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  • Swifts fly above at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AX_1.jpg
  • Tourists at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AT_1.jpg
  • Man mowing the grass at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AC_1.jpg
  • Tourists at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_A_1.jpg
  • Tourists at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AD_1.jpg
  • Tourists on Qianmen Da Lu near Tiananmen just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_C_1.jpg
  • Tourists at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AE_1.jpg
  • Tourists at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AB_1.jpg
  • Tourists at Qianmen (literally "Front Gate") is a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Qianmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north-south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen meaning "beautiful portal". Zhengyangmen was first built in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty and once consisted of the gatehouse proper and an archery tower.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AR_1.jpg
  • Tourists on Qianmen Da Lu near Tiananmen just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_B_1.jpg
  • Hawker selling hats to passing tourists at the exit of Qianmen metro station, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_O_1.jpg
  • Seamstress making clothes in her small studio in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. In this small Hutong street this small business woman makes clothes for individuals or parties on her own sewing machines and equipment. A small enterprise in a large city.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AN_1.jpg
  • Men march past on Tiananmen Square. Part of a security detail in the city of Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_T_1.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the National Museum. The National Museum of China flanks the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The mission of the museum is to educate about the arts and history of China. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. The museum was established in 2003 by the merging of the two separate museums that had occupied the same building since 1959. The building was completed in 1959 as one of the Ten Great Buildings celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After four years of renovation, the museum reopened on March 2011 with 28 new exhibition halls, more than triple the previous exhibition space, and state of the art exhibition and storage facilities. It has a total floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters to display. The renovations were designed by the German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
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  • Waitress cleans the windows of a Chinese restaurant in an area just south of Tiananmen in the Xuanwu district in Beijing, China. This is a shopping street in a traditional sense.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_D.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourist takes a picture outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_Q.jpg
  • People's Liberation Army - PLA soldiers on guard outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_K.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists have their picture taken outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_F.jpg
  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_E_1.jpg
  • Cars pass outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_D.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BE_1.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_AA_1.jpg
  • Crowds of Chinese tourists gather outside the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Mao Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. The mausoleum is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. It stands on the previous site of the Gate of China, the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_X_1.jpg
  • Crowds of Chinese tourists gather outside the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Mao Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. The mausoleum is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. It stands on the previous site of the Gate of China, the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_R_1.jpg
  • Tourists shopping street in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Small shops selling trinkets and souvenirs are situated here.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_L_1.jpg
  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_J_1.jpg
  • Traffic west of Tiananmen causing pollution, Beijing, China. Beijing used to be a city of cycles, but now it is a city of cars and personal car use. The resulting pollution from so many vehicles is a hugh problem for air quality in the city.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AY_1.jpg
  • Crowds of Chinese tourists gather outside the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Mao Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. The mausoleum is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. It stands on the previous site of the Gate of China, the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AW_1.jpg
  • Crowds of Chinese tourists gather outside the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Mao Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. The mausoleum is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. It stands on the previous site of the Gate of China, the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AU_1.jpg
  • Seamstress making clothes in her small studio in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. In this small Hutong street this small business woman makes clothes for individuals or parties on her own sewing machines and equipment. A small enterprise in a large city.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AO_1.jpg
  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AM_1.jpg
  • Waitress cleans the windows of a Chinese restaurant in an area just south of Tiananmen in the Xuanwu district in Beijing, China. This is a shopping street in a traditional sense.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AG_1.jpg
  • Cars pass outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_R.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_B.jpg
  • Security outside under ther portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square at the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BH_1.jpg
  • Security outside under ther portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square at the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BM_1.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists have their picture taken outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_I.jpg
  • Men march past on Tiananmen Square. Part of a security detail in the city of Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_Y_1.jpg
  • Seamstress making clothes in her small studio in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. In this small Hutong street this small business woman makes clothes for individuals or parties on her own sewing machines and equipment. A small enterprise in a large city.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_G_1.jpg
  • Man wearing fashionable pajamas ina Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AK_1.jpg
  • Outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_L.jpg
  • Crowds of Chinese tourists gather outside the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Mao Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. The mausoleum is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. It stands on the previous site of the Gate of China, the southern (main) gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_Q_1.jpg
  • Customers shopping for jade in a jade store in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. There is a long history of carved jade in China and it can be bought in any shape or size.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AQ_1.jpg
  • A family has Chinese dumplings for breakfast in a small restaurant in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AJ_1.jpg
  • Tourists shopping street in an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Small shops selling trinkets and souvenirs are situated here.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_M_1.jpg
  • Security outside under ther portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square at the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BN_1.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BF_1.jpg
  • Members of the People's Liberation Army march past on Tiananmen Square. Part of a security detail in the city of Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_U_1.jpg
  • Tourists walking underneath the Front Gate to Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Tiananmen Gate was built in 1415 during the Ming Dynasty. Towards the demise of the Ming Dynasty, heavy fighting between Li Zicheng and the early Qing emperors damaged (or perhaps destroyed) the gate. The Tian'anmen square was designed and built in 1651, and has since enlarged four times its original size in the 1950s.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_N_1.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists have their picture taken outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_G.jpg
  • People's Liberation Army - PLA soldiers on guard outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_C.jpg
  • Man eating Chinese dumplings for breakfast in a small restaurant in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_AH_1.jpg
  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BK.jpg
  • Security outside under ther portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square at the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120601forbidden city beijing_BL_1.jpg
  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
    20120531tiananmen area beijing_I_1.jpg
  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
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  • A family has Chinese dumplings for breakfast in a small restaurant in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China.
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  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
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  • Chinese domestic tourist takes a picture outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Security outside under ther portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square at the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Chinese domestic tourists outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • People's Liberation Army - PLA soldiers on guard outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_P.jpg
  • People's Liberation Army - PLA soldiers on guard outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • People's Liberation Army - PLA soldiers on guard outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Chinese domestic tourists have their picture taken outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Chinese domestic tourists have their picture taken outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
    20120528tiananmen beijing_A.jpg
  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
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  • Members of the People's Liberation Army march past on Tiananmen Square. Part of a security detail in the city of Beijing, China.
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  • Hutong street in Xuanwu district, an area just south of Tiananmen in Beijing, China. Hutongs are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another neighbourhood. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
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  • Tourist with an umbrella on Tiananmen Square protects herself from the sun. Beijing, China.
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  • People's Liberation Army - PLA soldiers on guard outside the Heavenly Gate of Peace, the entrance to the Forbidden City underneath the portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
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  • Cyclists ride their bikes past Qianmen in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2015.
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