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EP1 ~ "Real Fast! Quack, Quack!"
Neobie:
Found a picture of the West Opulent Gate (西华门) from the outside:
Is the colour of the studs correct? And does the stone step at the door mean anything? If this doesn't work out, we still have plenty of East/West doors within the Forbidden City to look at... :groan:
puddin:
Here's a llink The Forbidden City, Beijing, China
doorways pt 1
doorways pt 2
( sorry in advance if the links been posted already :D )
puddin:
also there are a lot of pictures in pbase ( search forbidden city bejiing but not all pictures are labeled )
heres another search engine that I love
http://www.search-22.com/downloads/images.php
Boingo:
:jumpy: Thanks for the pbase link, puddin. After looking at hundreds of Forbidden City pix, I think I found a possible candidate for "our" door. It's taken from an opposite view, looking out, but the floor tiles are a good match, the hinge looks about right, and if you look closely, you can see that the inner red walls are covered with smaller "knobs", just like the ones above Peter's head (highlighted with a yellow circle). If it isn't the one, it's very close.
If we can identify the building in the background, we may get closer to identifying this structure.
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Boingo:
:jumpy: OK, after checking the 360 degree map of the Forbidden city, this structure appears to be a twin of the one opposite. According to the map below, I place the racers near the square in front of Meridian Gate, entering through a doorway on the left side (note red circle). Thats why the guard is pointing (north) toward the main entrance at the Meridian Gate, IMHO.
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