THESE ARE SOME PICS I HAVE TAKEN FROM MY RECENT TRIP TO CHINA WITH MY MOTHER.
A FAIR PROSPECT OF THE ORIENTAL PEARL OF TV & RADIO TOWER IN SHANGHAI FROM THE "BUND". THE BUILDINGS AROUND THE TOWER WERE JUST BUILT WITHIN THE LAST 10-15 YEARS. THE "BUND" IS THE AREA ALONG THE RIVER WHERE WESTERN BUSINESSES AND BUILDINGS WHERE FIRST ESTABLISHED.
A WONDERFUL SHOT INSIDE THE REED FLUTE CAVE IN GUILIN. IT IS BLUISH CAUSE THEY PUT IN BLUE LIGHTING FOR EFFECT.
THIS IS WHAT I AMUSINGLY REFER TO AS THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE VENETIAN GONDOLIER. THIS WAS TAKEN ALONG LIJIANG RIVER IN GUILIN.
MAGNIFICENT PEAKS IN GUILIN. THESE MOUNTAINS ARE THE RESULT OF MILLIONS OF YEARS EROSION.
TERRACOTTA SOLDIERS AND HORSES OUTSIDE OF XIAN. THERE ARE STILL A LOT LEFT UN-DUG AND UN-RESTORED AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK. THE SOLDIERS AND HORSES WERE IN COLORS WHEN THEY FIRST WERE DUG BY ARCHEOLOGIST IN THE 70'S . NOW EXPOSURE TO LIGHT HAS FADED THE COLORS.
A VIEW ON TOP OF THE ANCIENT CITY WALL IN XIAN. BUILDINGS TO THE RIGHT ARE OUTSIDE THE WALLED CITY AND CAN BE AS TALL AS THEY WANT TO BE BUT STRUCTURES TO THE LEFT NEEDS TO BE SHORTER THAN THE WALL. THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THE TRADITION OF THE CITY WALL BEING THE TALLEST STRUCTURE AS IT WAS IN ANCIENT TIMES. XIAN WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE EARLIER DYNASTIES AND IS LOCATED SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE OF CHINA.
ONE OF THE INNER BUILDINGS AND COURTYARD INSIDE THE FORBIDDEN CITY. PERHAPS THE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER? :-) I DON'T KNOW.
TEMPLE OF HEAVEN IN BEIJING. ONLY THE EMPEROR PRAYED/MEDITATED HERE IN ANCIENT TIMES.
IN FRONT OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE IN BEIJING. "TIANANMEN" MEANS THE PEACEFUL HEAVEN'S DOOR.
GREAT WALL OF CHINA. NO EXPLANATIONS NEEDED HERE. CAN YOU SPOT MY MOTHER???
A FAIR PROSPECT OF THE ORIENTAL PEARL OF TV & RADIO TOWER IN SHANGHAI FROM THE "BUND". THE BUILDINGS AROUND THE TOWER WERE JUST BUILT WITHIN THE LAST 10-15 YEARS. THE "BUND" IS THE AREA ALONG THE RIVER WHERE WESTERN BUSINESSES AND BUILDINGS WHERE FIRST ESTABLISHED.
A WONDERFUL SHOT INSIDE THE REED FLUTE CAVE IN GUILIN. IT IS BLUISH CAUSE THEY PUT IN BLUE LIGHTING FOR EFFECT.
THIS IS WHAT I AMUSINGLY REFER TO AS THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE VENETIAN GONDOLIER. THIS WAS TAKEN ALONG LIJIANG RIVER IN GUILIN.
MAGNIFICENT PEAKS IN GUILIN. THESE MOUNTAINS ARE THE RESULT OF MILLIONS OF YEARS EROSION.
TERRACOTTA SOLDIERS AND HORSES OUTSIDE OF XIAN. THERE ARE STILL A LOT LEFT UN-DUG AND UN-RESTORED AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK. THE SOLDIERS AND HORSES WERE IN COLORS WHEN THEY FIRST WERE DUG BY ARCHEOLOGIST IN THE 70'S . NOW EXPOSURE TO LIGHT HAS FADED THE COLORS.
A VIEW ON TOP OF THE ANCIENT CITY WALL IN XIAN. BUILDINGS TO THE RIGHT ARE OUTSIDE THE WALLED CITY AND CAN BE AS TALL AS THEY WANT TO BE BUT STRUCTURES TO THE LEFT NEEDS TO BE SHORTER THAN THE WALL. THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THE TRADITION OF THE CITY WALL BEING THE TALLEST STRUCTURE AS IT WAS IN ANCIENT TIMES. XIAN WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE EARLIER DYNASTIES AND IS LOCATED SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE OF CHINA.
ONE OF THE INNER BUILDINGS AND COURTYARD INSIDE THE FORBIDDEN CITY. PERHAPS THE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER? :-) I DON'T KNOW.
TEMPLE OF HEAVEN IN BEIJING. ONLY THE EMPEROR PRAYED/MEDITATED HERE IN ANCIENT TIMES.
IN FRONT OF THE TIANANMEN SQUARE IN BEIJING. "TIANANMEN" MEANS THE PEACEFUL HEAVEN'S DOOR.
GREAT WALL OF CHINA. NO EXPLANATIONS NEEDED HERE. CAN YOU SPOT MY MOTHER???
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