The Dowager Cixi got so many gifts from visiting dignitaries. Here’s another one on display at the Summer Palace. I’m sorry, but I’ve forgotten who gave this and I have no idea what it does.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Caligraphy Brushes
Tea
Tea
They dry tea and form it into these disks. The disks used to be used like currency.
Quiet Please
A sign in a hutong.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Up on a Hill at the Summer Palace
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Forbidden City
A Favorite Snack
Candy Apples
These candy apples are ubiquitous in China.
Doorway
Hutongs South of Qianmen Square
Weekly Photo Challenge: Flowers
at the Lama TempleFake, but still nice
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Great Hall of the People
In Tian’amen Square, the Great Hall of the People (Renmen Dahuitang) is like the Capital Building. It’s where the legislature convenes. Cadogen Beijing says,
it’s the venue for set piece government meetings, where in a mockery of consultation and democracy, delegates largely rubber-stamp what has been decided for them.
Beijing Daily Photo 2 