Beihai Park (Continued)

More pictures of this fantastic park! The first is a picture of 2 gods - the gods of the East and West, I think. They correspond the the temples that are in the 4 corners of the city f Beijing. If you remember, the temple of heaven is in one corner where the emperor would go to pray for certain blessings in his city. Each temple has a god and those gods were depicted in statue form in this part of Beihai Park.
















One of the details on all the roofs of the pagodas and temples. It's outstanding... the work that is put into the architecture. This park is absolutely incredible (and nearly free to get into!). I can't wait to come back to China and visit it again. I could spend an entire week just taking pictures in this park alone.
















A picture of a pagoda on the water.




















This one is of a giant marble wall of dragons - I think there are 9 different dragons but I will have to get back to you on their significance.
















More pictures of Beihai Park. Usually, you're not supposed to take pictures of the Buddha but there were no signs in the cave saying photography was prohibited, so I took pictures. I thought you'd be interested in seeing how the Chinese (the real Buddhists) depict the Buddha compared to the Western interpretation. It's all very fascinating.