Self portrait.
Traditional wedding procession.
Quanjude was really quite mehhhhh. And they were really pushy about getting you to order lots of stuff/expensive stuff because the servers get a commission off your bill.
When we first asked for half a duck, the server said they only sold whole ducks and tried really hard to persuade us to get the whole duck (which was good for four people). It was only after going back and forth for a while that she changed her statement and said half a duck is available as well.
Boooo. It was day five for us then, which was also when we realised we really needed to stand up for ourselves to protect our own interests (LOL) because that seems to be how things go in Beijing.
The real appeal of Qianmen street lies in the small back alleys that are peppered with murals.
Huge shame that it was cloudy when we visited the Temple of Heaven.
Just another day swimming through a pool of tourists.
There's a Circular Mound Altar at the Temple of Heaven, and the raised round platform you see pictured above is called the Heaven Heart Stone (天心石). Perhaps it was pure ancient ingenuity, or perhaps it was just a stroke of luck, but this outdoor altar has a sound amplification effect, where if you stand on the Heaven Heart Stone, your voice would be amplified. Of course, the science behind this wasn't understood by the people then, and seemingly still not understood by the hoards of tourists standing on said stone hoping to peer into heaven.
Because what else could explain this mysterious phenomenon? It must be the work of God.
No comments:
Post a Comment