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Terminals of the Silk Road - Beijing: scenes of ordinary life
(decoration of a temple roof)

Young generations
The young show a not so traditional attire and behaviour

Exercise
(left) Traditional gymnastics; (right) pretending to be an emperor (including in the background the Forbidden City)

Choir
Traditional choir singing

Muzafer Buruciye Medrese
Playing cards at the Long Corridor of the Temple of Heaven

Chinese snacks
Traditional Chinese snacks for the joy of foreigners on a "Beijing by night tour"

At a small market
Bored with usual food? Beijing small markets offer many alternatives

Cat
A hard to find Beijing cat enjoying the winter sun

The image used as background for this page shows an actress playing in a traditional show at Xian.

Pages of this section:
Introductory page
Xian
Beijing - The Forbidden City
Beijing - Tomb of Emperor Yongle
Beijing - Temple of Heaven and other monuments south of Tiananmen



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