Lama Temple 雍和宫
The Yonghe Temple also known as the Yonghe Lamasery or popularly as the Lama Temple is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The building and artwork of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles. This building is one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in China proper.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1953283...
6
views
Purple Valley Eden 紫谷伊甸园
Purple Valley Eden Garden is located at beautiful Yongdinghe River in Fengtai District and mainly features lavender as well as sunflowers and Violet Orychopragmus. Twenty other flowers such as spider flowers and various vanilla are also planted to help create a romantic atmosphere. On the other side of the park you can meet some new animal friends. Feed sheep, goats, horses and a variety of birds while strolling along.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1953283...
3
views
Qainmen street 前门
Qianmen Streethas history of more than 570 years. It was called Zhengyangmen Street during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and finally got the present name in 1965. During the Qing Dynasty, there were many specializedoutlets on either side of it, such as a meat market, cloth market and jewelry market. After more than one year's renovation,it wasreopened on August 7th before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Qianmen Streetis a symbol of genuine local culture. It has many of China's time-honored names. Visitors can enjoy a traditional Chinese way of life.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1953283...
1
view
Short Nirvana AC/DC medley
The end of our English song set was topped off with a little rock. 7th and 8th graders in Beijing love to rock!!!
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
1
view
Panjiayuan market 潘家园 市场
Panjiayuan market is the most popular antique market in China with the largest collection of folk handicrafts.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
1
view
Sports day 运动会
Sports day is a fun tradition held every term in schools all over China.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
9
views
Sanlitun 三里屯 shopping areas
Sanlitun 三里屯 is a section of Chaoyang district in Beijing home to many embassies, restaurants and a very popular shopping destination.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
Musical instrument street Beijing 北京
Next to Pinganli station (平安里站) is a street where you can buy many musical insturments from classical to rock.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
36
views
Olympic Forest Park 奥林匹克森林公园 in winter
Was quite a foggy day when I took this footage. Olympic Forest Park is green and crowded during summer. Winter has it’s beauty too.
The Olympic Forest Park is a large, man-made nature park situated at the north end of the Olympic Green in Beijing built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
3
views
Ritan Park 日坛公园 in winter
Ritan park is a public park located in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. The park was initially home to the Temple of the Sun, an altar built in 1530 during the late Ming Dynasty.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
1
view
Chaoyang Park in winter
Chaoyang Park is a park located on the site of the former Prince's Palace in Beijing's Chaoyang District. The park's construction began in 1984 and it became Beijing's largest park. It is approximately 2.8 km in length and approximately 1.5 km in width. It has a total area of 288.7 hectares, and a water surface area of 68.2 hectares. The majority of land in the park is used as green space.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
Liangma Riverwalk in winter
The Liangma riverwalk is near Beijing’s embassy district. This is where the ‘protests’ happened. You can also check out the Liangma River Park.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
Muslim Street Beijing
Beijing has a vibrant Muslim population. The food smelled really good here!
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
6
views
Rating coffee in China
China offers some interesting flavors of coffee you can get at just about any regular grocery store. Lets rate ‘em!
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
Longtan Park 龙潭公园 in winter time
In 1952 the Beijing government decided to solve the environmental problem caused by a lake of waste water. They drew the waste water away and invited a famous architect and landscape designer to turn the area into a public park.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
3 years of zero-COVID recap
It’s finally over. Here’s a quick recap of what it was like.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
3
views
Why you should visit China
The boders are back open. Here are eight reasons to visit China.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
6
views
Community gates are back open!
One of the best returns to normalicy since the end of zero covid is the re-opening of commmunity gates. Lots of parkes around where I recently moved. Thanks to a newly opened gate I discovered another one!
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
I got COVID in China: Update from Beijing
Since all the changes in COVID policy, it’s become a whole new world.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
10
views
Everyone’s recovering and recovered! Update from Beijing
Last week everyone was getting COVID. Now everyone’s recovering and recovered.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
1
view
American movies in China
How’s Disney Star Wars and Disney Marvel doing in China? And more.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
1
view
Protests in China. The aftermath.
They’re gonna figure this thing out.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
3
views
Protest update from Beijing
What’s happening here?
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views
How fit is China?
Exercise machines are everywhere in China and are free to use when ever you want.
Pictures I’ve taken in China:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195328301@N02/
2
views