• Home
  • The Act
  • Shows
  • Timeline
  • Reviews
  • News
  • Gallery
  • Order the Book
  • Contact
  • Français

Beijing Forbidden City, 2009

The Tiananmen Square. At the back, the main entrance to the Forbidden City, Chinese emperor’s palace Edifice in front of the Forbidden City Standing in line to buy entry tickets. Sunshine, heat, sun umbrellas, little red flag Access pavilion to the Forbidden City. A lion representing the imperial power. A lion, a leg on a globe, symbol of power The roof’s corner bears traditionally protecting animals figurines. The timber roof structure is lavishly painted Painted beams Doors also are sumptuously ornamented A door’s panel with dragons and other ornaments Painted roof structure Under a roof Roofs with glazed yellow tiles are the sign of imperial power’s residences, when people’s houses are grey with grey roofs Detail of an imperial residence’s roof Sun umbrellas protect young Chinese tourists A dragon, symbol of imperial power, is the main ornament of a sloping panel between two flights of stairs Imperial roofs. Kaleidoscope impression with the yellow of the glazed tiles and the red purple of the walls, symbol of the emperors’ stability. The lioness, symbol of love, keeps a lion cub under her forefeet A bird is an ornament of a sloping panel between two flights of stairs Imperial throne in a ceremonial palace Delicate ornamental pattern Crane and phœnix together: the crane is symbol of longevity and wisdom, the phœnix is symbol of peace and prosperity Palaces’ roofs and view on the Jingshan Park and the “Coal’s Hill” Pensive little girl, between those palaces View of the Forbidden City from the “Coal’s Hill”: North Gate, a whole succession of palaces...

© Omar Pasha |