明十三陵 – 這是於皇帝成祖朱棣和皇后徐氏的合葬陵寢。他們就埋葬在此。
我經常聽到別人說中國人的一個習慣，當進入陵墓，你需要說“我來了！”，
當你走時，你要說，“我回來了！ ”。如果你不這樣做，
你的靈魂就不會返回你身體，它仍然在陵墓裡。
如果你問我，我會覺得有點嚇人，所以我沒有花太久在這裡！
Ming Tombs – The tombs are mausoleums belonging to Emperor and Empress Xu Zu Zhu Di.
It’s where they’re buried. I have often heard that it is customary among the Chinese,
that when entering a tomb, you to need say "Here I come!” When you exit, you say,
"I'm back! ". If you don’t, your soul won’t come back to you- it remains in the tomb.
A bit scary if you ask me, so I didn’t spend too long here!
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明十三陵 Ming Tombs
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明十三陵 Ming Tombs
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明十三陵內的老樹 An old tree in Ming Tombs
故宮(紫禁城) - 故宮是一個龐大，宏偉的地方！建造它時一定是一個艱鉅的任務。
在這四圍參觀，每處都好像走不完，永遠都看不完！房間和通道都是無窮無盡的。
我花了一天，我仍然沒法看完所有展品！在結束參觀這一切時，基本上已是關門的時間，
我已很累了...這麼多東西可以看。當我們離開這裡時，已是黃昏時分。
The Forbidden City - The Imperial Palace is an immense and huge place!
It had to have been a huge undertaking when it was constructed. Walking around it,
everything just seemed to go on forever and ever! The rooms and walkways were just endless.
I spent a day there and I still didn’t get to see everything! At the end of it all
and basically that was at closing time, I was exhausted…so many things to see.
When we left there, was already dusked.
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故宮 The Forbidden City
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故宮 The Forbidden City
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故宮的夕陽 A sunset in the Forbidden City
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故宮美麗的夕陽 A beautiful sunset in the Forbidden City
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故宮美麗的夕陽 A beautiful sunset in the Forbidden City
why the sky is always so blue :P
ReplyDeletefeel so peaceful, also feel cold.
and i really like that sunset :) so beautiful.
I agree with you Kay, the sky there is really blue,
ReplyDeleteI think is because Beijing have a effective control of polution,
before the Olympic games.
Was quite cold there, there was some nights under -10C.
When I was walking and taking pictures around the bird nest and water cube stadium,
I felt freezing! @_@
rafael, love ur sunset photos of the forbidden city. the prefect circle amongst the tree branches is so pretty. i think my fav is pic 18!also like the red doors shot.
ReplyDeletethe ming tomb superstition, u mean visitors supposed to say that when they enter and leave? so did u do the same?
Thanks lechua, I used many composition to take the sunset...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you appreciate the pix.
Your're right, have a white gate after the main entrance of Ming Tombs,
people need to say "Here I come!"
and leave with "I'm back".
Of course I said it and with mandarim,
because I scared my soul won't came back, haha... ^.^
Hi Rafael,
ReplyDeletelooking at all these wonderful pics brings back good memories of my trip to this place a few years ago. the architecture of the building is simply amazing.
thanks for visiting.
好漂亮黃昏啊，好大大咸蛋黃啊．
ReplyDeleteThanks life ramblings, I'm glad you appreciate my pictures and blog,
ReplyDeleteit is my good memories too! ^.^
多謝maymay欣賞! 每次見到黃昏時的咸蛋黃都會好開心! ^.^
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! The sunset pix so so so niceeeeeee....
ReplyDeleteThanks uLi! I really like these sunset pictures too! ^.^
ReplyDeleteI visited a pet cemetery in Western Australia. No taboo whatsoever. A very nice and charming place! :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds a nice place, have you write it in your blog?
ReplyDeleteI'm interesting to see the pictures of there too! ^.^