November In Beijing
November in Beijing:
In November I spent some days in Beijing already. I think I will write some more about Beijing in February. But I wanted to share already some pictures with you. The first pictures are the Tiananmen Square, the National Museum and the Forbidden City. The next pictures are from a marketplace (market house) where they displayed statues of the Chinese Zodiacs, and as it was before Christmas even some Santa Clauses. The last series of pictures is from the Dongyue Temple. It’s located in the Chaoyang District. The temple was founded in 1319. Today it’s protected as a National Key Cultural Relict. The Beijing Folks Custom Museum is located in the temple. The temple is a Daoist Temple dedicated to the God of Mount Tai.
The second temple is the Yonghe temple also called Lama Temple. It’s is one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist temples in the world. One of the highlights in this temple is the 18 meter Buddha Statue carved from a single piece of Sandalwood. Then you can see one of the famous horse paintings and a Statue of Xu Beihong in front of his Museum. And finally a picture from the St Joseph Cathedral.
