The forbidden city... not so forbidden after all as I later found out its shear size and elegance was amazing there was detail in every piece of wood, stone and statue, There was bloody detail in detail and in that detail there was detail leading to such small detail that you couldent see it with a naked eye, you had to dress it before you could see the small details, the beauty, the elegance, the tradition, the culture.
As soon as I entered the forbidden kingdom I was gently tapped on the shoulder by a beautiful young woman, she wanted a picture with me (James) and when vince anthony and sharbel tried to join in she didnt let them she only wanted the photo with me. I guess it was because of my charm.... or maby she wanted a visa... most likely.
The forbidden city, is exactly that. It is a massive walled area with repetitious single story, high ceiling buildings, the charm of it all was that it was still standing, giagantic. there were obvious signs of wear due to the large amount of visitors, but I could see why there were so many visitors.
The architectural design of the Forbidden City was quiet suprising, there were provisions on walk ways for drainage, from level to level until it reached a water way, and the set out of the entire place was so inter-built that you could get lost in a heart beat, and why not? its beautifully paved streets and the rhythmic tiling put you in a trance, you lost all connection with the modern world and were brought back hundreds of years where honest workman ship and respect for profession and skills were prominent as each square inch of each building would be able to be considered an art work.
To reach the top building we had to cross the road which was lined with armless and legless beggers and people trying to sell you stuff and old ladys snatching empty bottles from your hand. It was funny, the contrast of people who lived there. Beautiful and fashionable A4 colourd women, business men and lower class workers. The streets were full of people but not like I first thourght it would be. The walk ways were about 10m wide with plenty of space for people to walk and there were four lanes traveling in each direction on the roads, the peak hour traffic only lasted about 1 hour and suprisingly it kept moving, it was never at a standstill like the M4 or city roadsback home.
Once we reached the highest building in the kingdom we were graced by a majestic statue of Buhdda and when we looked down from there the horizion was lost in a misty fog and a jungle of tall buildings. From this vantiage point you could see the juxtaposition of the ancient vs modern, the traditional vs the progressive, capitalism vs communism. The sight was truly breath talking (because of all the pollution levels from being so high you couldent breathe) the kingdom seemed to be a ditch in the road once you looked at the entire city as all the surrounding buildings were of capitalist design (tall and covered with windows and signage). but all in all it was a timeless visit from a timeless kingdom
As soon as I entered the forbidden kingdom I was gently tapped on the shoulder by a beautiful young woman, she wanted a picture with me (James) and when vince anthony and sharbel tried to join in she didnt let them she only wanted the photo with me. I guess it was because of my charm.... or maby she wanted a visa... most likely.
The forbidden city, is exactly that. It is a massive walled area with repetitious single story, high ceiling buildings, the charm of it all was that it was still standing, giagantic. there were obvious signs of wear due to the large amount of visitors, but I could see why there were so many visitors.
The architectural design of the Forbidden City was quiet suprising, there were provisions on walk ways for drainage, from level to level until it reached a water way, and the set out of the entire place was so inter-built that you could get lost in a heart beat, and why not? its beautifully paved streets and the rhythmic tiling put you in a trance, you lost all connection with the modern world and were brought back hundreds of years where honest workman ship and respect for profession and skills were prominent as each square inch of each building would be able to be considered an art work.
To reach the top building we had to cross the road which was lined with armless and legless beggers and people trying to sell you stuff and old ladys snatching empty bottles from your hand. It was funny, the contrast of people who lived there. Beautiful and fashionable A4 colourd women, business men and lower class workers. The streets were full of people but not like I first thourght it would be. The walk ways were about 10m wide with plenty of space for people to walk and there were four lanes traveling in each direction on the roads, the peak hour traffic only lasted about 1 hour and suprisingly it kept moving, it was never at a standstill like the M4 or city roadsback home.
Once we reached the highest building in the kingdom we were graced by a majestic statue of Buhdda and when we looked down from there the horizion was lost in a misty fog and a jungle of tall buildings. From this vantiage point you could see the juxtaposition of the ancient vs modern, the traditional vs the progressive, capitalism vs communism. The sight was truly breath talking (because of all the pollution levels from being so high you couldent breathe) the kingdom seemed to be a ditch in the road once you looked at the entire city as all the surrounding buildings were of capitalist design (tall and covered with windows and signage). but all in all it was a timeless visit from a timeless kingdom
Please don't get married before me.
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