Palace Museum in Beijing, China introduced

This is the Palace Museum, also known as the Purple Forbidden City. It is the largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under Ming Emperor , construction began in 1406. It took 14 years to build the Forbidden City.

The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic. Red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth. Yellow is the color of the earth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellow became an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royal family were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture. The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east west. It has 9900 rooms under a total roof area 150000 square meters. A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9.9 –meter- high wall which encloses the complex. It is believed that the Palace Museum got its name from astronomy folklore. The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan.

The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. The Forbidden City is divided into an outer and an inner count. We are now standing on the southernmost part of the outer count. In front of us lies the Gate of supreme Harmony. The gate is guarded by a pair of bronze lions, symbolizing imperial power and dignity. The lions were the most exquisite and biggest of its kind. The one on the east playing with a ball is a male, and ball is said to represent state unity. The other one is a female. Underneath one of its fore claws is a cub that is considered to be a symbol of perpetual imperial succession.

The Forbidden City consists of an outer count and an inner enclosure. The outer count yard covers a vast space lying between the Meridian Gate and the Gate of Heavenly Purity. The “three big halls” of Supreme Harmony, Complete Harmony and Preserving Harmony constitute the center of this building group. The great three halls are built on a spacious “H”-shaped,8-meter-high, triple marble terrace. Each level of the triple terrace is taller than the on below and all are encircled by marble balustrades carved with dragon and phoenix designs. This area is called the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square, which covers a total of 30000 square meters. Without a single tree or plant growing here, this place inspires visitors to feel its solemnity and grandeur. In the middle of the square there is carriageway that was reserved for the Emperor. On both sides of the road the ground bricks were laid in a special way seven layers lengthwise and eight layers crosswise,making up fifteen layers in all.

Regarding China's everything: Olympic champion Chen wins at taekwondo worlds (photos attached)

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Double Olympic champion Chen Zhong beat South Korean Han Jin Sun 5-4, adding a second gold medal to host China in women's heavyweight (over 72kg) in the closing game of the taekwondo worlds here on Tuesday.

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Regarding China's everything: Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, China Tourism

Regarding China's everything: Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, China Tourism

Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, China Tourism

Badaling Great Wall in Beijing Yanqing County. Is a pass of the Great Wall. The concern that the city of East West narrow wide trapezoidal, Built Annals 1929 (1505), 1560, the 1590s have upgrade.

City concerned with two things that honor for "folk outside the town," engraved on 1560 1929 (1539); Simon amount that the "North-door locks and keys," carved in the Ming dynasty (1582).

Two are brick structure, coupons hole on the platform, north and south of Taiwan's own walkway linking the relevant city wall surrounding the platform puzzle defenders. Zhang Jing from the Shing Mun Highway, which was adopted as a gateway to Beijing's throat. From the "North Gate locks and keys" on each side of the rostrum, extending from the undulating and twisted sheets of the Great Wall. 6,700 km long Great Wall, is the world's oldest one of the great building.

Badaling Great Wall near the mountain and build, height varies in width (an average of 6-7 meters high, wide 4-5 meters) with neat tremendous Bricks to build a wall of the shell. The lower part of the foundation of stone, and build walls on the Avenue, within the walls of loess and gravel fill. The top ground Shop steamed bread additives, medial wall of words, the lateral wall of the crib.

Crib side wall of defenders, under-hole gap to hope and shooting. To defense needs, in the visibility of the Heights, wall corners, or strategic in nature, to build the fortress-city of Taiwan. Said the tall, hollow enemy Taiwan, mostly built to Chong, for the upper and lower levels. Top of the upper platform, surrounded by a rectangular hole and radio; Lower vacancy to be unmanning and storage of weapons. Low wall Taiwan said, mostly built slowly, and build the fence or abdomen wall, with its high walls equal, Taiwan has around defenders and firing hole. Great Wall to the Qing Dynasty defense has been gradually losing the historical role, as long attack by the elements and human destruction gradually abandoned. After the liberation has phased conversion to the country concerned and the rostrum of the Board of the four cities north and south of Taiwan. Spring 1978 also reconstructed songs outside the town red.

Olympic champion Chen wins at taekwondo worlds (photos attached)

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Double Olympic champion Chen Zhong beat South Korean Han Jin Sun 5-4, adding a second gold medal to host China in women's heavyweight (over 72kg) in the closing game of the taekwondo worlds here on Tuesday.

The tournament reached its climax as Chen came up to the platform to realize China's long-awaited expectation of winning the heavyweight at the World Championships.

Among the thundering cheers and applauses, Chen brushed aside stiff challenge from Han Jin Sun 5-4 to achieve her first gold medal at World Championships.

The two players showcased an splendid game of aggression and attacks.

Chen came ahead to score the first two points before ending the first round 3-2.

In the second round, Chen made the only effective kick to lead 4-2. Both scored two points in the third round, but Chen was penalized one point, wrapping up the gold 5-4.

"It means something special for me to win in Beijing. I could not control my emotion when the national anthem sounds up," said Chen.

"I finally won at world championships. Now I proved to everybody that I am capable of winning the world title.

"You need to fight at least five games in the afternoon to win the final, but it only takes four games to win in Olympic Games," added Chen. "So I feel World Championships are more challenging than Olympic Games."

"Every country can apply to compete here, so you need to face more opponents in order to win. Now I am very confident with the Beijing Olympic Games for I have received help from coaches, teammates and friends."

Chen raised the Chinese national flag and saluted the cheering audience all around after the final whistle.

Luo Wei, the only other Chinese Olympic champion in taekwondo,was knocked out by Lee In Jong from South Korea 1-3 at the of women's under 72kg on Sunday.

Luo's exit pressed the Chinese team no leeway in the heavyweight, so Chen took up the great hope from the crowd.

Wu Jingyu won China the first title in women's finweight (47kg) in the opening day.

BOCOG attaches importance to one-year countdown

(BEIJING, May 24) -- The activities to mark the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games was a key topic at the 82nd meeting of the Executive Board of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) on Thursday.

The meeting heard a report on the draft of the celebrations of the countdown, and noted that the countdown is the most important milestone date in the preparatory work for the Olympics. The celebrations should be held in an extensive and magnificent style and in an enthusiastic and festive atmosphere. They should have both national characteristics and an international flavor. They will send Beijing's messages to warmly welcome the guests from all over the globe and showcase the Chinese people's understanding and pursuit of the Olympic spirit. Through the celebrations, the people across the nation will be mobilized to fulfill the Olympic preparations, while the attention of the nation and the world will be attracted to the forthcoming Olympics.

The meeting noted that the celebrations should also highlight the conviction of the Chinese government and people in the success of the Games through their united efforts, the rising passion of all walks of life to participate in, support and contribute to the Games, as well as the festive atmosphere of the nation to look forward to the successful Olympic Games.

The meeting also listened to a proposal to open the central area of the Olympic Green and the Olympic Forest Park to the public, and dealt with other matters.

The meeting was chaired by BOCOG President Liu Qi, who is also member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and secretary of Beijing Municipal CPC Committee.

Present at the meeting was also Chen Zhili, State Councilor and BOCOG First Vice-President.