The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
Just outside the Forbidden City and in other parts of Beijing, “art students” looked for good prey to scam.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
Inside the Forbidden City, there were artists sitting quietly drawing a section of the complex.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
In the end, the entrance to the Forbidden City was right there all along, within plain view.
Soldiers do martial arts just beyond the entrance to the Forbidden City.
Soldiers do martial arts just beyond the entrance to the Forbidden City.
Soldiers do martial arts just beyond the entrance to the Forbidden City.
There were throngs of people in Tiananmen Square near the Forbidden City on almost every day of the week.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The entrance to the Forbidden City was at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
We didn’t want to believe that the huge line under the Mao Zhedong photo led into the Forbidden City. Instead, we wandered around outside the outer walls for over an hour.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
Was it really that hard to find the entrance to the Forbidden City or were we just that jetlagged?
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
Are we in Tiananmen Square or not? It wasn’t always easy to tell where to go or how to get there in Beijing.
One of the famous doors at the Forbidden City in Beijing.
We loved the signage that we found in the Forbidden City (and throughout Beijing).
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
Ornate and colorful designs on the ceiling of a building in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Most of the tourist attractions in Beijing were confusing. The Forbidden City was no exception.
We walked all around the outer walls of the Forbidden City in search of the main entrance. On our way, we saw all kinds of cool things.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Forbidden City in Beijing.
More ornate designs on a building at the Forbidden City.
A sign describing the building in front of us as the Hall for Worship of Ancestors at the Forbidden City.
Wandering around outside the Forbidden City (trying to find the entrance) we saw people doing all sorts of things, like these people who are doing tai chi.
There were soldiers practicing a form with sticks just inside the gate to the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City is a must-see tourist attraction in Beijing. Tiananmen Square (the entrance to the Forbidden City) is also a must-see due to its history.
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