View of Jing Shan from the North Gate of the Forbidden City.

Walking along the inner North Wall of the palace.

An alley in the forbidden city.

View of the Opera stage.

A typical Chinese Garden design: stone installations hiding the view, but with an openeing through which a door can be seen.

Bronze Lion, male.

Details of the sundail face.

Dragon head rain gutters.

The wall of the nine dragons.

Looking down an alley.

Starbucks in the Forbidden City.

Lee Fong in Starbucks.

Typical Starbucks fare.

Forbidden City VS Starbucks.

Doors.

Details of a big bronze urn. These urns are placed around the palace and filled with water as a fire prevention measure. They are heated in winter to prevent the water from freezing.

Beasts protecting the roof.

Me reflected in the mirror, through the door.

Bai Zi gate.

Dragon head feeding water into the pond.

Bronze Elephant.

Another roof guardian.

Security guard.

Dragon Cloud Jade Carving. It is huge.

A pair of face-masked love birds at the steps of Hall of Middle Harmony.

Imperial Terrance.

Hall of Middle Harmony.

Back view of Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Ti Ren Pavilion.

Hall of Supreme Harmony, practically deserted.

Lee Fong and I, in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Golden River bridge and the Gate of Supreme Harmony.

View of Meridian Gate