HJ in Beijing
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雍和宫 the Lama Temple
雍和宫 Beijing subway station(in line 2,5) is one of my favorite stations where it takes 5-minute-walk to 金鼎軒 jindingxuan, the dimsum franchise restaurant, where it leads to cute, fancy cafe street which connects to Hutong. To most of the tourists, however, 雍和宫 is, as the subway station tells you, where you meet the biggest lama temple in Beijing, the Tibetan temple. Just like how I had been doing t
A treasure spotted in the forbidden city - Pottery from Qing dynasty
The forbidden city, 故宫, is located in the center of the Beijing. It's easily seen from the Beijing subway map and Beijing transportation system; the 1st Ring, the 2nd Ring, etc that the capital Beijing was newly designed in its modern appearance based on the city planning in which Tian'anmen square takes the central axis. My personal feeling about Chinese visiting Tian'anmen square and the forbid
民族博物馆2
Out of 56 ethnic groups, 34 of them are categorized as those in the South. You can find separate section for these ethnicities in musuem as well. The ethnicities in the South shows remarkbly decorative costumes. That people in the South have highly emphasized on the use of silver is one explanation. The section for the South ethnicities gave me an impression that they abound more in the remains o
民族博物馆1
Fascinated by how diverse ethnic minorities maintain their ways of life in their own history and custom, I decided to explore more on this exoticism. A visit to民族博物馆 (the Museum of Ethnic Cultures) in 中央民族大学 Minzu University of China provided such a good guideline! After 20-minute-bus ride from tsinghua university, I was dropped at the main gate of minzu university. You can simply give a guess i
Peking opera 2
One-hour performance in 李园剧场 left me a lot of question mark about peking opera. This art form is obviously very new and chinese, embracing old Chinese repertoire, conspicuous costume and unique singing skills that appeals to foreigners as a real exoticism. Here I have my random questions on peking opera..! +o+ Q. Is Peking Opera still an entertainment for Chinese people? A. Not really. Acc
