Leena's Photoblog
Farewell to The foggy Summer Palace / Beijing
Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 14 May 2009 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
Chinese roofs and their decorations are amazing, you will get many photos about them still later.
A long corridor is 728 meters long and there are over 8000 small paintings, which have been restored 2004 with 12,8 million $.
Leons are symbols of a power, another keeps under her paw a baby leon, it means, that also an empress has a power over children and home, but another leon has a power over the whole earth, it is under his - The Emperor - paw.
Also peacocks and dragons we will see later, as many other animal figures especially on the roofs. The meaning is not only to decorate but also to protect.
Thank you very much for your visits and comments !
Babzy from France
What a beautiful place , thanks for all the explanations and history that's very interesting :)
14 May 2009 6:34am
@Babzy: So many stories behind all those figures and decorations !! And when you have got a start, you want to get more :)
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
so interesting and beautiful looking forward to seeing the rest Leena
14 May 2009 6:39am
@jamesy: This Aminus3 is not a best one for showing travelling photos and it has meant to our best photo, I think, but now I will anyway use these sites for my better and worse photos of my journey. It takes in this way longer, but you can teak a break a day or a week and come back, when you feel so :) Thank you for your interest!
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wonderful collection of images!!!
14 May 2009 6:55am
@Linerberry: Thank you! Too many together, but. . . .:)
deslilas from France
Quel beau voyage !
I hope you'll get ride of your flu.
Komea jalopeura.
14 May 2009 11:41am
@deslilas: Thank you! And thank you also for asking, I am better now. Chinese love those animal figures also in their theater and parades, as you surely know!
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Beautiful images....must have been a magical trip!
14 May 2009 12:33pm
@bluechameleon: Thank you - the trip was so full of experiences, that I am still quite confused and publishing these photos make my head with posts more organized :)
photowannabe from Rocklin, CA, United States
Your trip must have been wonderful, with so many things to see and understand. Very interesting information about the meaning of the statues and all the ornate roof designs.
I am glad you are feeling better and that it was just the regular flu. (:0)
14 May 2009 5:11pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
a lovely montage -- wonderful details from the palace grounds here!!
14 May 2009 7:40pm
