Hi guys it's time for me again to intro you the photos where it's the forbidden city is!

This is the roti prata!

And the 炸酱面 is yucky....

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this are all the pictures on the pathway to the forbidden city!

this is were the body of mao zedong is!!

You saw it? 天安门!! the gate to the forbidden city!

the parade




Wow, Mr Mao's photo! and the forbidden city is just behind it!

after this gate its the forbidden city!




wow!

look at the steps!

let me tell u that beyond this gate is a very nice scenery!


wow nice scenery !


ok looking at the parade square infront of the place is where all the officials stand to pay respects to the emperor!


This is the bronze crance, considered one of the mystical beasts of the ancient times!

This is what they call the turtle dragon, haha.
This is the grain measure, they use this to measure the rice and food weight!



and this is the sundial! it tells the time!

This is where the top few highest officials report to the emperor!
Some will assemble here!
Finally!!! this is the throne!!!
Some will assemble at the left....
Look at the magnificent engravings!
Man... i love the throne, but its considered an restricted area, so we could only take photos from the outside.



If you can see 2 huge water jugs there, if for placing rice and porridge for the emperor!

This is the rooms beside the main hall where the concubines can "entertain" the emperor!

If you have watched some hk or china dramas then some of this gates would be familiar to you!


This is the lock of the gate! its very big and heavy!
This is the main gate known as 乾清门 where most of the emperor from different dynasties would address the officials!

this is the main hall !乾清门！


This is the very famous 光明正大 banner!

This is the palace of the empress! but i didnt have the chance to shoot the things inside because it's being protect by shields which reflects light!

we are at the most famous garden in ancient china!

Its also one of the mystical beasts which i don't know what name it is, haha

This picture is very interesting, its actually a room whereby the empress and the emperor would come and view the beautiful scenery of the forbidden city! And whats more it's that in ancient times, you are considered very rich if you have stones in that backyard of your place! Moreover, these stones are coral reefs! and it's being stick and built together not by cement but by egg whites and glue! we didnt get up there because it's kind of weak now and it might crumble if we were to go up.


and finally we were out of the city! and notice the tower over there? it's where the empress dowager views the scenery!!!


This is the river around the palace!

Well thats all for the day and let me tell you that though i have little pictures , the forbidden city can only be fully explored in fastest the most 5 years times, cool huh? You can imagine there are still alot of rooms and places where we have yet to visit!

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