

Heroes Monument

National Museum of China

Tiananmen Gate

Family in front of Tiananmen Gate

Frozen Moat

Mao

Meridian Gate

Gate of Supreme Harmony

Smaller Gate
Next to the Gate of Supreme Harmony

Dog in front of Gate of Supreme Harmony

Hall of Supreme Harmony

Forbidden City Cobblestones

Roof animals signify importance.
The more, the better, but never more than nine (the Emperor's number). In the picture, the 10th animal is a man wrangling the animals, so he doesn't count.

Demon Face
On a golden pot in the Forbidden City.

Courtyard
Before the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Gate of Heavenly Purity

Stone Carving
On the backside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (I think).

Hall of Supreme Harmony

Sundial

Crowds at the Hall

Imperial Garden

Imperial Garden

Dragon in the Garden

Hill of Accumulated Elegance

Gate of Divine Prowess

Rickshaw Riders

Rickshaw Riders

Hutong Rickshaw Pub Crawl

Puppy Attack!

Hanging Meat in the Hutong

Traditional Chinese Paper Cut
Double Happiness!

Woman playing a Guzheng

Liquor Museum in the Hutong

Sparkly Purple Car

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
At the Temple of Heaven

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
At the Temple of Heaven

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
At the Temple of Heaven

Pu'er Tea

Jasmine Tea

Tea Flower

Pearls

Resident Goldfish
at the Dongfang Hotel

Beijing City Gatehouse

Copper Wire Cloisons

Enamel Painting

Enamels

Enamels

Firing a Cloisonne Pot

Cloisonne Vases

On the Great Wall of China
View the complete Great Wall of China Gallery.

Painted Trees
We saw thousands of trees with trunks painted white, supposedly to control ants.

National Stadium

Beijing Traffic

Hotel Pangu

Beijing Olympic Park

Beijing Olympic Park

Night time at Tiananmen Square

Night time at Tiananmen Square

Red Theatre

A Kung Fu Practitioner, Pre-Show

Beijing Zoo Gate

Sleeping Panda

Sleeping Panda
Butt view.

Sleeping Panda

Sleeping Panda

Sleeping Panda

Sleeping Panda

Fat Raccoon

Raccoon Dog

Siberian Tiger

Siberian Tiger

Penguins

Penguins

Penguins

Polar Bear

Brown Bear

Arctic Fox

Real Penguins

Penginland Penguin

Swimming Penguins

Lone Penguin

Beijing Station

In the train to Xi'an

Train to Xi'an

Train to Xi'an

Train into Xi'an

Warrior

Warrior

Warriors

Miniature Terracotta Warriors

Sculpting

Many Archers

Browncoats
All the ladies at the Terracotta Warrior site wore terracotta-colored coats.

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Girls with a Stranger
We, especially the girls, were quite the attraction in Xi'an.

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber One

Terracotta Warriors, Chamber Two

Li'l Terracotta Warrior
A couple of these little guys were hanging out in the gift shop, along with the man who found the Terracotta Warriors.

Bronze Chariot and Horses

Bronze Chariot and Horses

Bronze Chariot and Horses

Horses, Over the Hills
A statue at the Terracotta Warrior Complex.

Bikes on the Xi'an City Wall

Xi'an City Wall

Xi'an City Wall Guard Tower

Little Bus Tour

Birds of Xi'an

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

At the Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Buddha

Buddha

Bell

Caishen, the God of Wealth
The god of wealth has a lot of gold.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Beiyuanmen Muslim Market

Making Ginger Candy
At Beiyuanmen Muslim Market

Making Ginger Candy
Beiyuanmen Muslim Market

Making Ginger Candy
Beiyuanmen Muslim Market.

Massage by the Blind.
Massage by the Blind.

Flat bread baked with hot stones.

Skewered Meats!

Hot Pomegranate Juice!
Perfect beverage on a chilly day.

"Pirate cigarettes."

Ground spices.

Chinese Hamburger Stand
The Chinese hamburger is a flat bread that's stuffed with a choice of meats.

Man on a bench.

Drum Tower

Bell Tower
That side of the city was particularly smoggy.

Girls with another Chinese stranger.

Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Pearl Loop Pathway (from below)

Pearl Loop Pathway (from above)

Shanghai from the Oriental Pearl Tower

On the Sightseeing Deck.

Looking down from the Sightseeing Deck.

Looking down from the Sightseeing Deck.

Cricket Fight Club
Shanghai History Museum

Hairstylin'
Shanghai History Museum

Lubrication Texaco
Shanghai History Museum

1959 Fenghuang (Phoenix) Sedan
The first medium-thigh-end sedan made in New China. Manufactured in the Shanghai Automotive Assembly Plant. Shanghai History Museum.

Diorama of a private residence.
Shanghai History Museum.

Tin Hou Silk

Yuyuan Tourist Mart

Slippery Slope
Yuyuan Gardens.

Doorway in Yuyuan Gardens

Yuyuan Gardens

Snake
Yes, it looks like a dragon, but only the emperor gets to have dragons on his house, so this is a snake. So we were told. Yuyuan Gardens.

Exquisite Jade Rock
Yuyuan Gardens.

Quadcopter in Yuyuan Tourist Mart

The Bund

Skyline Across the Huangpu River

Oriental Pearl Across the Huangpu River

Commerce on the Huangpu
The Dong Run 17 passing by.

Spires
Tall building and monuments along the Bund.

Taoist Fountain
French Concession.

Dough Pig at Din Tai Fung





































































































































































