Anciently, the Chinese had only heard of lions and never actually seen one. So this statue is what they imagined they looked like and for some reason they thought lions would feed their cubs through one of their claws. So if you look closely, there's a cub under one claw getting fed by the mama.
More Forbidden City with Ben, Nicolas, Rachel, and Luke.
A cool-looking dragon statue:
Then on to Temple of Heaven, which earns it's name because that is where the emperor would go to pray for rain, or good harvest, or whatever his kingdom needed. The lot is actually 4 times the size of Forbidden City but this mostly has trees instead of buildings:
More Temple of Heaven:
More Temple of Heaven:
Then to a yummy Chinese lunch!
After lunch we went to the emperor's Summer Palace, where the emperors could hang out during the summer time. It had a beautiful lake and to get to the palace we rode on this cool dragon boat:
(Spencer, Nicholas, Becca, and Eva)Dragons were viewed as the most powerful creature on earth and symbolized the emperor.
A view of the Palace from the boat:
No, it's not a cloudy day, just BAD pollution! Even though it was 100 degrees and lots of humidity, we didn't need sunscreen because of the pollution!
Driving around, we passed this building that I thought looked really cool and after investigating on the internet, learned it's a Chinese television office building with 54 floors:
Here's another picture I lifted from the internet:
Nicholas and Spencer were very tired that night after lots of walking and adjusting to a 15-hour time change:
No, it's not a cloudy day, just BAD pollution! Even though it was 100 degrees and lots of humidity, we didn't need sunscreen because of the pollution!
Driving around, we passed this building that I thought looked really cool and after investigating on the internet, learned it's a Chinese television office building with 54 floors:
Here's another picture I lifted from the internet:
Nicholas and Spencer were very tired that night after lots of walking and adjusting to a 15-hour time change:
2 comments:
What a cool trip--you were able to see so many neat things! It's fun to see the pictures and experience China through you. I know I'll never get there! :)
great pics and warm memories, Kate. Thanks for the fun times.
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