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Tiananmen Square
- The Forbidden
City - Pearl
Factory - Park - Concert
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Day (The Summer Palace,
First Concert) |
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Saturday, June 21.
The day started out well - the sun finally came out in Beijing.
It was pretty clear, and over 100 today. In the morning, we saw
the Tianan'men Square and the Forbidden City ( a LONG walk).
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Zhengyangmen Gate
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Quianmen Gate
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Museum of Chinese History
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Monument to the People's
Heroes
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The Great Hall of People
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The Palace Museum
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Shade is where you find
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Chairman
Mao Memorial Hall
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The
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To get to the Forbidden
City, we walk through a tunnel under the boulevard.
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Inside the Forbidden City!
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The Hall of Supreme Harmony
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This
was our first (and only, really) sunny day, and it was pretty hot.
The Ice Cream stand was a popular attraction!
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Remember
where this is...
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Chinese
musical instruments.
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The Dragonclaw
date plant
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...and
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After
this, we go to the Pearl Factory, a very nice Park, and finally,
the concert...
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