GIGGLES, SECRETS, AND SOMETIMES TEARS: Disco-very Bei-Jing

BEIJING TRIP

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Assalamualaikum and hello gang, for my 12th and last entry, I would like to share about my journey to Peking, China. Y'all must be wondering where the Peking is it? Actually, Peking is the old name for Beijing. Let us overview a little bit about this China capital city. Beijing is the most populous city with over 21 million residents In a nutshell, it also one of the world's leading center for culture, diplomacy, economy, education, language, politics, business, and science technology. Beijing is a 4 seasons climate. Not sure either I am lucky or not because when I was in Beijing it was winter season. IT TOTALLY cool with temperature about to minus degree celcius. However, it seldom to snow in Beijing. My thought when I landed at Beijing Airport was sure there were snow fall down but unfortunately no, just extreme cool breeze over me. Let me share my unforgettable experience there by photos.

@cikB_havoc66 infront the Summer Palace entrance

probably ancient imperial lepak spot

frozen Kunming Lake

The Summer Palace, in northwest Beijing, is said to be the best preserved imperial garden in the world, and the largest of its kind still in existence in China. It is only a short drive (15 km) from central Beijing, but seems like another world. Also a summer retreat for the Imperial family. The Summer Palace’s landscaped gardens, temples, and pavilions were designed to achieve harmony with nature, to soothe, and to please the eye. During the hot Beijing summers, the imperial family preferred the beautiful gardens and airy pavilions of the Summer Palace to the walled-in Forbidden City. Dowager Empress Cixi took up permanent residence there for a time, giving rise to some wonderful tales of extravagance and excess.

History details:

· In 1750, Emperor Qianglong, fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, commissioned the first Summer Palace, named Qingyi Yuan or ‘the Garden of Clear Ripples’.

· In 1860, it was destroyed by the Anglo-French Allied Forces and rebuild in 1886.

· In 1888, the Summer Palace was given its present-day Chinese name, Yihe Yuan, and served as a summer resort for the Empress Dowager Cixi.

· In 1900, it was destroyed by the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers.

· In 1912, it was rebuilt as one of the final acts of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

· In 1924, it was opened to the public as a tourist attraction.

· In 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List.

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unique as heaven garden

The Forbidden City In ancient times, the emperor was said to be a son of Heaven, and therefore Heaven’s supreme power was bestowed upon him. The emperors’ residence was built leading north, as an earthly foil to the heavenly Purple Palace, i.e. the North

Star, though to be home to the Celestial Emperor. Considered a divine place, it was certainly forbidden to ordinary people and that is why the Forbidden City is so named.

whole trip squads

Quick details about Forbidden City:

The Forbidden City took 14 years to build (from 1406 to 1420).
It was built by over 1,000,000 workers, including more than 100,000 craftsmen.
It was the imperial palace of China for 492 years (1420–1912).
It was the home of 24 emperors — 14 of the Ming dynasty and 10 of the Qing dynasty
It covers 0.72 sq km (0.28 sq mi), of which 15 hectares (38 acres) are floor area.
It has 980 buildings in over 70 palace compounds, with over 8,700 rooms.
It is 961 meters long from south to north and 753 meters wide.
It is surrounded by a 10-meter-high wall, which is 3.4 km (2 miles) long.
It has a 52-meter wide moat round it.
It hosts 14 million visitors per year, a maximum of 80,000 visitors per day.

@cikB_havoc66 chillin with her hot choc

Quick history about The Forbidden City:

· The construction of the grand palace started in the fourth year of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1406), and ended in 1420.

· From 1420 to 1644, the Forbidden City was the home of 14 emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

· From October 1644, the Forbidden City served as the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty.

· In 1860, during the Second Opium War, the Forbidden City was controlled by Anglo-French forces and occupied until the end of the war.

· From 1912, the Forbidden City was no longer home to the emperor with the abdication of Puyi, the last Emperor of China.

· In 1925, the Forbidden City became the Palace Museum.

· It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

steepy stairs

top scenary

hiked till Mongolia's boundary

The Great Wall of China, known as one from the 7 magnificent of world. When I went to the Great Wall, I use to enter from Juyonguan Pass which is northern entrance for the Great Wall. Situated in a valley surrounded by mountains on two sides, it has long been a military stronghold. It was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 – 476 BC) and Warring States Period (476 – 221 BC) by Yan State as a fortification, and was linked to the Great Wall of China in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (386 – 589). Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), ordered the pass to be rebuilt to protect the northern borders from Mongol invasions. The extant pass was built then, and renovated in 1992. The mountain to the east is the 492 feet (150 meters) high Cuiping Mountain, with 4,921 feet (1,500 meters) of wall on its ridges. To the west is 1,152 feet (351 meters) Jingui Mountain, with 3,937 feet (1,200 meters) of wall built on it. The walls on the two mountains look like giant arms cradling the buildings of the valley. The pass is roughly circular with a perimeter of about 4,530 yards (4,142 meters) long. The widest point of the wall is 18 yards (16.7 meters), while the narrowest measures only 1.3 yards (1.2 meters). It consists of two gates, one in the south and the other in the north, respectively called Nan (south) Guan (gate) and Bei (north) Guan. Two high watchtowers were built at each gate. There is a high platform called Cloud Platform in the centre of the pass. It is a white marble construction. There used to be buildings on top of the platform, but they were destroyed by fire and only the marble base remains. An arched doorway penetrates the platform. On the walls of the doorway, statues of four heavenly gods and sutra scriptures were carved.

