北京的回憶 Beijing memories

在2008年12月27日我終於到了一個非常重要的旅遊目的地，

無論如何對我來說都是很難忘 - 北京。

也許中國人說：“不到長城非好漢”，使我感到內疚，

因為我一直在亞洲各地旅行，但我從來就沒到過北京。我一直想來，

但我並沒有真正作出努力行動。直至這一刻 ...

近年來，在某些部分，因為奧運會，這個古老的城市經歷了一些重大變化，

它已經成為一個非常現代化和有吸引力的城市！

在北京有很多的景點，古代和現代，每個這些地方留下長久的印象，

引起強烈的感情，都在我心內。我希望用照片描繪我的這些感受，與大家分享。

因為在北京有很多景點，我只能到我想要的地方參觀，

這些是我在的那裡拍的'照片故事'。

On the 27th of December 2008 I had finally arrived at a very important travel destination,

 unforgettable for me anyway – Beijing.

Perhaps the Chinese saying “You’re not a hero if you haven’t been to the Great Wall”,

 made me feel guilty because I had been traveling all over Asia but I never quite made it to Beijing.

 I’ve always wanted to come but I just hadn’t really made the effort to come. Until now…

In recent years and in some part, because of the Olympic games,

this ancient city has gone through some major transformations

and it’s become a very modern and attractive city!

In Beijing there are lots of attractions, both ancient and modern and

 each of these places have left lasting impressions and they evoked strong feelings within me.

 I hope to portray these feelings in my photos and share them with you all.

 Because there are many attractions in Beijing, I can only show the places I wanted to visit

and these are my ‘photo-stories’ of those places.

 

天壇 - 這是我見過最美麗的中國建築。

我一直想在這裡拍照。天壇是一個能代表的中國建築。

我拍的所有照片都把這個標誌性建築顯示在冬天蔚藍的天空框架中。

The Temple of Heaven – This is the most beautiful piece of Chinese architecture that I’ve ever seen.

 I have always wanted to take pictures here.

The Temple of Heaven is a symbolic representation of Chinese architecture.

 All the pictures I took here show this symbolic building framed by the brilliant blue winter sky.

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天壇 Temple of Heaven

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 天壇 Temple of Heaven

 

中國的萬里長城 - 我都沒想到做好漢是一件不容易的事，

但八達嶺的石級是陡峭的，加上寒冷的北風使我試圖走的路，更加困難。

我沒有爬上長城之頂，但是我也拍下一些照片。

也許下次我會由慕田峪乘纜車上長城的頂端。

The Great Wall of China – I didn’t expect that to be a hero was going to be easy

but the Badaling section of the wall was steep and the cold northerly winds made my attempts to walk it,

 even more difficult. I didn’t climb to the top but I did take some pictures of it.

Perhaps next time I will take the cable car at Mutiayanu to get up to the top of the Great Wall.

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萬里長城 Great Wall

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萬里長城 Great Wall

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八達嶺 Badaling

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八達嶺陡峭的石級 Badaling section of the wall was steep

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八達嶺 Badaling

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萬里長城 Great Wall

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萬里長城 Great Wall