běijīng China — November 2004
Neon lights on Ghost Street or guǐ jiē 簋街 near Dōngzhímén, Běijīng China — November 2004
Near the Temple of Heaven 天坛, Běijīng China — November 7, 2004
Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
Local girl, Běijīng, China — November 2004
Somewhere in the Forbidden City (Gùgōng) 故宫, China — November 4, 2004
Bridge, Beihi Park, Běijīng, China — November 2004
View of Beijing from from Prospect Hill 景山 (Jǐngshān), Běijīng, China — November 5, 2004
The waiters getting ready for shift, Běijīng, China — November 2004
Temple of Confucius was originally built in 1302, Běijīng China — November 2004
Dusk, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
Enjoying the Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha, Summer Palace, Běijīng China — November 9, 2004
My good mates Flora and Luke, Běijīng eatery, China — November 2004
Local cafe, Běijīng, China — November 2004
Partying at Poachers, Běijīng China — November 2004
