| Page Views: 2,652 Last Visit to Beijing: September, 1998 | Beijing - Peking - the Capital by Luchonda - last update: Apr 15, 2006 |
"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 ! |
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HORSCHECK Sat Mar 8, 2008 08:54 UTC
Luc, fabulous little page with gorgeous photos and interesting stories about the details. Well done. :-) | Neit Fri May 11, 2007 20:50 UTC
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 Tue Dec 19, 2006 20:31 UTC
The way of capturing the details in your pictures is really amazing. I also enjoyed the tips which brought back nice memories. | SLLiew Sat Nov 25, 2006 06:16 UTC
Imperial Beijing is incredible, isn't it. Nice pictures. SL |
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