HOUTONG

On our first day here before the tour started we walked around an old district of BeiJing. I’m now sure what the area was called but it was near the Antique Market.The houses were very assembled in something akin to…

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THE FORBIDDEN CITY

The entrance to The Frbidden City is just acorss the large roadway that surrowds Tian’anmen Square. Chairman Mao’s portrait sits atop the enormous gate to this huge place. The interesting thing about this site is how immense it is. I…

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TIAN’ANMEN SQUARE

Yesterday we had gotten our first view of Tian’anmen Square from a taxi window as we drove passed. There were thousands of people crowding together. It was late in the afternoon and the sky was threatening rain. So when our…

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SINGING MOUNTAIN

Probably the most difficult for me to explain is our next stop at the Singing Mountain Park that overlooks the Forbidden City. As we stepped through the entrance we immediately heard a large group of people singing. Their voices rising…

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