temple lion
at the Lama Temple
buddha house
Apparently Buddha lives at the top, and mortals have to struggle up there to reach enlightenment. Also at the Lama Temple.
guoqingjie crowd
The sea of patriots at Tian'anmen on chinese national day.
guoqingjie
more people
3-star toilet
(it wasn't). This was at Tian Tan.
taoist ping pong
Sunday pursuits at Tian Tan.
suzhou street boats
The Imperial shopping mall at the Summer Palace
suzhou shu fa
Calligraphy for the tourists (but it looked pretty).
17-arch bridge
and all within the grounds of the Summer Palace
temple graffiti
"May Cui always smell good" (ok, it's probably just Cui Yong Xiang's name). At the Summer Palace
purple cloud gate
Summer Palace