I'm behind on not one but two trips to Beijing, so here, consolidated, are some images from my visit with Australian family 8-11 and on my own to the Renmin conference 20-24/4. In interests of time few words, but I invite you to imagine fitting anecdotes for the pictures that seem to demand them.
故宫 Forbidden City
Floral fireworks and religious tchotchkes for sale at Jingshan Park.
Selfie-stick put to imperial use at 天坛 Temple of Heaven.
Traffic bottleneck (we got caught there) between Houhai Lakes.
Exhibit and venue of the Renmin symposium East-West Art
Peonies, blooming trees and a kind of tree seed blowing all over town
Detail of a neon landscape-generator at National Art Museum
798 Art District's amazing range of work (the last from DPRK)
Metro ad for presumablky foreigner-approved face masks
Yesterday's grand building and today's
Prostration before 天宁寺 Tianning temple's pagoda
Stuff for sale, and a caged songbird's daily outing
牛街清真寺 Ox Street Mosque
法源寺 Fayuan temple and neighborhood
法源寺 Fayuan temple and neighborhood
