This statue of people connected around the world sits outside a Post Office in Beijing, China. It may not be obvious that the figures are women of different nationalities.

This tourist is peering into a large bronze cauldron in the Forbidden City. Many of these cauldrons were kept filled with water in case of fire. In the winter they were even [...]

This is a prayer bell from the Lama Temple in Northern Beijing. I am told that the ringing of the bells in Buddhist ceremonies is intended to send the message to evil [...]

This Guardian Lion is one of a pair commonly used to show Chinese imperial power. This one guards an entrance in the Forbidden City. It is the male of the pair which [...]

This river is in the First Courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. 5 bridges cross the river. Your station determined which bridge you were allowed to use.

This statue of the Workers advancing into a wonderful future of communism is set in front of Mao’s tomb. It is unclear what Mao would think of today’s China which, while more [...]

For those of us who grew up in the Cold War, seeing Chinese children acting as an honor guard in Tienamen Square in Beijing is a bit chilling. But these days these [...]

The Nine-Dragon Cypress Tree at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing is a popular tree. This is not a host of the tree itself but of the crowd around the tree. Just [...]

I love the contrast in this picture. Tiananmen Square is best known in the west for the protests that happened there, but this square was just the center of the celebrations of [...]

This photograph was taken at the Lama Temple in the northwest part of central Beijing. The temple is a Buddhist temple and this mostly female crowd was worshiping there.