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We started our Beijing tour by taking the subway to the front entrance to tiananmen square. On the way of Beijing travel to the square we passed by Mao's Mausoleum, which was closed. A little background on the forbidden city in most Beijing tours: It received its name because it was off limits for 500 years. It is the largest and best-preserved cluster of ancient buildings in China, home to two dynasties of emperors, the Ming and the Qing, who didn't stray from this pleasure dome unless they absolutely had to. The various sights i saw that go from the south of the city to north are: the palace of heavenly purity, the hall of union, the hall of supreme harmony, the hall of middle harmony, the hall of preserving harmony, and the imperial garden is in the very back. |
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Oriental antique furniture from East Meets West |
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Once we made it inside the palace, which turned out harder than we imagined due to a variety of different ticket booths (the first ticket we bought sent us into some egyptian mummy museum...which was weird), the sight of the palace buildings seemed to go on forever. It is huge. Its amazing to believe that all of this is right in the heart of beijing. Also, more than a few other tourists, mostly local Chinese citizens, wanted pictures with me. at first i thought they all wanted me to take a picture for them but then they would just put their arm around me have their partner take pictures. I dont know who they think i am, but this is not the first time this has happened in china. The city is amazing. Look at the pictures. |
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East Meets West offers Asian furniture including Japanese and Chinese antique artefacts and furniture. Asian furniture includes oriental cabinets, oriental chairs, oriental tables, porcelain and bronze furniture. |
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Once we made it to the north entrance we decided to exit the city and cross the street to see Jingshan park. I almost recommend going here over the forbidden city. The 'mountain' was erected using the dirt dug up to build the moat around the forbidden city. At the top of this rather mystical mountain is a wonderful view of beijing and the forbidden city itself. you can see everything. The russet roofing of the forbidden city has never looked cooler than from this angle. Beijing travel service and Beijing tour guide offered mainly by local travel agent in beijing On the eastern side of the park a locust tree stands in the place where the last of the Ming emperors, Chongzhen, hung himself as rebels swarmed at the city walls. |
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Oriental tables from East Meets West includes Chinese furniture Nanmu Altar table, antique Chinese Altar table and matching square table, rare antique Chinese elm painting table. Antique Chinese Nanmu Altar table from East Meets West come with hand carvings and it is in good condition. It also has antique patina. The dimension of this table is 230 x 52 x 90 cm. Antique Chinese elm painting table was designed especially for scholar and wealth family during Qing Dynasty around Suzhou and Shanghai. Antique writing tables from East Meets West come with four drawers. |
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The oriental antique chairs from East Meets West include Chinese furniture official armchair, Chinese furniture pine armchair and antique Chinese rosewood settee and so on. Antique Chinese pine armchair is carved beautifully and comes with dimension 57 x 46 x 98 cm. Antique Chinese official armchair comes with cane seats. Rosewood armchair from East Meets West is decorated and the chars are decorated with five carved dragons. These chairs are considered as a museum piece. |
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East Meets West provides cabinets like Japanese Curio cabinets, Japanese hall stand, antique Chinese screen, and Tibetan cabinets and so on. Tibetan cabinets are decorated with traditional painting and carvings and come with four doors. |
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Revision as of 03:17, 5 August 2008
We started our Beijing tour by taking the subway to the front entrance to tiananmen square. On the way of Beijing travel to the square we passed by Mao's Mausoleum, which was closed. A little background on the forbidden city in most Beijing tours: It received its name because it was off limits for 500 years. It is the largest and best-preserved cluster of ancient buildings in China, home to two dynasties of emperors, the Ming and the Qing, who didn't stray from this pleasure dome unless they absolutely had to. The various sights i saw that go from the south of the city to north are: the palace of heavenly purity, the hall of union, the hall of supreme harmony, the hall of middle harmony, the hall of preserving harmony, and the imperial garden is in the very back.
Once we made it inside the palace, which turned out harder than we imagined due to a variety of different ticket booths (the first ticket we bought sent us into some egyptian mummy museum...which was weird), the sight of the palace buildings seemed to go on forever. It is huge. Its amazing to believe that all of this is right in the heart of beijing. Also, more than a few other tourists, mostly local Chinese citizens, wanted pictures with me. at first i thought they all wanted me to take a picture for them but then they would just put their arm around me have their partner take pictures. I dont know who they think i am, but this is not the first time this has happened in china. The city is amazing. Look at the pictures.
Once we made it to the north entrance we decided to exit the city and cross the street to see Jingshan park. I almost recommend going here over the forbidden city. The 'mountain' was erected using the dirt dug up to build the moat around the forbidden city. At the top of this rather mystical mountain is a wonderful view of beijing and the forbidden city itself. you can see everything. The russet roofing of the forbidden city has never looked cooler than from this angle. Beijing travel service and Beijing tour guide offered mainly by local travel agent in beijing On the eastern side of the park a locust tree stands in the place where the last of the Ming emperors, Chongzhen, hung himself as rebels swarmed at the city walls.