Saturday, March 12, 2005

在天安门广场的美丽的一天 - A beautiful day at Tiananmen Square

我好久没去天安门,所以上个礼拜一个下午去逛逛。那是一个北京少见的晴朗的日子。

It was such a long time since I went to Tiananmen, so an afternoon last week I went there for a stroll. It was one of those rare clear and bright days here in Beijing.

Police at Tiananmen
因为开人民代表大会,有比平常更多的警察...
Because of the ongoing People's congress there were even more police than usual...

TV crew outside the Great Hall
...和记者。
... and journalists.

Mao close-up
他还挂在那里
He is still hanging there

Through Heavenly Peace Gate
外地人和外国人挤在天安门。
Country folks and foreigners elbowing at the Gate of Heavenly Peace .

Marching on backwards
农民叫租出车
Migrant workers calling a cab

2 comments:

Johan said...

Hi Jeff! What's up?

Any new travel plans? Beijing?

You are not the only Singaporean I know that prefers English...

I don't think that TianMengYuan has ever thought about the coolness to live there. Haha... But it works for her. And her boyfriend when he comes to visit! ;D

Johan said...

I'm here if you wanna visit, I might pass by Singapore on the way back, and I will probably be in Europe during the summer. Looks like there could be an opportunity to meet sometime somewhere.