Images of China

China in Pictures

China is a big country (but it has only one time zone) that’s rich in history, tradition, and culture. On our short visit there we only experienced the highlights of what it has to offer. But it was an amazing trip, and here’s just a little of what we saw.

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

Quinding Old Liquor Museum.

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

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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

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50 Pictures of The Great Wall

We had so many images of the Great Wall of China that they needed a whole separate gallery.

Great Wall of China

Great Wall from the information center.

It's been said you can see the Great Wall from space. You can't. It's even pretty small from the reception center, only a few kilometers away.

Home of the Great Wall

We really enjoyed the cultural significance of the Great Wall.

Great Wall Map

Souvenirs

T-shirts for sale on the road to the wall.

Cable Car Entrance

Cable Car

From the Cable Car

Map of the Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Great Wall

Tower

Great Wall

Top of a Tower

Great Wall

Great Wall

Wi-fi on the Wall

... but I don't haz password.

The Wall

Moving on up.

Climb to Tower 21

Keep on climbing.

It's steep, this wall.

Looking back

Looking down.

It's pretty great.

The wall is long.

Trash.

Almost everywhree you go, people have left their crap behind.

Great Wall

Tower 19

Arch

Great Wall

Steep!

Red Bull Wall

Red Bulls cans were littered all over the Great Wall.

Coming Down

Great Wall

Triumphant Wall Climber

Up to Tower 21

Great Wall

A smoke & a nap.

Tower 21

We were there.

Great Wall

Great Wall

When visiting the Great Wall ...

... don't forget to bring your French horn.

No. 10: President Clinton's Cable Car

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Tom Fassbender is a writer of things with a strong adventurous streak. He also drinks coffee.

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