Waiting to get on my flight - by the time I got off the plane in Beijing, I learned that he is Shanghainese, attends Beijing University :)
Karaoke night
It's strange to see smoke coming from smokestacks in the middle of the city, no wonder the air in Beijing is so poor
I am amazed the big slogan hanging in the subdivision - they still use this?
lights at night to celebrate Chinese New Year
I love this street!
鼓楼
I can't help but to get in and have lunch here
a tattoo place inside a hu tong
笑死人的瓷缸子
挺逗的, 买了几个回家
后海的冰面开始化了 the ice starts to melt on the lake
the bars on the water front
I love this Hutong
后海
yup, the sign says "super market"
none of them look happy
trditional Beijing yogurt
here is quiet and peaceful in the heart of Beijing
the lake is still pretty much frozen
why are all these doors are closed?
老四合院里的人们仍旧生活如旧 people still living in these old places in the old fashion way
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happy kids 幸福的童年
the lady is gonna dip in the frozen water
she did!
but came back quickly - like 2 minutes
and she has companies, and the water bottle next to her shower afterwards, so creative!
plenty of them - but that water is too dirty,...
I wish I could remove thie car by lifting my fingers - they are evil, like sand in eyes
bars are in Chinese style, with an English name, the same price (or higher) drinks as in the US
孔乙己酒店
Children's park, but almost no children in it
plenty old people have nothing to do but playing chess and watching others to play
why French?
wish the focus was correctly set to catch the cute smile
Korean?
I see a door
四合院内 I walked inside and took a picture
糖人艺人a street artist sells freshly made sugar figures
I hate cars
I saw this guy from HK at least dozen times shopping on this street
wonder what life is like behind those walls
which genius designed this board? half of it just telling the ticket price for subway is 2 Yuan (about 0.30 cents)
low and high tech to grill some lamb meat :) no, his hair is fine :)
the spring festival lights
前门
不敢进去吃 didn't dare to walk in to eat - looks like a trap :)
hahahah the sign on the wall says "Toilet Revolution"
the uniform is awefully big for him
colorful decoration, but grey sky
Oh no!
the most famous Peking Duck restaurant in the world 全聚德
the most famous place for siu mai．the beer is only $0.5 I think
the tea pot is hanging in the midair without any support, but constantly pouring out of water :)
now enter the Tiananmen Square needs to pass a security check to scan bags – so sad that the world has come to this
it's grey sky again
the kid just peed right there – he wears that kind of "traditional pants" that exposes the crutch part, so he can do this without any trouble :)
behind the busy street, it's the quiet park behind the red wall
nobody is here
obviously these are new buildings with a lot details
these are the old buildings
how much longer these hutong can last?
the busiest shopping distrct in Beijing
peasants touring groups, they wear the same hat so they can find each other – it's not a sport team
poor kid
the giant clothing market
this is how they make sticky rice ball with sweet fillings元宵
the fillings
coat the fillings with sticky rice flour, then sell them on the spot
the stupidest slogan I have ever seen – it means you will never get anywhere: "we continue to draw a circle, the end of the circle is the new starting point"
猪手+鸡手=一手? "猪手鸡手手手相牵, 福年旺年年年同庆, 一手遮天"
repair my hiking boots for 20 Yuan ($3)
snow again!
the entire building is selling tea
dude, you are not going anywhere! haha
the giant mall, so cold and fake
I bought a lamb in buns from the boy
the two guys pounding on the thing on the stool – sugar candy
they are from the countryside
oh boy, he can shout, just like the old Beijing 吆喝得好响,嗓子宏亮
they must be some guards for some big officers, but bored and playing a game in the yard
the fake beetle is actually speakers that plays music in the park
plain clothed security personnel
what happened to their hair? :)
a very cute communist
they were at the Olympics
each column presents an ethnic race in China (56 total)
half frozen lake
what are you looking at?
we are the only two here
they sell double yolk duck eggs – how did they get so many of them?
Olympic Park at night
back home! I already miss you, Beijing!