If y’all wanna know more about the overall facts of the Great Wall, you may tap this link>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China for more information.

Mao Zhe Dong

The Tiananmen Square, is named after the Tian'anmen gate to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. The gate's literal name ‘Heaven Peace Gate' is usually translated "Gate of Heavenly Peace". The impressive expanse of Tian'anmen Square has hosted momentous events like the declaration of the People's Republic of China by Chairman Mao in 1949, and is surrounded by a host of world class sights, from the Forbidden City to China's National Museum. It's now the seventh largest city square in the world (and the fourth largest in China [2019]), at 440,000 square meters (109 acres) in size. It can hold about 1 million people for public celebrations or gatherings. It will be the biggest military parade in China in many years. All weapons on display are made in China. The parade will last around 80 minutes and 15000 people are involved in this huge event. In addition to this, there will be 160 aircraft, 580 sets of equipment and 59 squads (15 marching squads, 32 equipment squads, 12 air force squads) in the military parade.

I have type about historical places in Beijing, so now let us discover about sport attraction here:

the 2008 olympic stadium

Beijing National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, as it has become known, is the world's largest steel structure and the most complex stadium ever constructed. It is "one of the key engineering marvels in the world today." Beijing National Stadium has now become the most important public space holding various sports events and recreational activities, and it also functions as a tourist attraction. More than 60 events are held in Beijing National Stadium every year, including sports events, equestrian performances, operas, and concerts. The next most anticipated event held there will be the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics. What’s more, the Bird's nest and ice festival are the interesting event held in the Bird’s Nest. More than 20 fitness activities, such as skiing, a snowball fight contest, snowboarding, ice hockey, and ice bumper cars are available to join in with.

too cold to bear till fountain also froze already

Talk about bird, let us discover about nature in Beijing city regarding it zoo.

giant panda zoo

Beijing Zoo is now the biggest zoo in China with over 450 species of land animals and over 500 species of marine animals, about 14,500 animals in total. It features pandas, elephants, gorillas, and dolphins and sharks, all in a scenic Chinese garden setting. Beijing Zoo is a natural garden with dense groves of trees, stretches of grassland, a small stream, lotus pools and small hills dotted with pavilions and halls. It was called Wansheng Garden in the Qing Dynasty (literally it means the Garden of 10,000 animals). The most iconic about this zoo is the Pandas.

It house for several fauna species such:

· East area: giant pandas, tigers, lions, bears, monkeys, and leopards
· West area: golden monkeys, orangutans, giraffes, and deer
· North area: Beijing Aquarium, hippos, rhinoceros, and elephants

winter sonate

act. artificial snow yet can ski like real one

Snow World Ski Park is Beijing's largest and it's the nearest natural ski resort to Beijing city. It is located at Fenghuang Mountain of the Ming Tomb tourism area, and is surrounded by mountains. Northwest are the Bodhisattva Mountains. East is Camel Hill. South is Fenghuang Mountain. All these mountains are full of green pines and verdant cypresses. In the winter trees are covered by snow. In the spring flowers blossom everywhere. It is beautiful and pleasant scenery just like Vikendi map in PUBG y’all sure know it right. However, they all just artificial snow since Beijing seldom to snow eventhough it is winter season

Sun Yat Sen took photo with Great Spark at Zong Yan Park

Let go to the cultural and merchandise place. Actually, when a foreigner visit China, the tour guide that manage the trip, obliged to take their customers to visit several cultural show of China. Please careful of the sellers trick as most of them just want to get you buy their goods only. Those shows are manufactural such:

· Jade
· Tea
· Pearl
· Oriental theaters

arts along the Golden Street

have faith wherever you go

nan do ya mosque entrance

We have discover so far till we forget our obligation as a Muslim. Oh btw to find for halal food isn’t hard here. Where there is mosque, usually there will a lot of halal restaurants and market there. Just spot any green restaurant with Arabic sentences, sure the halal food. However, I spotted some of halal restaurant do sell alcohols also. Talk about Muslim, I wonder how the Muslim community live in the harsh communist country yet I feel so proud when they still comply the Islamic live without any hesitation. The Muslim community there are kind heart and willingful to help us. Although, the extremism on how other look upon us as the Muslim exist, they still live happily. Also don’t forget about the massacre of Uighur ethnic issue and the concentration camp. Ok let go to the mosque. Those are mosque I visited, most of the mosque building are still preserve the culture and it original shape.

· Nuiji mosque

· Fayuan mosque
· Nan Do Ya mosque

I think that all from me, thanks for lending your time reading my entry. God bless you.