Water Cube 水立方 at Night
The National Aquatics Center or popularly known as the Water Cube is certainly an...
Category Archives: Beijing
Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京国家游泳中心
2008 turned out to be a banner year for China. She was thrust into...
Going to the Olympic Sports Center 奥体中心
It was getting late in the day and I really needed to move to...
Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts 国家大剧院
Although the Forbidden City was a very fascinating place, I could not afford to...
Thoughts on the Forbidden City 故宫
The Forbidden City is arguably the largest open air museum in China, encompassing several...
Life of an Emperor
Exploring the Forbidden City gives me an idea of how the emperor lives his...
Palace of Gathering Excellence 储秀宫
It may come as a surprise to many people that the Forbidden City is...
Imperial Telephone Bureau 皇家电话局
I basically walked along the central axis of the Forbidden Palace and I was...
Gate of Divine Prowess 神武门
I was continuing on to through the Forbidden City when I unexpectedly reached the...
Thousand Year Pavillion 千秋亭
It takes very careful planning to build an impressive palace. Back in the Ming...
Hall of Literary Elegance 摛藻堂
Every corner of the inner court of the Forbidden City seems to have been...
Pavillion of Floating Greenery 浮碧亭
At the center of the imperial garden in the Forbidden City is another rather...
Pavillion of Ten Thousand Spring Seasons 万春亭
The imperial garden at the inner court is quite interesting. This is naturally the...
Hill of Accumulated Elegance 堆秀山
The Chinese are masters of garden making and what better place to showcase this...
Hall of Imperial Peace 钦安门
I dug deeper and deeper into the inner court of the Forbidden City it...