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Forbidden City from Jingshan Park

Birds Nest but no soup.

September 4th 2019
Day 38 to 40 of 80 Birds Nest but no soup Up before the crack of dawn on Monday, 2 Sept. In Tiananmen Square they have a twice-daily flag ceremony - morning raising timed for sunrise, evening lowering at sunset. We have seen the crowds coming away from the evening performance so decided raising was best. But that was 05.42 on Monday, and we wanted to allow up to an hour or more to get the ... read more
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