Dong'anmen Market

The sites of Beijing

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January 30th 2006
It's definitely pretty cold here but we've tried to endure and see the sites anyway. Started yesterday with the Forbidden City which was really beautiful. All the detailing inside the buildings was really amazing and I found myself taking lots of pictures of ceilings. Also wandered through Tiananmen Square and a bit of the tiny alley markets of Qianmen and I'm hoping to return to there to do so ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more