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The Behai Park is the area of the first (Mogul) Forbdden City. Just the dome of the temple remains, but from there you have a nice view over Beijing. And of course, there are the restored gates.
01-Map * This park marks the location of the first 'Forbidden City', erected by the first (Mogul) emperor of China. Hardly any remains exist. * 1488 x 1984 * (313KB)
02-Route * We kept to the island. * 952 x 1304 * (116KB)
03-Dome * The dome of the shrine on top - looks like a Buddhist temple. It propbably has that background. * 1488 x 1984 * (258KB)
04-Gate * From the main gate, at the beginning of the dam. * 1488 x 1984 * (358KB)
05-Guard * Guarded by lions, one on each side. * 1488 x 1984 * (433KB)
  01-Map  
  02-Route  
  03-Dome  
  04-Gate  
  05-Guard  
06-MainGate * The gate on the island side of the dam. From here we went to the right, along the water. * 1984 x 1488 * (515KB)
07-BushedTemple * A temple hidden in the woods. * 1972 x 1386 * (494KB)
08-StairGate * This gate marks the stairs going up the hill, and using the stair on the left we came near the dome. * 1488 x 1984 * (514KB)
09-WhitePine * A white pine - a typical Chinese, and somewaht rare species. * 1488 x 1984 * (589KB)
10-OldAndnew * The roofs of one of Beijings most expensive restaurants, fairly traditional (and that makes it expensive) in front of the modern skyline. * 1984 x 1488 * (294KB)
  06-MainGate  
  07-BushedTemple  
  08-StairGate  
  09-WhitePine  
  10-OldAndnew  
11-Panorama-1 * Looking over the lake. The New Forbidden City - the location of the current Chinese Government - is on the left. * 7336 x 1344 * (744KB)
12-Panorama-2 * The skyline from a different location. * 6480 x 1428 * (857KB)
13-Detail-1 * Paintwork on one of the gates * 1984 x 1488 * (477KB)
14-Detail-2 * Inside a dome. * 1984 x 1488 * (442KB)
15-Detail-3 * The colourfull decoration of a temple building. * 1984 x 1230 * (442KB)
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  13-Detail-1  
  14-Detail-2  
  15-Detail-3  
16-Detail-4 * The site's protecetion. Not that important, though. * 1788 x 1408 * (434KB)
17-Detail-5 * At eyeheight, looking straight into the corner of a building. * 1984 x 1488 * (460KB)
18-Gate * A ornamental gate * 1984 x 1488 * (626KB)
19-Statue * At th enetrance gate, a crane, a mythical bird,... * 1488 x 1984 * (346KB)
20-TurtleLion * and this turtle-like anumal guard the temple. * 1984 x 1488 * (322KB)
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  18-Gate  
  19-Statue  
  20-TurtleLion  
$text.updated-on 24-Jun-2008 20:37
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