Beijing

Beijing Olympic Park, China.

The Forbidden City, viewed from Jingshan Hill to the south

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.f

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The famous Beijing Olympic Stadium, I was lucky to get a clear blue hour that day (Beijing being quite famous for hazy skies).

At last some free time to visit your streams, I've been quite busy the past weeks. Wish you a great week end!

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The Great Wall of China - Mutianyu access, as the fog lifts....

The Gate of Divine Might or Gate of Divine Prowess is the northern gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

神武门是故宫的后门，这是一个承载了很多中国历史的地方。明朝末代皇帝崇祯就是从这里逃离皇宫，在对面的景山上，自缢身亡的。清朝末代皇帝溥仪，则是从这里被冯玉祥将军赶出故宫，从而终结了他小朝廷的生活。

Summer Palace

Tiananmen Square

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) , and colloquially described as The Bird's Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.

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The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (simplified Chinese: 国家大剧院; literally: National Grand Theatre), and colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007 (source: Wikipedia)

My Dear Friends, I am back from Beijing, unfortunately I did not have much time for blue hour photography. I managed to get that one, as well as a shot of the Olympic Stadium which will follow.

I will try to catch up with your streams before I fly to another destination next week! :-)

角楼则是故宫建筑群极具特点的建筑，坐落在故宫的四个城角之处。故宫角楼下就是故宫护城河，河中的倒影与角楼交相呼应，成为一道靓丽的风景线。

Corner towers on the four coigns of lofty walls of the Forbidden City were established in 1420, rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). As one part of the Forbidden City, they served as the defense facility just as the lofty walls, the gate towers and the moat. The corner towers rest on the base with Buddist-style building surrounded with stone columns.

Chinese Railways Museum

Summer Palace