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Oct 21, 2005 at 04:30 o\clock

The Forbidden City

by: Stewart

Nowadays Y60 (Y20 Student) gets you into the once Forbidden City. The hazy weather made the enormous complex seem endless and mysterious. Definitely a must-see when in Beijing. At the end of your visit, exit in the north and enjoy a birds-eye view from the nearby Jingshan Park (Y2). It features a hill that successively gained heights during the construction of the Forbidden City which was going on between 1406-1420 AD.

The following panoramas and close ups try to give an impression.

 

PS Don’t forget to use manual white-balance, along with manual focus, aperture and time setting, when doing panoramas. Then the ugly stripes in the picture are hopefully invisible.

Oct 21, 2005 at 04:29 o\clock

The Lama Temple

by: Stewart

Ranked no. 1 in term of size in Beijing the Lama Temple is the place to go for temple sight seeing. Numerous halls and the obligatory Bell and Drum Tower close to the entrance round off the temple experience. Take a look at the beautiful carved roof ornaments and the stunning building design. Y25 (Y15 Students) get you in and away from the Beijing streets. If you have a little more than for the Beijing must-sees take yourself a few hours off and go there.

 

Oct 21, 2005 at 04:27 o\clock

Trip to Beijing and Xi'an

by: Stewart

The Shanghai Blog is reaching further out into China. While Suzhou was somehow close, Beijing and Xi’an are both hundreds of miles away. On our nine day train trip the following major sites visited were: the Forbidden City, the Tiananmen Square, the Lama Temple, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven Park, the Baihai Park, the Great Wall close to Badaling, the 10th Ming Tomb and the Spirit Way, and in Xi’an the Terracotta Warriors, the Huaqing Pool and the Li Shan Mountain. So prepare for a flow of photos along with the usual short text blog format. Enjoy.