Tiananmen/Forbidden City

[darktiger]

Main entrance to the Imperial City - The Imperial City is a section of the city of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It refers to the collection of gardens, shrines, and other service areas between the Forbidden City and the Inner City of ancient Beijing. The Imperial City was surrounded by a wall and accessed through six gates.

More pictures from my China trip can be found here http://themoores.zenfolio.com/f480140271/

 

[darktiger]

awesome buildings...

 

[TheCowOfNow]

The whole collection is very cool. i'm jealous of your travels.

 

[bashPenguin]

Did you go see the wax body (which they tell everyone is real)? I know it's supposed to be very somber, but the fact that they actually tell you via announcements "You may not laugh, but you may cry" got a chuckle from me when I listened to it.

And the Square was far larger than I had ever imagined when I was there about 7 years ago.