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Beijing Area: Places and Attractions Visited in 1988

In this folder I inserted photos taken in Beijing. The main subject here is the places visited as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Great Wall.
I have a great memory of this trip. The people coming to this conference stayed at the nice 'Friendship Hotel', constructed for lodging soviet advisors, in a time when China and the USSR had a close relationship.
I arrived in the evening and in the next morming, I walked outside the hotel. I was very impressed by the huge bicycle traffic.
In a teather performance, also in Beijing, I took some pictures with a low ISO slide film, my Nikon F3 and the AIS 135/2.8 Nikkor lens. In the Forbidden City, the electronic Nikon F3 stopped working (rainny day) but I could use the mechanical (1/80) speed and the exposure was judged by classical rules (the same one could find on the film boxes). I also had my 24/2.8 and 50/1.8 Nikkors with me. The slides were scanned in a Nikon CoolScan V.
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One of my first pictures in Biejing, I irrived there in the previous evening; this bicycle traffic impressed me a lot.
One of my first pictures in Biejing, I irrived there in the previous evening; this bicycle traffic impressed me a lot. 		Friendship Hotel; it was a hotel for the soviet advisors, when China and USSR had a strong relationship.
Friendship Hotel; it was a hotel for the soviet advisors, when China and USSR had a strong relationship.		 My very nice bedroom in the Friendship Hotel.
My very nice bedroom in the Friendship Hotel.		 Friendship Hotel.
Friendship Hotel.
Close to the hotel; an entrance of a market.
Close to the hotel; an entrance of a market.		 Streets of Beijing.
Streets of Beijing. 		Beijing Hotel, downtown; where the conference dinner took place.
Beijing Hotel, downtown; where the conference dinner took place.		 Beijing Hotel entrance.
Beijing Hotel entrance.
Beijing Hotel dinner room.
Beijing Hotel dinner room.		 Beijing Hotel dinner room; typical roasted duck was the main dish.
Beijing Hotel dinner room; typical roasted duck was the main dish. 		The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.		 The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.
In the Summer Palace.
In the Summer Palace.		 The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.		 The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.		 The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.		 The Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace.		 Beijing: the Forbidden City.
Beijing: the Forbidden City.		 The Forbidden City entrance.
The Forbidden City entrance.
Inside the Forbidden City; read below.
Inside the Forbidden City; read below.		 Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.		 Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.		 Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.		 Inside the Forbidden City; detail of a building.
Inside the Forbidden City; detail of a building.		 Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.		 Inside the Forbidden City (read below).
Inside the Forbidden City (read below).
Inside the Forbidden City; roof detail.
Inside the Forbidden City; roof detail.		 Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.		 Inside the Forbidden City.
Inside the Forbidden City.		 The Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City.
At the entrance of the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
At the entrance of the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.		 At the entrance of the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
At the entrance of the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.		 At the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
At the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.		 The Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Beijing; an impressive theater performance (read below)
Beijing; an impressive theater performance (read below)		 Beijing; an impressive theater performance.
Beijing; an impressive theater performance. 		Beijing; an impressive theater performance.
Beijing; an impressive theater performance. 		Beijing; an impressive theater performance.
Beijing; an impressive theater performance.
Beijing; a theater performance.
Beijing; a theater performance. 		Beijing; a theater performance.
Beijing; a theater performance. 		Beijing; an impressive theater performance.
Beijing; an impressive theater performance. 		Beijing; a theater performance (read below).
Beijing; a theater performance (read below).
Beijing; an impressive theater performance.
Beijing; an impressive theater performance. 		Beijing; a theater performance.
Beijing; a theater performance. 		The Great Wall (not far from Beijing).
The Great Wall (not far from Beijing).		 The Great Wall.
The Great Wall.
At the Great Wall.
At the Great Wall.		 Scenery taken from the Great Wall.
Scenery taken from the Great Wall. 		The Great Wall.
The Great Wall.
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