"Beijing - Peking - the Capital" Beijing by Luchonda

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"Great Wall""Summer Palace"...

There are more than 9.000.000 bicycles in Beijing ...and i love this city.
Early 1900 - some explorers found in the caves of Zhoukoudian - near Peking the bones of a human being - living about 500.000 years ago.They called their discovery " The Peking man"
The Capital of this country has a lot to offer - historical and cultural.
Like the great Wall - the many palaces and musea !
The "Summer Palace - Yi he Yum" 11km to the north of beijng - a must to see in Beijing.
Residence of the Emperors in summertime - the basic palace was constructed in the 12th century - but often rebuilded or even plundered by the French or English troups.
The most famous inhabitant was lady Emperor Ci Xi who gave the orders to built the Marmor Boat !
Anyhow the gardens - the pavillions are beautiful.
A trip on the Kunning Lake is less spectacular due to the fog !

  • Last visit to Beijing: Sep 1998
  • Intro Updated Apr 15, 2006
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  • HORSCHECK's Profile Photo
    Mar 8, 2008 at 12:54 AM

    Luc, fabulous little page with gorgeous photos and interesting stories about the details. Well done. :-)

  • Neit's Profile Photo
    May 11, 2007 at 12:50 PM

    Nice Pics about Beijing....I would love to visit it! There's a beautiful song of Katie Melua that starts "There are nine million bycicles in Beijing" (as you say in your introduction).

  • magor65's Profile Photo
    Dec 19, 2006 at 12:31 PM

    The way of capturing the details in your pictures is really amazing. I also enjoyed the tips which brought back nice memories.

  • SLLiew's Profile Photo
    Nov 24, 2006 at 10:16 PM

    Imperial Beijing is incredible, isn't it. Nice pictures. SL

  • bpacker's Profile Photo
    Oct 26, 2006 at 11:32 PM

    Luc, you really have an eye for details. I enjoy every bit of your photography, you're definitely one of the better ones over here in VT.

  • Bwana_Brown's Profile Photo
    May 7, 2006 at 3:36 AM

    What a fantastic experience it must have been to visit China in those 'early' days of it's re-opening to the world! Excellent tips on the many attractions! Exploring the Great Wall is a must, but 6000-km is quite a hike!!

  • JLBG's Profile Photo
    Mar 2, 2006 at 9:46 PM

    Getting a tourist free picture can sometimes be a hard job and a real challenge! Good page!

  • aussiedoug's Profile Photo
    Aug 13, 2004 at 10:30 PM

    We share many common memories of Beijing. Also, the challenges we amateur photographers face. I also stayed at the Beijing International Hotel. My only tip so far, need to get back to work on my Beijing page! lol!

  • unravelau's Profile Photo
    Dec 7, 2003 at 2:19 AM

    Spectacular scenes of a very famous city and I loved your photos ..........nothing novice about them at all.........Thank you.

  • nepalgoods's Profile Photo
    Nov 25, 2003 at 10:33 AM

    I really like your page!!

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