Beijing, China

(Copyright © 2005 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)
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Notes of this trip

This page contains pictures of Beijing except
the Forbidden City (Gugong),
the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan), and
the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).


Dazhalan pedestrian area
Dazhalan pedestrian area
Dazhalan pedestrian area
Tiananmen square

Dazhalan
Dazhalan
Dazhalan
Dazhalan

Dazhalan
Dazhalan
Dazhalan
Dazhalan

Old Summer Palace/Yuanming Yuan / Ruins of 18th c
Old Summer Palace: fountain ruins
Old Summer Palace: fountain ruins
Old Summer Palace: reconstructions

Old Summer Palace: reconstructions
Old Summer Palace: maze
Old Summer Palace: maze
Old Summer Palace: maze

Guguan Xiangta observatory of 1446
Modern architecture in northwest Beijing
Modern architecture in northwest Beijing
COFCO building (near train station)

Museum: Han bronze of a rhino (1st c BC)
Shang bronze vessel (11th BC)
Shang bronze vessel (11th BC)
Han bronze of bard and drum (1st-3rd AD)

Shang owl-shaped wine vessel
Shang animal-shaped wine vessel of the 8th-5th c BC
Shang lamp of the 5th-3rd c BC

Bronze horse (7th-9th AD)
Typical Han village (25-220 AD)
Jade burial suit (1st c AD)
Jade burial suit (1st c AD)

Giant cooler (5th-3rd BC)
Modern architecture: Convention center
Modern architecture: Convention center
Modern architecture

Arch of Qian Men street
Qian Men
Qian Men
Qian Men

Tiannamen Square
Tiannamen Square
Qianmen
Qianmen

Yonghegong temple
Yonghegong temple of 1694
Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: x

Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: Faiundian (1694)
Yonghegong: x

Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: Wanfruge Hall (1750)

Yonghegong: x
Yonghegong: Entrance arch

Confucian temple Kong Miao (1306
Kong Miao: forest of stele
Kong Miao: forest of stele
Kong Miao (there are ten of these pavilions)

Dazhalan pedestrian area
Dazhalan pedestrian area
Dazhalan pedestrian area
Dazhalan pedestrian area

Qian Men
Qian Men
Qian Men
Qian Men

Qian Men
Qian Men

Tanzche temple of 3rd c (45 km west of Beijing)
Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche

Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche

Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche

Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche

Tanzche
Tanzche
Tanzche

Across from West station
West Station
West Station
West Station

West Station
West Station
Across from West Station
Ditto

Baiyuan taoist temple (741)
Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x

Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x

Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x

Baiyuan: Temple of Lao Lu (1228)
Baiyuan: Temple of Lao Lu (1228)
Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x

Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: x

Baiyuan: x
Baiyuan: Temple of founder Qiu (1443) with a representation of his visit to the west
Baiyuan: Temple of founder Qiu (1443) with a representation of his visit to the west
Baiyuan: x

Baiyuan: x
Niulie Libai mosque (996)
Faiyuan temple (696)
Faiyuan

Faiyuan
Faiyuan
Faiyuan
Faiyuan

Faiyuan
Faiyuan
Faiyuan
Faiyuan

Faiyuan
Faiyuan
Faiyuan
Faiyuan: copper Buddha on 1,000 Buddha petals of lotus flower

Faiyuan: copper Buddha on 1,000 Buddha petals of lotus flower
Faiyuan: copper Buddha
Faiyuan: copper Buddha
Faiyuan: copper Buddha

Ship of Zheng He (15th c)
Journeys of Zheng He (15th c)
Forbidden City in Ming times

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: Pei's Bank of China headquarters
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture: Pei's Bank of China headquarters
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture: National Theater
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture: National Theater
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)

Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture

End of Changan Ave East (the road between Forbidden City and Tianamen Sq)
End of Changan Ave East (the road between Forbidden City and Tianamen Sq)
Changan Ave

World Trade Center and CITIC Tower/ Zhongguo Zun
World Trade Center
CITIC Tower
CITIC Tower

CITIC Tower
CCTV and CITIC Tower
CITIC Tower (2019)
CITIC Tower (2019)

CITIC Tower (2019)
CITIC Tower (2019)
Past the financial district

Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: CCTV

Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: China Daily
Beijing architecture: CCTV

Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: China Daily
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)

Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: Galaxy Soho
Beijing architecture: Galaxy Soho

