Boya Tower on the bank of Weiming Lake at Peking University. the name means "unnamed lake". The site was orginally a royal palace garden, but now it is the Peking University campus.
Eunice and Terry with the lake and Boya tower in the background. The tower was a water tower.
Terry and Cai Qing in front of the lake and water tower.
Terry with Qing and David on our walking tour around the lake on the Peking University campus.
Terry and Eunice standing near the lake on the Peking Univ. campus.
David, Terry, and Qing again.
Terry, Qing, David, and Eunice.
Eunice looks out at the lake.
Terry rests along the path beside the lake.
Eunice and Terry stop to enjoy the view.
This is the West Gate to Peking University.
Next we went to the HouHai district, a neighborhood of old houses, shops and restaurants around a lake. This area of traditional houses are crisscrossed with small alleys called hutongs. Here near the entrance a man writes Chinese characters with water on the sidewalk. This man is writing chinese characters on the sidewalk with water.
Many tourists come to this area. This is the entrance gate. This area is also called the Lotus Market.
Another "water" writer showing off his skill.
A girl wears a costume of her home province, Yunan in southern China, just north of Vietnam. The ethnic group are the Miao. The restaurant is "The Silk Road".
Qing and David negotiate with a pedicab driver. These pedicabs are a great way to explore the alleys of the hutong.
The negotiations continue as one of the pedicab drivers consults with his headquarters on the mobile phone?
Chairman Mao is still very evident in Beijing markets and shops.
Negotiations complete, we set off on our tour.
Some of the sights as we are pedaled through the Hutong.
Here a kite is displayed on a wall.
Neighbors play cards in the Hutong as we are pedaled past.
But work continues to be done to repair and update the alleys.
Here a friendly biker waives as we pass by.
Ducks are everywhere in the area as are Pekinese dogs
Here we are with Qing at one of the Royal Palaces that are located in on the tour path.
Terry and Eunice at the gate of the Palace
Here we are at one of the boat houses on the lake.
Here are Eunice and Terry in their pedicab.
Here are Qing and David in their pedicab. Their driver was a character...singing and telling stories.
Qing taking a photo of us taking a photo of her.
David waves as Qing continues to take photos.
Some of the entrepreneurs in the alleys.
An old monastery in the hutong.
We are passed by a fancy pedicab.
We saw many workers hauling tools and supplies in these bicycle carts.
Bicycles are even used to haul large items.
More posters of Mao and Communits ideals.
The waitress in her native costume (Miao, from Yunan Province) comes to serve us tea and beer at "the Silk Road" restaurant.
Here we are at a Duck Restaurant which provides roast duck and entertainment.
We listen to musicians while we wait for our duck.
Eunice and Qing enjoy watermelon juice.
Terry and David enjoy Chinese wine.
Still waiting for our duck.
An emcee/comedian introduces each act.
A masked server carves the duck while a puppet show is in progress.
Now we watch a bubble dancer.
A magician enlists David's help with her act.
The magician concludes her act.
The best and last act was a man in a mask who could change the mask from one color to another right before our eyes, without using his hands. This is an opera from Suchuan Province.
In all he went through nearly twenty different faces.
Finally a huge duck comes out to have his photo taken with his fans. In this case, Qing meets the Duck.
