Beijing, China Day 4

My final post on my trip to Beijing :(

Okay, on our last day, we visited the WangFuJing Street, because it's shopping day. I'm not really interested in buying things, so we left the shopping to mum.

We especially went to the Donghuamen Night Snack Street! Yum yum!

Wow, they're so trained here. They're only suppose to start their business at 5.30pm, so you can see them at the beginning of the line, all ready on their bicycles to get the food to their stalls. This is something you definitely won't see in KL!

Ready, set, SERVE!

These are examples of what they were selling there. Looks so yummmy! We would have ate something, if weren't so damn full from our buffet lunch! Fume..

Think this was some sort of hornet


Seahorse!!!

Crabs!

Huge strawberries!

If you can read chinese, you have an advantage here




Cake with Pig inside..

Fried silk worm!


Sugared fruits



Ready for some bizzare stuff?



Grasshopper

Scorpions

Worms

Starfish

Baby shark..


Centipede

Silk worm and the huge worm beside that is pretty gross.

May eating some jelly

As we were walking around WangFuJing street, we bump into the Cathedral. Apparently, one of the oldest church in China. We came here to sit, cause our feet was killing us


Brrrr

History of the church

Flowers all over the church

So after the shopping, we went to try the Beijing Duck, which is a must have.

Beijing Beer. Yum!

Suckling Pig

Sweet and sour fish

Pork in some kinda dough shape like a mushroom

Beijing Duck!

They cut the duck and serve it in front of you

Beel ball soup. This is something which should not be serve to Buddhist people..

Fried Snacks

Sui Kow, steamed

Sui Kow, soup

This is pretty cool. It has noodles wrapped in a sort of popia and deep fry it.

Okay, back to the history of China. We took a trishaw ride around the "Hutong". So what is Hutong? Basically it has existed even during the reign of the 1st Emperor. That is how old this place was.


Our driver. Thank god he's strong enough to drive me and May around! *I think he gulped a little bit when he found out that both May and I are his passengers*

Duncan said that during those days, only the high ranking officers are able to paint their doors red. If not, they will be executed.. Gulp!

Inside a Hutong house. We visited a house where the family was still staying in here. I think his house has been preserved as one of the cultural relices, where their house cannot be demolish. I can't imagine staying in a place like this.. No tv, rooms are so very small, and 1 toilet!!

Now according to the owner, his great grandfather was a high ranking officer. The steps are made differently here. If you'r a low ranking officer, 1 step to the room. medium, probably get like 3 to 4. And his grandfather got the 5 steps. If another house tried to copies this, again they will be executed. The owner also goes on to say that last time, his grandfather would entertain those aristocrats in that very same house.


The alley of Hutongs. It's very small, so cars can't be driven in here. Main reason why we were driven around in those trishaws.

One of their pet dogs. So cutee!

The lake beside the Hutongs. We came here, look around and go ahhhhh... so relaxing..

After that, we went to the Beihai Park, thinking it's just some normal pond and park again.

Cheese!

Oh man, was I wrong! It's so pretty here! Damn crowded though..


Do you know the Beihai Park is half covered with water?

The Lamaist Pagoda. Don't you think the structures here are truly amazing??

After that, we went to Jingchan Park or Coal Hill. This is the spot, where you climb to the peak, and you can see the whole Forbidden City or the Imperial College.

The Imperial College

and the Forbidden City

So after taking our snapshots up the hill, it's time to come back down to see the spot where the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, committed suicide by hanging himself here in 1644.

It's been 365 years and the tree is still here for everyone to see.


I know what you did last winter in Beijing

A little light reading on the death of the emperor.





This greeted us as we were ready to leave.

After that, we went to..

The temple of heaven. This is the place where the emperors performs ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. Another UNESCO World Heritage.

After that, we walk around the park which led out of the Temple, couldn't resist taking a couple of funny shots.


Last on our agenda, a Kungfu Shaolin show. But since we have time to spare, Duncan took us to this new shopping street which is so new..

The shops are not even built finish yet!

After that, we went to a Kung Fu Show. I have to admit, it's really good. I thought it's going to be a snooze where you see a bunch of botak people fighting around. But this show actually has a story line, so it makes it more interesting to watch.

We were not allowed to take pictures during the show, so we only had the stage shot view before it starts.

Beijing is an incredily city. So many historical things to see here. It's a MUST go. Go book your tickets now!!

Oh, and during the WangFuJing street, we saw a couple of toys they were selling.
Would you buy something like that for your kids?