Tiananmen Square

So this Sunday we did some less physically taxing touristy things. First, we went to Tiananmen Square. Because it currently doesn't really serve a purpose besides holding Mao's mauseloem, the Monument to the People's Heroes, and general "look how pretty China is and how peaceful the history of this place is" things, there wasn't much to do there. So I took some pictures.

The Tiananmen Gate to the Forbidden City

Monument to the People's Heroes

Great Hall of the People

Random Really Big Screen That Played A Montage of China's Famous Landmarks To A Quintessentially Chinese Soundtrack

After spending the whole 5 minutes it took us to take pictures of this place, we took the train over to Wanfujing, a very famous Chinese Shopping District. It had everything from a high end shopping mall to little shops in side streets teeming with souvenirs and strange foods. (See scorpions below [many of them were still alive])