Day 9 9-21

In 10am morning we met at our hostel and head to TienAnMen with the subway.

Finally after long ride of subway we finally reached the TienAnMen

When we reached the place the exterior of Tien An Men was crowed just like what online reviews described. We walk along the path way but decided not going in as it is packed with people and we are not in full strengths.

We walked through the tunnel to cross over to the a huge parade opposite the entrance of Tien An Men. We walked slowly and enjoying the slight breeze that the wonderful weather provides.

Interesting fact that i found out in there was the photo taking services they provide. Many people were hired to walk around the area and asking passerby or tourist to take pictures for a price.

After taking photos, we walk around 300m west to China National Museum. As usual there was security checkpoints to check our belongings for safety precautions. The place was so huge and spacious. Here are some of the paintings about China Revolution periods that depict the story of Mao ZeDong.

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This painting caught my attention, as it was a drawing that tells the story of Chairman Mao and his following "Tong Zhi" (followers or believers).

Next we head to upper floor to explore more of China's History.

The following picture is the list of the Past Dynasty power house that controlled China at the point of time.

This are the Jades that were made during Qing Dynasty which surprisingly that the craft was quite exquisite at that point of time. 

These are the calligraphy that was writing in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Before that during our advance Chinese class our teacher mentioned it before that Chinese calligraphy have 5 types, 

篆书 (Seal Script) , 隶书 (Clerical Script), 行书 (Semi-cursive Script),

草书(Cursive Script), and lastly 楷书 (Regular Script)

After seeing these Scripts that is written by these writers i finally understood what she meant by the differences of these types of calligraphy.

These are the photos of the money that were used in previous dynasty. The shell shaped coin were used in Zhou and Shang Dynasty which. and followed by later dynasty they used the 'money' that looked like blade shape kind. Till in later dynasty round shaped coin were used to represent as their currency (Money) .

Unfortunately the Museum is closing and we are not able to explore the whole area. Will come back next time to fully explore and enjoy the whole new experiences.

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