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BEIJING CHINA

 

I am standing in front of the Tianamen Gate

This is the entrence to the Forbidden City

   

This is a view of Tiananmen Square, also known as (Gate of Heavenly Peace).

 

The Ming Dynasty Emperior is said to hung himself on this tree in the foreground. This must be a slow growing tree because if the story is true, the tree is at lease 400 yrs old

   

A few images from with in the Forbidden City

 

The Forbidden City was built between 1406 to 1420, It was used as the Chinese Iimperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty .

   

 

A bronze lion in front of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity

   

Here I am on the Great Wall of China, next to my beautiful wife

For some reason I wasn't impressed. I thought the wall would be larger, It wasn't that great to me.