Tuesday 16 October 2007

Beijing - The Forbidden City





Bob says: Home to Chinas Emperors of the Qing and Ming a ding ding dynasties. Some Emperors would have hundreds of wifes classified in to sections according to how useful and beautiful and they were, to get to top bitch took more than just knocking up a decent noodle soup.

3 comments:

The Paranoid Mod said...

Ah. Stone lions. Another favourite of mine. Especially when offset against communist stuff.

Glad you're back.

Helen said...

He's very odd that Ric boy, he put this picture on his desktop. It's cool and all but really, in comparison to those amazing mountains and stunning scenery it doesn't compare. xxx

The Paranoid Mod said...

Stone lions and communist iconography. What more d'you need?!