long long time ago, but it certainly is not boring fact.
made in May, we made our way to Beijing. A long weekend offered it to almost
. After landing and checking in at the hostel
(on the mattress has been slept Mao), we rented bikes from
and drove straight to the Forbidden City. When we on the
bicycles drove through Beijing we became regular, as if we
come from the moon.
The Forbidden City is the former residence of the Chinese emperor and
has enormous proportions. Since one can only go in one direction one has to overcome a
minimum distance of 3.5 km, if you want the wheels at the other end
like us, then it is 7km. More info:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbotene_Stadt It is hard to believe that
such a huge complex was being built for only a man if
course, other people lived in them, had he only
a "right" people, the Emperor. Still hangs at the entrance to the Forbidden City
a portrait of Mao, the freshly painted every year.
Having read the book "Wild Swans", I no longer understand the
adherence to Mao.
went further then on the opposite side of the Forbidden City,
on Tiananmen Square, the largest square in the world,
flanked by the House of the People, the National Theatre and Mao's mausoleum. Here
found 20 years ago, the bloody attacks on protesters instead. A
is another name for the Tiananmen Square "Tiananmen Square".
evening we went to the Peking duck dinner, which was just as tasty as those
we ate so far in Shanghai. To Dessert there was still the night market
silk worms and snakes.
The next morning we took upon ourselves to climb along with a colleague and her husband
the Chinese Wall. In perfect weather we were picked up by a
Santana (original version) and brought to the wall to Simatai.
On the way there was of course a bathroom break announced, but because we
inhuman odor (and it is quite accustomed
!) Broke off again.
arrived at the foot of the wall we had to have approximately 100-200 meters
bother to actually "the wall" to come. Out of respect
have the two pregnant women We tried it as little as possible to do by
foot, but went with cable car and funicular railway.
opened up above us then arrived to the fascination of the wall in both directions
to the horizon, the wall extends over the mountain ranges.
A truly impressive structure of human history. According to the latest findings to the wall
be 10000km long, or about 10x the
North-South axis of Germany. From the walls down we went with
pelt. hung on a steel cable in the harness we slid about 1 km above the lake
.
evening we went to a restaurant on the lake, which is not price / performance,
for a nice view had.
As we flew until Sunday evening, we went early tomorrow to
venues of the 2008 Olympics. The "Bird's Nest and the swimming pool
are really worth seeing and are among the architectural gems!
is generally considered a very different city than Beijing, Shanghai. On the one hand, they have
all construction activities, the Shanghai has currently because of the Expo
2010, already behind him, on the other hand lack the high-rises that shape the cityscape of Shanghai
very strong. The city is quieter and less hectic
and one has the impression that it is characterized in spite of the Olympic Games
less international.
An interesting meeting had we have our final day:
in a park we met a former teacher, wrote the script with
water on the floor. The calligraphy is an art in China. We
were addressed and the master would have written of us the Latin alphabet and has practiced diligently
with me :-). can interest
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