Front Gate (Qianmen Gate) Beijing

south of the Forbidden City, Beijing , China
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    Desde la gélida pero animada Beijing...

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    ...Y llegamos a Beijing!...Totalmente cubierta y con un frío que te lo encargo, arribamos al aeropuerto sin problemas. No hubo revisión, no hubo control del equipaje....en fin, expedito.
    A la salida, al primera negociada...cuánto vale el taxi?...afortunadamente escribimos la dirección del hostel en chino, entonces quedaba claro para el …

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    Me, My Wall and Carly

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    Beijing, China - (I took too many pictures, so the pictures and text don't sink, come on, just deal with it!) The last leg of my trans-Siberian journey took me from UB to Beijing. I had no choice but to ride 2nd class again and shared my cabin with ...

  • 2

    Tiananmen Square

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    ... Chinese universe. Surrounded by the gate of the heavenly peace (with an enormous painting of Mao), the Great Hall of People, the Front Gate; it is a must. The most impressive for us was the scaffoldings everything was wrapped in one night and all of it ...

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    Forbidden City, Lama Temple and SHOPPING!!!

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    ... City and Tiannemen Square.   When we arrived at the Forbidden City, the place was MASSIVE. The picture of Mao hanging on the front gate is a good 15 meters high.... He's huge. The front structure wall is a good 10 stories high. Did I mention the ...

  • 4

    Day 4: Tianamen Square and Forbidden City

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    ... 50 and they said ok. Anyway, when we got to T Square, the two most impressive structures were the Zhengyengman Gate (front gate) and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum (which was closed for the Olympic rennovations). You could easily fit many Lincoln memorials in ...

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    Watch Olympic baseball game

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    ... Nest' finally. After putting the tickets in our pocket, we took the subway to Qian Men, the south front gate of the old Forbidden City, hoping to take a walk down the "pedestrian only" commercial and ...

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    Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square

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    ... the public during the 1911 revolution.  For a weekday there were an incredible amount of people.  We entered the front gate and proceeded to the Imperial Garden.  It was full of several small palaces (much like ...

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    Capital bound

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    ... has a noticeable police presence (suprise, suprise). There's a huge Chairman Mao mausoleum spanning the middle of the Square, the Front Gate (comprised of two gates), the Gate of Heavenly Peace (into the Forbidden Palace). The square is flanked on both ...

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    Beijing, China, 8/21-8/24

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    ... of most toursitic attractions (including Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and Tian Tan) are closed to visitors. Qian Men (the Front Gate), a location used to be full of restaurants and shops, are completely under construction and nothing was open. And ...

  • 9

    China Uncovered

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    ... ; a lot (or get the subway which is pretty easy). I went to the Forbidden City first. Managed to navigate my way around to the front gate.  Bought my ticket and then was asked by a small Chinese boy if i spoke Chinese. No, I said and then he smiled ...

  • 10

    A Fortnight in Beijing

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    ... annual disposable income per capita of 26,738 yuan and growing rapidly! ($4100US) QIANMEN DAZE Qianmen is the "front gate" of the old Beijing city walls (since demolished) and also the neighborhood south of Tiananmen Square. In fact, the real ...