1 Sleepless Mom at Narita Airport in Tokyo
2 Retired people dancing at the Temple of Heaven Park
3 Relaxing on the outskirts of the gardens
4 Near the gates to the Temple of Heaven
5 The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
6 Note the guardian animals on the corners of the halls
7 Inside the Hall of Prayer
8 Mom in front West Annex Hall
9 Long shadows
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11 Closeup detail of the Temple of Heaven
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14 Tiananmen Square, the day before the Communist Congress
15 Chairman Mao's image hangs over the entrance to the Forbidden City
16 The Great Hall of the People
17 Museum of Chinese Revolution and History
18 Awaiting the Communist Congress
19 Guardian animals face outward to ward off intruders
20 Forbidden City gate
21 Inside the Forbidden City, through the first gate
22 The Gate of Supreme Harmony
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24 The Gate of Supreme Harmony, two of the five towers
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35 The ancient sundial
36 The crane
37 The first of the dragon's nine children
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53 Inside the living chambers for concubines and eunuchs
54 Two cypress trees grown together in the Imperial Park
55 A manmade stone lookout for the Empress
56 Exiting through the North Gate
57 The entrance of the Summer Palace
58 Mythical animals guard the entrance
59 The phoenix and dragon; the phoenix represents the empress, the dragon the emperor
60 Orchards in the palace grounds
61 Crane and deer
62 The turtle bridge
63 The long hallway at the summer palace
64 The Empress' temple
65 The Marble Boat
66 Exiting the summer palace, end of day 1
67 The lobby of our hotel
68 Catching up on world events
69 Dancing in the Temple of Heaven park
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71 A not-so-modern bicycle
72 Dwarfed by the Temple
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74 One of many musical instruments in the hall
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76 The old Beijing train station, now a shopping mall
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Interior of the Hall of Preserving Harmony
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