forbidden palace -one
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long ass post about the forbidden palace. it’s the most tourist destination of tourist destinations. it’s like the Louvre in Paris or the MET in New york.
uh, you might not know this about me, but sometimes i could be pretty cultured. COULD BE are the key words here. i’ve picked up a few hobbies while being in beijing, one of the most ancient cities in the world, naturally one should be infected with the air of old..things?
im a big fan of ceramic wares, and old ceramic wares go for millions of US dollars especially if they were once in the palace. Most of the wares in the Forbidden Palace are REPLICAS, which is extremely disappointing but understandable. i’ve also become obsessed with this TV show in china where people bring their ancestral things and highly trained specialists in their field come to judge whether it is a real piece or a fake one (as in is it a replica, modern? a replica from the various dynasties, was it from the palace or was it a commoner’s object?) I AM SO OBSESSED with it, i am even willing to go to 2nd hand markets so i can find really awesome wares. it’s basically antiques roadshow but chinese version and i freaking love it.
i am not trying to make money from this because no one ever makes money in this kind of thing unless you seriously know what you are doing and then it’s hard to say.
sky is so blue! beijing’s campaign against pollution is going pretty well, tourists everywhere, as expected
a ticket is 60RMB a guide map is 5, english and chinese explanations, it’s VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE MAP
here i am, just woke up, looking slightly disoriented, and perhaps pissed, i can’t remember
some cat that lives there, what a lucky cat
majestic, lots of lions near by. the left one is female and has a baby lion under its paw the right one is male and has a ball under his paw. if you look anywhere in the palace all of the pairs of lions were made that way…
these large pots are for holding water so that if there’s a fire, stuff don’t burn as quite quickly…yes..
these doors are very pretty, but the bolts make it easier to get on the roof and flip over, non?
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I kind of want to see an antique roadshow. I think it would be quite interesting!
A Chinese antique roadshow!!! OMG I am never leaving comments before drinking my coffee.
it looks like we’re all seeing palaces this week :D
when you go to a country you have to do the touristy things and the not so touristy things. did you get to go inside?
yup, you get to see behind a bar, but yeah you can sort of see inside but it was too crowded.
I think Chinese art history was the only art history I bothered to stay awake for… I loved all the artifacts! Saw a bunch at the British museum and wanted to hug everything haha, all the ceramics were just to die for.
What amazed me were how they were made… a lot of times no one knows since they still haven’t figured out ancient technology. love it!
A tourist spot for a definite reason, it’s gorgeous without a doubt!
Do you guys get “Pawn Stars???” It’s a History channel show and is so goofy but basically Antique roadshow for people in Vegas desperate to sell old interesting stuff to make money to blow in Vegas LOL It’s sorta addictive….
well for EVERYONE in china, well not everyone but like 99% of the people, a large part of collecting antiques and what not is to make money
we don’t get pawn stars…our TV is broken unfortunately so we’ll be needing to replace that soon
but yeah
a lot of people want to get rich
but i think i really want to find nice things, small bowls or ceramic pieces because i really like it, also the ones that spend large amounts of money rarely actually buy real pieces!
but pawn stars sounds hilarious, i’ll look it up
Agreeeeeeeeeeeed. It’s the same here. So many just don’t have appreciation just to own nice things that have “character.” They just want to find hidden treasure in some old house to buy brand new super blah blah junk.
Haha omg that show sounds like something I would definitely watch. Geez, can you imagine the look on people’s faces when they find out the shit they bought is a phony? ><