Saturday, October 6th - Forbidden City, Lama Temple and Summer Palace


Memorial in Tiananmen Square

 


Queuing to see Mao's body

 


Chinglish for 'Keep off the Grass'

 


Graham and Siân in Tiananmen Square

 


Dr Sun Yat Sen - Father of the Revolution

 


Towards Tiananmen Square gate

 


Preparing to have one's photo taken

 


Yet another gate to pass through to the Forbidden City

 


Bronze heron in the Forbidden City

 


Bronze turtle in the Forbidden City

 


Golden Lion

 


Trash and trinkets stalls abound

 


Part of the Lama Temple

 


Entering the Temple of Heaven for lunch

 


Entering a tea-house

 


Mugs for mugs

 


Mythical statue in the Summer Palace

 


A metal bird in the Summer Palace

 


Leaves of the lotus flower

 


The Long Corridor

 


Let's buy some water

 


Dowager Empress Cixi's home

 


Stone man-hole covers

 


Still in the Long Corridor

 


Close up of a some of the pictures in the Long Corridor

 


Preparing to be an Emperor

 


Dragon boat on the lake at the Summer Palace

 


The jade boat of Cixi

 


Another view of a dragon boat

 


Waiting to board a boat

 


What else was acquired at the Pearl Shop?

 


Starters without shark fin soup