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: Linked Hybrid building

Beijing architecture: Linked Hybrid building
Beijing architecture: Linked Hybrid building
Beijing architecture: Linked Hybrid building
Beijing architecture: Dragon hotel

Beijing architecture: Birdnest at Olympic Village
Beijing architecture: Dragon hotel
Beijing architecture: Birdnest at Olympic Village
Beijing architecture: Dragon hotel

Beijing architecture: Olympic Village
Beijing architecture: Convention Center
Beijing architecture: Convention Center
Beijing architecture: Water Cube

Beijing architecture: Water Cube
Beijing architecture: Dragon hotel
Beijing architecture: National FIlm Museum
Beijing architecture: National FIlm Museum

Beijing architecture: National FIlm Museum
Beijing : 798 artist village
Beijing : 798 artist village
Beijing : 798 artist village

Beijing : 798 artist village
Beijing : 798 artist village
Beijing : 798 artist village
Beijing : 798 artist village

Beijing architecture
Beijing : Song artist village
Modi
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: CCTV
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center 3 (highest building in 2013)
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture: World Trade Center
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center
Beijing architecture: CCTV

Beijing architecture: World Trade Center
Beijing architecture: World Trade Center
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture
Beijing architecture

Chinatown in Beijing
Near Ethnic Museum
Near Ethnic Museum

Near Ethnic Museum
Near Ethnic Museum
Ethnic Museum
Ethnic Museum

Ethnic Museum
Ethnic Museum
Ethnic Museum
Ethnic Museum

Ethnic Museum
Ethnic Museum
Olympic Village: the stadium

Olympic Village: dragon head hotel
Olympic Village: Ethnic Museum
Olympic Village: Ethnic Museum
Olympic Village: Ethnic Museum

Olympic Village: dragon head hotel and torches
Olympic Village: sculpture
Flying a kite
Olympic Village: stadium

Flying a kite
Olympic Village: pond behind the stadium
Olympic Village
Olympic Village

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: sculpture
Olympic Village: sculpture

Olympic Village: sculpture
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: sculpture
Olympic Village: sculpture

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: sculpture
Olympic Village: sculpture

Olympic Village: sculptures
Olympic Village: sculptures
Olympic Village: sculptures
Olympic Village: sculptures

Olympic Village: sculptures
Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village

Olympic Village: dragon head hotel
Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Village: dragon head hotel

Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Village: the Nest

Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Village

Olympic Village: the Nest
Olympic Villge: the Nest
Olympic Village: the Cube
Olympic Village: Digital Beijing

Olympic Villge: the Nest
Olympic Village: the Cube
Olympic Village: the Cube
Olympic Village

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: Convention Center
Olympic Village

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village: Convention Center
Olympic Village: the Torches

Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Olympic Village
Dean Snyder: "Boogle"

Dean Snyder: "Boogle"
Olympic Village: sculpture
Olympic Village: torches

Olympic Village: sculpture
Wen Lou: "Development of the Three Dimensions"
Wen Lou

Olympic Village: torches
Olympic Village: Tennis Center
Wired commuters on the Beijing subway
Qinghua University

Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University

Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University

Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University

Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University

Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Qinghua University
Foreign Language University

Foreign Language University
Foreign Language University
Foreign Language University
Foreign Language University

Cui Kai's Library at the Foreign Language University
Library
Library
Library

Library
Library
Library

Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu

Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu

Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu

Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu

Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Dongsanhuan Beilu
Ciyunsi Bridge

Ciyunsi Bridge
Ciyunsi Bridge
View of the Financial District

View of the Financial District
View of the Financial District
View of the Financial District
Ciyunsi Bridge

Ciyunsi Bridge
Toll payment card
Main street of the Financial District
Main street of the Financial District

Main street of the Financial District
Main street of the Financial District
Main street of the Financial District
Main street of the Financial District

Main street of the Financial District
Jintong West Rd
Jintong West Rd
Jintong West Rd

Near Galaxy Soho
Near Galaxy Soho
Bank of China near Galaxy Soho (Chaoyangmen subway station)

Bank of China
Across from Bank of China on Chaoyangmenwai Dajie

Across from Bank of China
Across from Galaxy Soho
Across from Bank of China
Near Galaxy Soho

Across from Bank of China
Bank of China
Across from Bank of China
Near Galaxy Soho

