China Photography - M1key - Michal Huniewicz
The Great Wall of China
The number one attraction is the Great Wall of China. This is where the Great Wall begins, near Dandong, near the North Korean border. From the wall, you can see the Yalu River [
1], and then the lush plains of North Korea, with watch towers peppered on the Korean side.
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Tourists
We visited the Wall in two places (Dandong and Badaling), and it's usually loaded with domestic tourists.
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But Around the Corner...
Go a bit further though, and you're on your own.
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Ammar
My friend Ammar climbing the wall.
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Yellow Butterfly
A girl and a butterfly.
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Wall in Dandong
The Wall in Dandong.
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Lin Ziqi
Lin Ziqi, a girl I met, on the Wall in Dandong.
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Wall in Badaling
The Wall in Badaling.
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On the Train
The Beijing-Dandong train.
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Construction Site
Somewhere near Tianjin.
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No Dangerous Articles
No Dangerous Articles.
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Beijing Underground Station
Beijing Underground Station. We noticed people working there had nametags - with no names on them, just numbers.
The underground had air-conditioning in the carriages, so it wasn't as bad as the Tube in London.
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Tiananmen
Tiananmen Square.
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Police
The square is tightly controlled and lots of police are present.
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Great Hall of the People
Main auditorium in the Great Hall of the People.
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Cult of Personality
Tiananmen Gate with a Chairman Mao portrait on it.
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Domestic Tourists
Chinese tourists.
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Crowd Control
Crowd control and security to enter an underground station.
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Hutong
Hutong, or narrow alley. This type of neighbourhoods are being demolished now.
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Gate
Gate.
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Ammar in a Romantic Setting
Ammar in a romantic setting.
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Dance
Dance.
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Beijing at Night
Beijing at night.
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Plane
Plane parked in a shop. This is how congested Beijing is.
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Night Market #1
The delicious night market.
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Night Market #2
The delicious night market...
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Night Market #3
The delicious night market...?
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Chinese Lantern
Chinese lantern.
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Temple Good Luck Charms
Good luck charms (wish cards?) in a temple.
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Emperor
Emperor.
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Roasted Duck
They had a shopping centre dedicated to roasted duck. We went on a Great Wall tour, instead they took us there... No one could speak English. When I walked off to see a temple, the tour just left us there, in the middle of nowhere, outside of Beijing.
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Maitreya
Maitreya, made of a fruit called ren shen guo.
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Do Not Leap, Do Not Span
Do not leap, do not span.
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Legit Temple
This is a legitimate temple, not something built for domestic tourists to sell hyper-expensive sculptures in.
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Through the Gate
Through the gate.
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Forbidden City Lion
Lion in the Forbidden City.
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Rhythmic Gymnast
Girl playing in the Forbidden City.
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Chinese Roof
In a museum in the Forbidden City.
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Cauldrons
Cauldrons originally with water to douse fires.
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Museum Exhibit
"Watch inlaid on the copper steamer model." This is one of the gifts from foreign monarchs and representatives.
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Workers
Chinese workers in the Forbidden City.
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Detail
Chinese dragon.
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Park
Let's relax in the park... Oh.
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Chinese Girl #1
Chinese girl in the park.
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Dragon
Dragon in the Baiyun Taoist Temple, also known as the White Cloud Temple.
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Incense Burner
Giant incense burner in the temple. I'm a big fan of incense, but Chinese incense hardly even smells!
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Woman in the White Cloud Temple
Woman in the White Cloud Temple.
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Temple Roofs
Temple roofs.
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Guqin
Monk playing the guqin.
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Chinese Man
Chinese Man near the temple.
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Monk
Monk.
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Totoro
It's just my neighbour, Totoro.
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Chinese Checkers
A game of Chinese checkers - or Chinese chess, as someone has pointed out to me.
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Chinese Girl #2
Chinese girl.
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Playing cards
Playing cards.
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Temple of Heaven
Temple of Heaven.
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Noah's Ark
Disrupt God's plans by eating Noah's Ark.
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Chinese Girls
Chinese girls.
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In a Mosque
Somewhat unusual phallic decoration in a Chinese mosque, the Niujie Mosque.
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Niujie Mosque
The Niujie Mosque.
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Prayer Hall
Prayer hall in the Niujie Mosque.
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Pakistani Visitor
Pakistani visitor in the Niujie Mosque.
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Chinese Muslim
Chinese Muslim man.
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Block of Flats
Block of flats.
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Dragon Fish Bell
Dragon fish bell in the Fayuan Temple.
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Round Gate
Round gate in the Fayuan Temple.
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Round Window
Round window in the Fayuan Temple.
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Goodbye
Thank you for checking out the gallery.
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