It's been nearly a month since my last posting. This time we're back to Beijing....on the Forbidden City of China. Built in the year between 1406 and 1420, the Forbidden City housed several Emperor from the Ming Dynasty throughout until the end of Qing Dynasty. According to a source from wikipedia, the complex consists of 980 buildings with more than 9000 bays (many claimed that it has 9999 rooms) and covers 7.8 million square feet!! Several famous Emperor of China namely Emperor Qian Long, Emperor Kang Xi and Emperor Yong Le have resided in the palace complex. Without further ado, let's take a ride into the 'city' with panoramas to be shared.
That's the main gate of the Forbidden City
From here, we're able to sight the photo of Chairman Mao and the bridge which the sentry was standing on, is called the Outer Golden Water Bridge. There are 7 stone bridges spanning the outer Golden River and they were constructed in the year 1420. (not sure if it's really golden in color or not XD)
A Sentry Guard aka Red Guard??
That's me in front of the entrance as a proof that I was there. :D
As you enter, you will be greeted by the huge granite/concrete gate
This is not the entrance into the Palace Museum yet.
One of the sentry tower
That's me again 'camwhoring'..
The tablet in Chinese Character Wu Men, literally means Meridian Gate
A Panoramic shot of the Meridian Gate. Click for the big panorama viewing..
The Meridian Gate is the formal entrance to the Forbidden City which was popularly known as Five Phoenix Turrets (Wufeng Lou). It is the largest of the four gates in the complex.
Worn out granite floors..it's uneven
As you enter, you will be able to see a very magnificent view and that hallway you see is the first hallway..and the name, it will be published in the next post.
One of the Dragon Carvings on the bridge. It looks like it's a marble carvings though as it's cooling..but somehow
The base of the bridge, looks like they were made from marbles..super luxurious..
And here's the bronze Gilded Lion at the Hall
Carvings and architecture
Looking down one of the many dragon and phoenix carvings, not clear anymore due to weather upbeats.
And here's the Panoramic View of the first Hall..please click for larger view.
I'm hoping that everyone will enjoy this post and the part 2 will be up soon. More to come!!
The Meridian Gate is the formal entrance to the Forbidden City which was popularly known as Five Phoenix Turrets (Wufeng Lou). It is the largest of the four gates in the complex.
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| That's my ticket, Approx. at RM30 bought at the Noon Gate |
I'm hoping that everyone will enjoy this post and the part 2 will be up soon. More to come!!
4 comments:
Your pix of Mao reminds of the bloody Tian Nan Men incident many yrs ago. I was in Beijing at the time of the gruesome "civil war" & we were confined in the hotels for days just glued to the tv. We were not allowed to go out then. It was terrible......
wow!! You were there during that incident must be hell of an experience...
Always a pleasure to read your stories!
Funny, in the last panoramic picture you can see the person with the red bag twice.. the only proof that this hasn't been done with a wide angle lens but with photoshop.. ;-) nice job though!
haha..you have managed to detect it..I never realized that also..actually they are twins imitating the same action..
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