Zaha Hadid's Galaxy Soho
Bank of China
Across from Bank of China
Galaxy Soho

Galaxy Soho
Galaxy Soho
Galaxy Soho
Galaxy Soho

Across from Bank of China
Across from Bank of China
Global financial center
Driving on Guanganmennei Dajie

Driving on Guanganmennei Dajie
Driving on Guanganmennei Dajie
Driving on Guanganmennei Dajie
View of Tienten pagoda

Global financial center
Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station

Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station

Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station

Near Xidan subway station
Near Xidan subway station
Sanlihe East Rd
Sanlihe East Rd

Sanlihe East Rd
Sanlihe East Rd
Sanlihe East Rd

Sanlihe East Rd
Sanlihe East Rd
Urban-Rural Trade Center

Beijing subway
Beijing subway
Beijing subway
Beijing subway

Beijing subway
Beijing subway
Beijing subway - smartphone addiction
Beijing subway murales

Beijing subway murales
Beijing subway murales
Tiannamen Square
Tiannamen Square

Qianmen
Qianmen
Qianmen

Tiannamen Sq
Tiannamen Sq
Dashilan district
Dashilan district

Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district

Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district

Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district

Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan district

Dashilan district
Qianmen
Dashilan district
Qianmen

Dashilan district
Dashilan district
Dashilan
Towards Changping

Deshengmen
Deshengmen
Deshengmen
Drum tower

Drum tower
Bell Tower
Drum tower
Drum tower

Drum tower
Drum tower
Drum tower
Drum tower

Bell tower
Bell tower
Bell tower
Bell tower

Drum tower from the Bell tower
Division of time in ancient China
Bell tower
Drum tower

Drum Tower
The Drum Tower from the Bell Tower
Bell Tower

The river area of Hutong
River area
Nanluoguxiang station

Yu'er Hutong
Yu'er Hutong
Banchang Hutong

Banchang Hutong
Narrow alley
Narrow alley
Narrow alley

Nanluoguxiang
Nanluoguxiang
Nanluoguxiang
Leaving Beijing towards Chengde
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CCTV
CCTV

World Trade Center
World Trade Center area
People's Daily
People's Daily

Beijing Performing Center
Opera House/ Grand Theater
Opera House/ Grand Theater
Opera House/ Grand Theater

Tiannamen Square

Tiannamen Square
Tiannamen Square
Tiannamen Square
Tiannamen Square

Cathedral
Cathedral
Phoenix International Media Center at the entrance to Chaoyang Park

JD headquarters
JD headquarters
JD headquarters
JD headquarters

JD headquarters
JD headquarters
JD headquarters
Cheetah Mobile's headquarters

Tsinghua University
West Station

Near CCTV
Near CCTV
People's Daily
Near CCTV

Near CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV

Near CCTV
Near CCTV
CCTV
CCTV

Near CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV

Near CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV

Near CCTV
CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV

CCTV
CCTV
Near CCTV
Near CCTV

Near CCTV
Near CCTV

China Zun
China Zun
China World Trade Center Tower III
No helmet

Genesis Beijing (Near Liangmaqiao subway station)
Genesis
Genesis
Genesis

Beijing Tower
Beijing Tower
National Museum
North side of Tianamen Sq

Beijing financial district from the highway
Highspeed train Beijing-Shanghai (348 km/h)

Daxin airport
Daxin airport
Daxin airport
Daxin airport

Daxin airport
Daxin airport
Daxin airport
Daxin airport

Daxin airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport

Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport

Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport
Mumian Hotel at Daxin Airport

Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple

Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple

Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple

Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple

Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple
Wenshou temple

National Museum
National Museum
Beijing National Museum
Giant inscription inside the National Museum

Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square: old station

Zhongguancun: Sinosteel

CCTV
CITIC
CITIC

Shell building
CCTV
Twins
Near Guanghua bridge

CCTV
World Trade Center
CCTV
CCTV

CCTV extension
CITIC
CCTV and CITIC
Financial district

Financial district at Guanghua Bridge
Financial district at Guanghua Bridge

CCTV
CITIC
CITIC
CITIC

CITIC Tower
CCTV
CP Pharm

View from CITIC Tower
View from CITIC Tower
View from CITIC Tower
View from CITIC tower

View from CITIC Tower
CCTV
CCTV and People's Daily
CITIC

CCTV
CCTV
CCTV and CITIC
FFC

Architecture on the Second Ring
Capital malls
Capital malls

Beijing National Museum
Video: Beijing's Drum Tower drumming ceremony

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(Copyright © 2005 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me