Our first hotel that we stayed at was in Chaoyang district (朝阳区) at Traders Hotel by Shangri-la Hotels and resorts. This hotel is walking distance to the China World Shopping Mall which is filled with all the top brands like Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co.
Hotel means breakfast buffet! Yay!!
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| Traders Hotel Beijing |
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| Bread and pastries |
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| Waffle/Pancake station! |
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| 油炸粿 (Chinese donuts) |
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| My first breakfast in Beijing |
Our very first stop was at JingShan P
ark (景山公园). 99% of the time, there'll be stone lions guarding the entrance. There's significant and symbolic meanings such as their curly hair, the male with his paw on the world, and the female lion's paw on a baby lion.
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| Entrance to JingShan Park (景山公园) and male lion |
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| Female stone lion |
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| writings on the floor |
The first interesting thing I saw when I entered the park was a man using a big feather pen and water (?) doing these writings on the ground!
There are many beautiful views in this park but one of the most significant spots in the park is the location where Emperor Chongzhen (崇祯) hung himself from a tree. (This isn't the same tree, but it is the correct location.) Emperor Chongzhen was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
More construction of museums following China’s economic development, As the caption, there many famous museums in Beijing
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Hi walker man, Thank you for showing me the list of museums in Beijing. I wasn't aware that there were so many. I'm looking forward to visit some of those museums the next time I travel to Beijing!
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