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[thisisadiana]

The Forbidden City is rather impressive, mostly in the "who on earth decided that the colour of 1970s shag carpeting should be used to paint an entire city" sort of way. Upon entering you're thrust into a giant square. It's huge and big and there's a billion people, all who are ambling over to a building at the far end, maybe 500 meters away.

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[windwoodrose]

When I told my mom about my disappointment with the Palace museums in Beijing, she scoffed and said, "If you're interested in Chinese history, don't go to China. You should go to London and see the collections in the British Museum."

I went to London the year afterward and discovered that she was right.

[thisisadiana]

Seems we had a very similar reaction to Beijing. Did you go to Taipei? The museum there was incredible.

[srkriger]

Must... not... go into diversion... about Chinese water clocks and the history of timekeeping in China...

Er, anyhow, sounds interesting, particularly your account of "a morning in the life of the emperor" :)

[thisisadiana]

Well, I took a few liberties with that. I assumed that was the reason. But honestly, the plaque for each building was the same.

Funny, me and Jason felt like you should be there when we saw the water clocks. Please go on a diversion.