Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Beijing. Day 6 (Day 7 by itinerary)
Today we go to 承德 Chengde. This is where the Emperor goes to hide when it is really hot in Beijing. We visit 避暑山庄.
Chengde is around 10 degrees cooler than Beijing, so it was easily subzero temperatures even in the daytime. Along the way, the bus windows that were not facing the sun started frosting up!
As we all know, 乾隆 really liked calligraphy and would write for alot of plaques. This is to show you even Emperors can write a wrong word!
So it's ok that I don't really know how to write Chinese characters ok :P
Apparently, in the days after the fall of the Imperial system, there was looting of the wood off the pillars as the wood as apparently good for warding off bugs. The wood was subsequently repaired with the same material being plugged into the holes created.
We also saw what was probably the world's shortest river, the 热河 (Rehe) . Think it's only about 30 meters long.
It's quite amazing cos everything else is frozen and the water here still runs and there's even fishes! The water is still cold though, it's apparently about 10 degrees.
We also visited 烟雨楼 which is supposedly where they shot some scenes for 环珠格格.
Overall 避暑山庄 is really quite pretty. Chengde itself is a small city with nothing much but 避暑山庄 is probably the one location that brings in the dough.
After lunch, we headed back towards Beijing... and more shopping.
After dinner we went to Wangfujing. The winds were really biting!! I didn't realise it was due to the cold at that time but it was so cold, when I opened my camera bag's buckle one of the teeth broke. Very sad.
Might be due to the cold, but started feeling not so good. Got back to the hotel at almost 2200hrs and we have to pack cos we are checking out in the morning!! frigging intense schedule... I didn't even get my last chance to watch 节振国传奇... :(
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Today we go to 承德 Chengde. This is where the Emperor goes to hide when it is really hot in Beijing. We visit 避暑山庄.
Chengde is around 10 degrees cooler than Beijing, so it was easily subzero temperatures even in the daytime. Along the way, the bus windows that were not facing the sun started frosting up!
As we all know, 乾隆 really liked calligraphy and would write for alot of plaques. This is to show you even Emperors can write a wrong word!
So it's ok that I don't really know how to write Chinese characters ok :P
Apparently, in the days after the fall of the Imperial system, there was looting of the wood off the pillars as the wood as apparently good for warding off bugs. The wood was subsequently repaired with the same material being plugged into the holes created.
We also saw what was probably the world's shortest river, the 热河 (Rehe) . Think it's only about 30 meters long.
It's quite amazing cos everything else is frozen and the water here still runs and there's even fishes! The water is still cold though, it's apparently about 10 degrees.
We also visited 烟雨楼 which is supposedly where they shot some scenes for 环珠格格.
Overall 避暑山庄 is really quite pretty. Chengde itself is a small city with nothing much but 避暑山庄 is probably the one location that brings in the dough.
After lunch, we headed back towards Beijing... and more shopping.
After dinner we went to Wangfujing. The winds were really biting!! I didn't realise it was due to the cold at that time but it was so cold, when I opened my camera bag's buckle one of the teeth broke. Very sad.
Might be due to the cold, but started feeling not so good. Got back to the hotel at almost 2200hrs and we have to pack cos we are checking out in the morning!! frigging intense schedule... I didn't even get my last chance to watch 节振国传奇... :(
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