Posts Tagged ‘Beijing’
Start up by walkr
Posted: April 19, 2014 in natureTags: 500px, Beijing, bw, canon, china, IFTTT, landscape, plants
A Royal View by WilliamJumpIII
Posted: April 18, 2014 in landscapesTags: 500px, 5d, astronomy, astrophotography, Beijing, canon, celestial, china, day, design, eos, 颐和园, fantasy, graphic, IFTTT, landscape, markiii, moon, night, painting, palace, photoshop, planet, sky, space, stars, summer, zhong guo, 北京, 中国
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cat by redcolour
Posted: April 14, 2014 in animalsTags: 500px, animal, Beijing, cat, china, IFTTT, nature, park
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View from the Great Wall by mingchuno
Posted: February 22, 2014 in landscapesTags: 500px, art, Beijing, hdr, IFTTT, landscape
sunrise by mofaoct
Posted: February 14, 2014 in landscapesTags: 500px, architecture, Beijing, building, canon, city, cityscape, IFTTT, landscape, landscapes, orange, red, sunrise, sunset, yellow
Forbidden City, Beijing China by littlepleasuresoflife
Posted: February 11, 2014 in City and ArchitectureTags: 500px, architecture, Beijing, china, IFTTT, People's Republic of China, travel
I was overwhelmed by the hundreds of people coming to visit the Forbidden City.
Impressive busy attraction
History: The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the center of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. [Wikipedia]
Lying at the city center and called Gu Gong in Chinese, it was the imperial palace for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was first built throughout 14 years during the reign of Emperor Chengzu in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Ancient Chinese Astronomers believed that the Purple Star (Polaris) was in the center of heaven and the Heavenly Emperor lived in the Purple Palace. The Palace for the emperor on earth was so called the Purple City. It was forbidden to enter without special permission of the empeor. Hence its name ‘The Purple Forbidden City’, usually ‘The Forbidden City’.
Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square
. Rectangular in shape, it is the world’s largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a 52-meter-wide moat and a 10-meter-high wall are more than 8,700 rooms. The wall has a gate on each side. Opposite the Tiananmen Gate, to the north is the Gate of Divine Might (Shenwumen), which faces Jingshan Park. The distance between these two gates is 960 meters, while the distance between the east and west gates is 750 meters. There are unique and delicately structured towers on each of the four corners of the curtain wall. These afford views over both the palace and the city outside. [http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/forbidden.htm]
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Huangya Pass, Great Wall of China by DavePorter
Posted: January 18, 2014 in landscapesTags: 500px, ancient, ancient cultures, ancient site, Archaeological, archaeology, architectural, architecture, Arts Culture and Entertainment, asia, asian, Asiatic, Attraction, Beijing, border, borders, brick, china, chinese, Chinese borders, Chinese culture, clear sky, colour, construction, copy space, country of China, culture, day, daylight, daytime, defence, East Asian, east-to-west, Emperors of China, errosion, Far East, fortifications, fortified, fortress, forts, frontier, Great Wall, great wall of china, group, groups, historical, history, holiday, holidays, horizontal images, human, humans, IFTTT, image, Images, International Landmark, land, landscapes, landscapes of china, made of stone, military, Ming Dynasty, monuments, mountain, Mountain Range, mountainous, mountains, northern, outdoors, outside, panorama, parapets, people, person, persons, photography, Place Of Interest, places to visit, Principal, protected, protection, protects, Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, reconstructed, republic, restored, scene, scenery, scenes, scenic, scenics, seasonal, security, sights, Silk Road, site, Sites, sky, stairway, structures, stunning, summer, summertime, sun, sunny, sunshine, the Great Wall Of China, Tianjian Provence, tourism, tourist, Tourist Destination, tourist places, touristic, tourists, travel, Travels, trek, trekkers, trekking, unesco, vacation, vacations, valley, view, Viewpoint, Viewpoints, views, visitor, visitor centres, vista, Vistas, walkers, wall, wall of China, watch towers, winding, with people, wonders of the world, World Heritage Site, world travel, Yellow Cliff Pass village