The Forbidden City of China: Neverending Tales

Happy New Year 2011!!...I guess I'm a lil late this time....After 2 months hiatus (my longest record) of not posting, here's my first posting of the year continuing from the previous blog post on the Forbidden City of China. In this part I will be covering the final part of the Forbidden city of China as well as the exterior and a long panoramic photo of the Forbidden City.Without further ado, let's go for the final palace ride.

 Since this is a year of weddings and good luck, I would like to show you the wedding room of the emperor during the good ol' days. The glasses were a lil blur but these are the best shot I could get from outside.

 After the wedding room we're about to come to the exit...the tablet at this gate shows (天一门）which literally means Sky Gate or something like that....direct translation means heaven one gate (Tian Yi Men)..sounds weird huh.

 Artistic Rock which is quite huge..been a while since..I couldn't remember what the heck is this anymore..

Under the roof top of another 'resting' area before the exit, nice classic dragon wood craft..priceless..if I had such rooftop at home..it would be cool :P

 And here we are, in front of the exit gate..well that's not the end yet though it's an exit gate..there's still one more part to go.

 Across the road there's another section in which you must not miss it. Yea, you will need to pay for this section again and you will need to climb up for about 10mins? perhaps

 As you reach the so called pinnacle of the temple, you will be able to spectate one of the most majestic, if not spectacular view of the Forbidden City...

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Not wide enough? Here's the wide version with two contrast section because of the cloud blocking the other half.

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 This is the back of the temple. I guess that's the final section of the Forbidden City complex

Now, back again to the exit and around the moat of the palace complex...

 Since it was still Spring at that time, I was able to enjoy another species of Cherry blossom planted along the moat..

 And a beautiful guard post..watch out for the HDR version at HDR Memento

 A bride posing for bridal photography before her marriage by the guardpost...love this one the most. HDR version to be ready soon as well at HDR Memento.

Till here for now..

Happy Chinese New Year !!