Tianamen Square....
Mike had a visitor from Florence come to work for a couple weeks so we took him around to see some sights one Saturday in June. As with any excursion with Mike we walked, a lot...it was hot. There is so much to see here in Beijing. Such a huge city....
A typical hazy day making the sky appear white. These are flower balls and pillars. I will have to come back in the winter to see if they leave the structure up that the flowers are in. Sometimes these are just pot holders...but they sure make them look interesting.
Mike being Mike in the Square. There is a sculpture he is mimicking. I don't seem to have taken a picture of it, next time:)
Our visitor....Mike and Mike, (I can't remember his last name). In front of the Bell Tower.
The Drum Tower. These two towers sit across from each other. We didn't go in them but I believe you can.
Bells and drums were musical instruments in ancient China. Later they were used by government and common people as timepieces. The Bell and Drum towers were the center of Chinese chronology during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The Bell and Drum Towers continued to function as the official timepiece of China and government until 1924, when the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was forced to leave the Forbidden City and western-style clockwork was made the official means of time-keeping. You can read more about them here.
Love, fondly, sincerely,
Zaijian,
Ramona
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