Power girl - two rackets at one go


Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

The Alter of Heaven - constructed in 1530 to worship heaven at the winter solstice

Portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi - Lady Yehenara - I had a book titled "The Dragon Empress" with the cover totally the same as this portrait. Nice book to read, though written from a western perspective of the empress

Emperor Jiaqing (5th Qing Dynasty's Emperor)

Emperor Kang Xi (2nd Qing Dynasty's Emperor)

Emperor Qian Long (4th Qing Dynasty's Emperor)

View of the Forbidden City in the fog from Shou Huang Hall (寿皇殿) at Jingshan Park (景山公园)

This is the tree in Jingshan Park where Emperor Chenzong (last emperor of Ming Dynasty) hung himself to death at the fall of the Ming Dynasty

Taking a subway in Beijing costs only 2 yuan per ride - irregardless of the number of stations travelled and time; used to cost 3 yuan, but the price was reduced by the government. Then I thought in Singapore, the price will only go up, never adjusted downwards

Back to Tiananmen Square for the night lights

Portrait of Chairman Mao hung high above the Square

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