Loading…

Joe Steinbring

Beijing

A red gate tower with a portrait over its central arch, flags flying, and crowds below.
The Gate of Heavenly Peace, the way in to the Forbidden City.2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Beijing in China with a location pin.

I flew from Chicago to Beijing on November 1, 2018, at the start of a ten-day tour that worked its way south and east through five cities. I landed on the evening of the second and had three full days in Beijing. The first was the Summer Palace in the morning, then Tiananmen Square and a walk through the Forbidden City, and the Golden Mask Dynasty show that evening. The second was the Great Wall at Juyongguan, the 2008 Olympic Green on the way back, and Peking duck, carved at the table, for dinner. On my last morning, I saw the Temple of Heaven and had lunch in a courtyard house in the hutongs before the evening flight to Shanghai.

3
  • A battlemented wall climbing a steep wooded ridge to a watchtower, with walkers on it.

    The Great Wall at Juyongguan, an hour north of the city.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A cook in a white jacket and red apron carves two roast ducks on a trolley by a table.

    Peking duck, carved at the table.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A round three-tiered hall with blue-tiled roofs and red doors, seen from below.

    The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

Close