Here we have a few pictures of the forbidden city and the temple of heaven as well as the imperial garden. The Forbidden city was a the imperial court built in the Ming dynasty. Its built on 15 layers of bricks to prevent enemy armies from tunneling under and its several walls deep. In other words, its secure. The Emperor would rule here with his 1000 concubines, each hand picked in a special chamber in the back of the palace. Some of the stone carvings present in the city were moved in the dead of winter on roads of ice made by servants who sprinkled water ahead of the caravan.
The temple of heaven was a special ceremonial ground that animals would be sacrificed to in order to produce a plentiful following season. Inside the main atrium four pillars stand to represent the seasons as the foundations of the earth.
Oh and that one picture of me is in front of the forbidden city with the iconic Mao portrait in Tianemen square. By the way, LOTS of cops strolling around there. Armed as well. Its an odd little area. But all in all the trip to Beijing was spectacular and very worth while. So adios amigos, I'll see you in the funny papers.
1 comment:
This is freaking sweet dude! Miss ya! I wanna see a pic of all these cops you keep talking about. A really shabby one. Oh and did you try to google democracy? I've heard that you can't in China.
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