This was our first day of visiting after arriving in Beijing for a few days. It is by far the windiest day in Beijing we have encountered. Before coming to Beijing we were briefed that we would be visiting 6 out of 8 major tourist attractions: The Great Wall (长城) , Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Fragrance Hill, Bei Hai Gong Yuan and Gu Gong. I was really looking forward to the places. It was therefore somewhat disappointing that we stayed less that 2 hours in the place. In a place like this, I would like to have a whole morning to explore the place and to take pictures. We were given a brief introduction to the concept of courtyard houses "Si He Yuan". The "main" house or "Zheng Fang" is the unit facing the sun.
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