Saturday, June 21, 2008

Forbidden City

Day 2 of sightseeing in Beijing started off at the Forbidden City. Crazy Americans.


Sweetie picture in the Outer Court by the Meridian Gate.



View of the Gate of Supreme Harmony.



Sweetie picture with the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the background.



View of the Gate of Supreme Harmony looking South.



Walking up to the Hall of Middle Harmony (for the record, I didn't name these places).



Yet another sweetie picture.



View of the Marble Carriageway - carved pictures of dragons chasing pearls among clouds, reserved for the emperor.



Viewing the Hall of Preserving Harmony.



Sweetie picture as we are about to enter the Gate of Heavenly Purity.



Sweetie kiss in the Imperial Flower Garden by a tree more than 300 years old.



The Pavilion of a Thousand Autumns.



Departing the Forbidden City through the Gate of Divine Prowess.



Sweetie picture just outside the Gate of Divine Prowess.



Looking back into the Forbidden City across the moat.

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