A Beijing Tour

(September 16) The weather was quite nice in the morning, a little humid in the afternoon. We visited a lot of places today. We first went to "荷花市场"(Lotus Market) and “后海”(Houhai), where local people usually do morning exercises and relax. There were also some very creative stores, selling interesting Chinese antiques, like "鼻烟壶"(snuff bottle) and Chinese traditional tea sets. Our second stop was the city wall of Ming Dynasty. The building was located to the southeast of Beijing Train Station of Dongcheng District. It was first built in 1439(Ming Dynasty) and repaired for a few times in both Ming and Qing Dynasty. It was the only one Turret of Ming Dynasty that is reserved up to today. Later, we went to Tian'anmen Square and Olympic Park and visited “the Bird's Nest” and "the Water Cube".