Beijing, is the place I wanted to go most when I was a child. It has always been my dream to go to Tiananmen Square to watch the national flag rise. There is also the TV show that Lao Lang played the guitar and sang at the same table at the Peking University party, which is still deep in my heart. In 2003, I went to apply for a visa to go abroad and stayed a few more days. At that time, the digital camera had just been available, and a wealthy friend lent it to me. At that time, the house had just been sold and I had a large amount of cash in hand. To be honest, I have been saving in Shanghai since graduation and have never traveled. That was the first time I went out alone. Thinking back to that time, it was really great to travel alone. I used to be reluctant to buy food that I had money in my pocket. Haha, I climbed the Great Wall and visited the Ming Tombs. I was not a hero until I reached the Great Wall. It was not as difficult as I expected to climb the Hero Slope in one go. Maybe I was young and physically strong at that time. At that time, I specially set the alarm to watch the national flag raising. I overslept after a friend called me in the middle of the night (worried about my safety alone) and didn't see the national flag raising. I felt a little regretful. At that time, my brother's classmates were studying in Tsinghua University, so I went to live in Tsinghua University's female dormitory and went to the Peking University campus. Every time I went to a city in the future, I would go to a local famous school to check in. Sigh, my dream of studying in a prestigious school could not be realized, but it was still possible to check in a prestigious school to achieve it.

During her two years abroad, I met friends in Beijing and spent a happy life of eating, drinking and having fun together. At that time, she especially loved beauty and was very romantic. The two of us were two extremes. Later, she stayed there for many years. Now she came back and wanted to visit her and go to Tiananmen Square to raise the national flag. Also, look at Beijing 10 years later (I always find a specific commemorative number for myself to let go), so I arranged a 6-day trip to Beijing in November 2013 (2013.11.13-18)

Nanluogu Lane--Houhai--Xiangshan--Peking University--Forbidden City--National Museum of China--Tiananmen Square--Heroic Monument

A ray of early morning sunshine on the train started the journey to the capital

nanluoguxiang neighborhood Tuesday, breathing: The ancient neighborhood with a history of more than 740 years is the only chessboard traditional residential area in my country that completely retains the texture of the Yuan Dynasty Hutong courtyards. It is the largest in scale, highest in grade and the richest in resources. It is also the street with the most old Beijing style.

A courtyard house in Fuxiang Hutong looks old, and the cabbage in front of the door is eye-catching

Houhai Bar Street : It is made up of small alleys near the water. It feels relatively small and will not be too noisy

I chose a house, ordered two cups, and quietly listened to the live performance.

Jianxinzhai: It was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522) and renovated during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1796). Legend has it that it was once a place where emperors taught their loyal subordinates

Xiangshan Park:It is a royal garden with mountain forest characteristics. When I mention Xiangshan, I want to see red leaves. The last time I went there was not in autumn, so I didn't see them. This time my friend asked me where I wanted to go, and I just thought about red leaves. I remember when I was studying, a classmate gave me molded red leaves and put them in a book, so I wanted to see the autumn scenery with characteristics of late autumn: the red leaves all over the sky, but after looking around, I only saw a handful from afar.

glazed Pagoda: On the western mountainside of Zongjing Dazhao Temple in Xiangshan Park, it is an integral part of the temple. It was built in 1780 in the forty-fifth year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It is about 30 meters high and has a seven-level octagonal dense eaves style. A yellow glaze vase and eight eaves ridges are installed at the top of the tower. The bottom of the tower is supported by an umbrella cover that opens on eight sides, and is decorated with white marble carvings. The lowest level is a stone octagonal tower base, with copper bells at the eaves of each layer.

It's a real-life performance.

In order to save time, you can go up the mountain with a cable car, and walk slowly down the mountain when you go down the mountain

Attach a wish card and pray!

