I'm stuck in the middle of too chatters in this pick.
Us in all our glory.
Me and my new roomate AnnSophiefrom france/
We ordered a bunch of shots....ten I think.count. I think only two actually tasted yummy....the rest well....we let the guys finish them. Ugh.
This is a type of kite made of paper. You light the little thing on the bottom and it fills with hot air. Eventually it has enough hot air that it slowly floats up in the sky and finally disappears.
This is the next morning. We tried to make it early enough.....but ofcourse I slept in.....we were still early enough.
Entrance.
These guys were marching and I thought they were doing such a good job that I would take a picture.
Or two...
Or three...
Inside the palace.
Could you imagine....the little gray lines....those are all little flat stones piled up to make a gently sloping path... like miniature stairs.
Some musical instruments.
I was amazed with the stone carvings.
The original paint.
During Japans occupation of China....the Japanese scrap
this was one marble stone...the moved it in one piece.....amazing!
I bought a series of paintings from this artist in the Palace....it was the four seasons.....absolutly beautiful!
The dragons are symbolic of something.....dammed if I could remember what.
The lions are protectors. The lion above rests its paw on a lion cub...this is the female lion.
This lion is playing with a ball......it is the male lion.
This tree is over 300 years old...imagine the history this tree could tell.
A little garden for the Emperor.
This is the performing arts theater that was used to entertain guests in the Palace.
That's it and that's all for now.....I also have some pics to put from Tiananmen Square...it might take a while....I have a special post about my trip to the ice bar that is coming up very soon.
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