Beijing Forbidden City and Shopping at Silk Market Photo 24

Beijing Forbidden City and Shopping at Silk Market

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May 7th 2011
It was hot today and the Forbidden City was huge. It blows you away to think over a thousand years just up until 100 years ago that 1 family would control this entire place. The city is inside of Beijing and there are about 10,000 different rooms. We went to see only 6 of them and that took 3 hours to walk around to. We enjoyed the views but everyone was itching to shop more so we went to the ... read more

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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