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| From the bus. |
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| Beijing more modern side |
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| Entering the Ming tomb complex |
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| This is a sacrifice autel, where people burn paper items so that it reaches to the Heaven. Sort of a Post Office :) |
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| Hair thin gold crown |
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| Leather hat |
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| Zhong He, ambassador of Emperor Yongle |
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| Zhong He's ship |
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| Various item |
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| Jade belts |
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| Empress crown |
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| Gold chopsticks and spoon |
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| Gold currency. |
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| Ming vases |
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| This gate separates the Dead from the Living. One doesn't go through on the way to the tomb, but needs to go through on its way back, saying "I'm back to life" ! |
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| Further down the valley, more of the Ming tombs can be spotted |
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| Funerary carriage |
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| Between the Ming tombs and the Badalin section of the Great Wall, we stopped at a Jade factory (often the case in an organised tour) |
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| From the bus again |
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| From the parking |
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| And here we go |
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| This side looks quite full, so we'll go the other side |
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| Much less people here ... |
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| ... too crowded there |
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| It's funny how they managed to build the wall in spite of the up and downhills |
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| On the way back, more modern buildings, like this one, built for the Olympics |
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| In a traffic jam, police doesn't show the example, they just do like everyone: pass and force their way |
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| The famous "Bird's Nest", olympic stadium |
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| To finish, we got to visit a silk factory |
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| Silk cocoons |
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| Interesting sculptures |
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| In Beijing like in the rest of the country, people drive whatever kind of vehicle they have: silent electric scooter, pedicabs, 3-wheel moppets, etc. |
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| Our visit of the capital city is over, and we have a whole country to discover ! |
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