After visiting Tiananmen Square, a must-visit at Beijing city, the team members were exhausted since Day 27 had been a long day owing to the maddening traffic. The team used taxis for transportation and also visited the Summer Palace and the forbidden city. One day in Beijing was not enough for the team to experience it.
After visiting Tiananmen Square, a must-visit at Beijing city, the team members were exhausted since Day 27 had been a long day owing to the maddening traffic. The team used taxis for transportation and also visited the Summer Palace and the forbidden city. One day in Beijing was not enough for the team to experience it.
The team had to wait in a queue for almost one and a half hours under the hot sun to enter The Forbidden City. Meenakshi, the team leader almost had a heat stroke and passed out. "We are so used to comforts back home that we have not done anything like this in many years now," she said.
Another attraction for the team was the 50-year old CRI Tamil Radio Station operating in China. Kalaimagal, the Director of the station, Kalaimani and Manikandan visited the team at the hotel to take them out for dinner at the Indian Kitchen which is the only South Indian restaurant in all of China. The restaurant served up a much awaited South Indian spread of dosas, coconut chutney, sambar, veg biriyani, naan/roti, paneer butter masala, prawn pakoras, beef pepper fry etc. The team certified the food as "heavenly."
"The love they have for India, our culture, language and food moved me to tears. I felt overwhelmed by the love and affection that was showered on the team. At CRI Tamil Radio Station, there are about 14 Chinese who have learnt Tamil formally by visiting India and in China as well," stated Meenakshi.
The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City visited by the team is a palace complex in central Beijing and was the former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. The city was constructed from 1406 to 1420, with the complex consisting of 980 buildings and covering 72 hectares. The palace exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture. In 1987, The Forbidden City was declared as a World Heritage Site and was listed by UNESCO as the most extensive collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
Summer Palace
Team XPD Beyond Asia's next stop was The Summer Palace which was a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty covering an expansion of 2.9 sq km of which three-quarters is water. In the year 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. Summer Palace was declared as a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design.
The team had to wait in a queue for almost one and a half hours under the hot sun to enter The Forbidden City. Meenakshi, the team leader almost had a heat stroke and passed out. "We are so used to comforts back home that we have not done anything like this in many years now," she said.
Another attraction for the team was the 50-year old CRI Tamil Radio Station operating in China. Kalaimagal, the Director of the station, Kalaimani and Manikandan visited the team at the hotel to take them out for dinner at the Indian Kitchen which is the only South Indian restaurant in all of China. The restaurant served up a much awaited South Indian spread of dosas, coconut chutney, sambar, veg biriyani, naan/roti, paneer butter masala, prawn pakoras, beef pepper fry etc. The team certified the food as "heavenly."
"The love they have for India, our culture, language and food moved me to tears. I felt overwhelmed by the love and affection that was showered on the team. At CRI Tamil Radio Station, there are about 14 Chinese who have learnt Tamil formally by visiting India and in China as well," stated Meenakshi.
The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City visited by the team is a palace complex in central Beijing and was the former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. The city was constructed from 1406 to 1420, with the complex consisting of 980 buildings and covering 72 hectares. The palace exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture. In 1987, The Forbidden City was declared as a World Heritage Site and was listed by UNESCO as the most extensive collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
Summer Palace
Team XPD Beyond Asia's next stop was The Summer Palace which was a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty covering an expansion of 2.9 sq km of which three-quarters is water. In the year 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List. Summer Palace was declared as a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design.