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Forbidden City IX - Garden Architecture II

25-Jun-08

More photos from from the inner palace and (quite possibly) Qianlong’s garden.

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Forbidden City IIX - Garden Elements

22-Jun-08

I’m rapidly losing interest in blogging the China photos. And 90% why is because my photos are craptaculatively mediocre.

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Forbidden City VII - Dragon path

28-Apr-08

Many main palace buildings are built a bit above the ground level, on a (sometimes marble) platform. Staircases lead up to the level of the building. Some of them have what they call the “dragon path”.
The dragon path is the bit smack bang in the middle of the staircase. Only the emperor may [...]

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Forbidden City VI - Exterior-y stuffs

22-Apr-08

Cast iron statues of animals associated with Imperial China - dragon, deer, male and female lions. The female plays with a little lion cub, and the male plays with a ball, symbolising the earth. Or something like that.
Large, large bronze pots filled with water everywhere - these would be used in [...]

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Forbidden City IV - interior-y stuffs

10-Mar-08

Some photos of stuff found inside the palace halls.

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