Fat stray cat

Beautiful and poetic Peking University

Sculpture Time Cafe

Tiananmen: The main entrance of Beijing's Imperial City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was built in the 15th year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1417). It was originally named "Chengtian Gate", which means "heaven starts fortune and orders from heaven". The designer was Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1651), it was renamed Tiananmen Square. It consists of two parts: a city platform and a tower. It has a white marble Sumizuo with a total height of 34.7 meters. Tiananmen Gate Tower is 66 meters long and 37 meters wide. There are five watchtowers under the city floor. The ticket gate in the middle is the largest and is located on the central axis of Beijing's Imperial City. In the past, only the emperor could enter and exit from this. A portrait of Mao Zedong hangs above the center entrance, with large slogans reading "Long Live the People's Republic of China" and "Long Live the Great Unity of the People of the World" on both sides

Jinshui Bridge is divided into inner and outer Jinshui Bridge, built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The Inner Jinshui Bridge is located on the Jinshui River in the square in front of Taihe Gate in the Forbidden City. It is composed of five parallel single-hole arch-type white marble stone bridges; the three-hole arch-type white marble stone bridge across the Jinshui River outside Tiananmen Square is the Outer Jinshui Bridge, rebuilt in the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1690). The bridge deck is slightly arched, and the bridge body is like a rainbow, forming a beautiful curve. The most prominent bridge deck in the middle is carved with the head of a coiled dragon pillar, which allows only the emperor to pass through, and is called the "Royal Bridge"; the two bridge decks on the left and right are carved with lotus capital, which allows only the prince to pass through, are called the "Wanggong Bridge"; on the other sides, only civil and military ministers of the third grade and above can pass through, are called the "Grade Bridge"; the ordinary embossed stone bridge on the far side is the one left by officials and soldiers of the fourth grade and below, called the" Gongsheng Bridge". In addition to similar strict grading regulations, the five Inner Jinshui Bridges also express the meaning of "thousands of people coming to Korea"

huabiao The two pairs of beautiful watches built during the construction of Chengtian Gate during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty cleverly embellished the entire exquisite Forbidden City building complex, enhancing the overall sense of ancient architectural art. Huabiao is an important symbol of Tiananmen Square. It is integrated with the majestic Tiananmen Gate Tower, the elegant Jinshui Bridge, and the majestic stone lion. It has become a unique and beautiful landscape in front of Tiananmen Square. The squatting beast on top of the Huabiao in front of Tiananmen Square is called "Hou". Looking outside the palace, people call it "Looking at the sky Hou" and "Looking at the monarch's return." There are two similar Chinese watches behind the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and a stone Hou is also squatting on top. The stone Hou on the Huamiao faces north and in the direction of the palace. People call it "Wangjun Exit". "Looking for the King to come out" advised the emperor not to stay in the palace all the time, but to go to the people to see the sufferings of the people.

Eating ice sugar gourd in front of the Forbidden City

Temple of Heaven Model

That night, we wandered around the Capital Gymnasium to see if we could find cheap tickets to see Li Zongsheng's concert. The scalper said that you don't want to see anyone's concert. They are all middle-aged men driving luxury cars to see it. However, Li Zongsheng's generation of fans is now the backbone of financial resources.

Look carefully, there is a person inside

Monument to the People's Heroes: 37.94 meters high, and the front (north) center is a whole piece of granite. It is 14.7 meters long, 2.9 meters wide, 1 meter thick, and weighs 60.23 tons. It is engraved with the eight gold foil characters inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong on June 9, 1955:"The People's Heroes will be immortal". The heart of the monument on the back is composed of 7 pieces of stone, and the content is a 150-character inscription in small script drafted by Mao Zedong and written by Zhou Enlai.

In 2003, I went to the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, and the Ming Tombs alone. I still have the impression of that trip in my mind: the roads were empty, vegetables were few and expensive, the food was large, and the driver drove hard. In 2013, I saw Xiangshan Mountain without red leaves, but I saw red leaves on the campus of Peking University. In addition, I also watched the national flag raising in Tiananmen Square. I lived in a friend's house and the National Meteorological Administration compound to experience the daily life of local people.

A person's life is a long list of life experiences--after you endure and struggle, you will begin an important turning point and start a new glorious journey. Live well, and you will have hope if you live well-"Live well"

when they go low , we go high ! ---Michelle Obama

Next stop, Tianjin