Monday, May 30, 2005

Beijing 310305d: Entering the City

Entering the Outer Court of the Forbidden City through the massive red doors of The Meridian Gate (the main southern gate).
A total of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived here for more than 500 yrs. Well, I'm just trying to figure out how many thousand concubines must have passed through the gates in all those years ;-). And eunuchs too!