Beijing II. Forbidden City and Tiananmen square.
Chinese consider the Forbidden City as the center of the world. Within many centuries it was the residence of Chinese emperors - divine creatures that never showed up to ordinary mortals.
The adjacent Tiananmen square is an attribute of modern China - it is the Mao shrine and the main simbol of communist ideology.
The world famous Mao portrait:
Me and the world famous Mao portrait:
The line to the ticket office next to the entrance to Forbidden City:
Inside Forbidden City:
Crane is a simbol of Chinese emperor family:
One of numerous gates in side the Forbidden City:
