Leena's Photoblog
Forbidden City
Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 18 May 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Do you have seen " The Last Emperor" ?
I think, I will get DVD and watch it again after seeing those buildings of The Forbidden City - or some of them anyway!
"Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square metres (7,800,000 square feet).
It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government.",tells Wikipedia HERE
Thank you very much for your visits and comments !
@Jean-François: Merci beaucoup, Jean Francois!
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
They really are excellent!!! thank you for sharing and showing such great buildings!
18 May 2009 6:50am
@Linerberry: I am glad, if you liked! Thank you!
Babzy from France
Yes i remember The Last Emperor, very good movie ! what were your feelings walking in the Forbidden City ?
18 May 2009 6:53am
Leena from Joensuu, Finland
Thank you for asking about my feelings! I think, you guess most of them :)
Thinking happenings in those buildings wakes up so many kind of feelings - as a woman especially.
But we are just looking at beautiful houses and excellent restauration and so blue sky!!
18 May 2009 7:21am
Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece
These buildings looks so nice to my eyes! Nice pictures!
18 May 2009 9:04am
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
just splendid -- would love to see this with my own eyes!!
18 May 2009 12:30pm
Lara from Vienna via Bucharest, Austria
amazing - I guess this willbe the only word that I am able to utter while you present this country!
18 May 2009 12:57pm
Liisa from Finland
Kiitos terveisistäsi! Olimme pe-ma laskemssa lastenlapsia. Nyt sitten taas levätään. :)
Sinulla on ollut varmaankin mielenkiintoinen matka, jonka kuvista saamme nauttia. Itse en ole koskaan käynyt Kiinassa. Mieheni on työnsä puitteissa. Hyvää alkanutta viikkoa!
18 May 2009 2:01pm
photowannabe from Rocklin, CA, United States
What an amazing place to see. I just can't imagine somthing so ancient being built so beautifully and being so well preserved. Your tour must have been fascinating.
18 May 2009 10:11pm
Kate from St. Paul, MN, United States
What a thrill it must have been to see that city!!
19 May 2009 2:25am
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
fabulous images you are so lucky to be able to visit here
24 May 2009 8:37am
