Beijing, China: Day 1

Sleepless Mom at Narita Airport in Tokyo	Retired people dancing at the Temple of Heaven Park	Relaxing on the outskirts of the gardens
Near the gates to the Temple of Heaven	The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests	Note the guardian animals on the corners of the halls
Inside the Hall of Prayer	Mom in front West Annex Hall	Long shadows
	Closeup detail of the Temple of Heaven
	Tiananmen Square, the day before the Communist Congress	Chairman Mao's image hangs over the entrance to the Forbidden City
The Great Hall of the People	Museum of Chinese Revolution and History	Awaiting the Communist Congress
Guardian animals face outward to ward off intruders	Forbidden City gate	Inside the Forbidden City, through the first gate
The Gate of Supreme Harmony		The Gate of Supreme Harmony, two of the five towers



	The ancient sundial	The crane
The first of the dragon's nine children




	Inside the living chambers for concubines and eunuchs	Two cypress trees grown together in the Imperial Park
A manmade stone lookout for the Empress	Exiting through the North Gate	The entrance of the Summer Palace
Mythical animals guard the entrance	The phoenix and dragon; the phoenix represents the empress, the dragon the emperor	Orchards in the palace grounds
Crane and deer	The turtle bridge	The long hallway at the summer palace
The Empress' temple	The Marble Boat	Exiting the summer palace, end of day 1
The lobby of our hotel	Catching up on world events	Dancing in the Temple of Heaven park
	A not-so-modern bicycle	Dwarfed by the Temple
	One of many musical instruments in the hall
The old Beijing train station, now a shopping mall

		Interior of the Hall of Preserving Harmony

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