11 June 2008

北京 - Beijing, the Working People's Cultural Palace


The Working People's Cultural Palace by Tiananmen Square.
That's the sun in the photo, not the moon, dulled down by the Beijing
smog. Gee, that Olympic marathon is going to be fun...


The omnipresent Mao looking down from the front of the Working People's
Cultural Palace.


His presence seems to keep all the guards standing very straight.


Samuel boy claiming some space in the courtyard of
the Working People's Cultural Palace.


Guards being marshalled in a tunnel under the Working People's
Cultural Palace's in preparation to march across to Tiananmen Square
for the lowering of the national flag on the Square. We got stopped inside the Palace until the whole process was complete.


The national flag coming down. Still stuck in the Palace...


The boys returning from Tiananmen Square with the national flag!

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