POSTCARD 0334 · CHINA

A crowd before the red gate

Beijing, China

A crowd fills the foreground before a monumental red gate bearing a large portrait, white-lettered signs and a red emblem beneath layered golden roofs.Photograph © Mario V.W.B.R. Obst

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Red walls, golden roofs and courtyards that open into one another. Seventy-seven photographs follow a visit through the Forbidden City and its surroundings in Beijing, from broad terraces to small architectural details.

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