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The Forbidden City & The Imperial Garden

Celeste Posted On April 3, 2014
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A guard with a watchful eye at the ForbiddenPalace May2014
A guard with a watchful eye at the ForbiddenPalace May2014
Forbidden City Guards
Forbidden City Guards
Entrance to the Forbidden Palace in Beijing
Entrance to the Forbidden Palace in Beijing
Forbidden Palace Guards
Forbidden Palace Guards
Smiling chinese guard at the forbidden palace
Smiling chinese guard at the forbidden palace
Forbidden Palace Grand Doors Beijing
Forbidden Palace Beijing
Audio Guides to the Forbidden City in many languages
Audio Guides to the Forbidden City in many languages
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Lovers taking a rest at the Forbidden City
Lovers at the Forbidden City
Forbidden Palace door details
Forbidden Palace door details
Bird flying over the Imperial Palace
Bird flying over the Imperial Palace
ForbiddenPalace - door details
ForbiddenPalace – door details
Forbidden City Beijing
Forbidden City Beijing
ForbiddenPalace_May2014-10
Forbidden Palace artwork
Forbidden Palace artwork
Lovers taking a rest at the Forbidden City
Lovers taking a rest at the Forbidden City
Chinese tourists visiting the Forbidden City
Chinese tourists visiting the Forbidden City
Springtime flowers at the Imperial Garden, Beijing
Springtime flowers at the Imperial Garden, Beijing
Ancient Cypress tree detail - The Imperial Garden
Ancient Cypress tree detail – The Imperial Garden
Abraham in awe of the giant cypress trees in the Imperial Garden
Abraham in awe of the giant cypress trees in the Imperial Garden
An ancient cypress tree at the Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City
An ancient cypress tree at the Imperial Gardens in the Forbidden City
Springtime flowers and the Forbidden Palace, Beijing
Springtime flowers and the Forbidden Palace, Beijing
Springtime flowers and the Forbidden Palace from the outside, Beijing
Springtime flowers and the Forbidden Palace from the outside, Beijing

Abraham introduced me to the movie The Last Emperor on the train ride from Beijing to Guilin, and how I wish I’d seen it before visiting this grand monstrosity because I loved the movie so much, I know I would have been even more geeked than I already was about this visit. We took the chance on renting the GPS audio guide, and while the the first headset was a fail, we quickly replaced it and the device worked (for the most part) for the rest of the day. Just like Beijing itself, it is so wild and difficult to try to wrap my head around the fact that people lived and ruled here for many years. I would return in a heartbeat.

Tidbits:

Entrance Fee: 60RMB per person

Audio Guilde : 40RMB per unit

And a big plus: we were both extra super excited when found COLD COLD COLD water from the vending machines right outside the palace, near the ticket kiosk. Since we had been served hot water since we arrived in China, finding a vending machine with cold water was a big hit with us. I wanted to hug the machine.

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