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Boingo:
Found some "gate" photos on the web:
Forbidden City South Gate
Forbidden City gate (unidentified)
Forbidden City Interactive Map
Edited to add: FWIW, Team Handicap appears to be leaving the FC, as the picture of an unidentified gate below shows the gate opens inward, so they must have finished their task (or went to the wrong gate).
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Neobie:
Being above the Tropic of Cancer, shadows in Beijing should point northwards no matter the time of the day or year. If they are leaving the Forbidden City, would that mean that they are at one of the gates running down the axis of the compound? Assuming so, we can eliminate the West Gate (Xihua Men, 西华门) along with the East Gate (Donghua Men, 东华门) which we eliminated earlier because of the number of studs on the door.
Gates at the Forbidden City are (running down the central axis):
Gate of Divine Prowess (North Gate, Shenwumen, 神武门, originally Xuanwumen, 玄武门)
http://www.galen-frysinger.ws/china/forbiddencity55.jpg
The tile pattern is correct, but the gate colour may not match perfectly, depending on the light when the photo was taken.
Gate of Obedience and Purity (Shunzhenmen)
Gate of Heavenly Purity (Ganqingmen, 乾清门)
Gate of Supreme Harmony (Taihemen, 太和门)
Meridian Gate (Wu Men, 午门)
Upright Gate (Duan Men, 端门)
http://www.drben.net/ChinaReport/Beijing/Landmarks-Hotspots/DongCheng/Gugong-Palace_Museum/Forbidden_City_Beijing2b.html
The tiles here are laid slightly different, running diagonally on the sides of the gates rather than horizontally.
Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen, 天安门)
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/jmacdona/Images/Tianamen%20Square%20from%20arching%20door%20II.jpg
There's a plastic thing on the door from the row of studs just below the handle downwards, so this is probably not it.
Geez, you would think finding pictures of something as famous as the Forbidden City would be easier...
Boingo:
:lol: Neobie. Must have looked at over a hundred pictures of doors at the Forbidden City. ;D Not sure about the North Gate, as the shadows are all wrong (as you said, they should be pointing north). I suspect it's an internal doorway. One thing going for us is the stone (flush) threshhold. We can eliminate all doors with a raised (wooden) threshhold. (:;) I'm also starting to think that Beijing is only a clue stop, on the way to Mongolia in the first episode. We'll have to wait and see. :snicker:
Edited to add: If you think picture of Forbidden City are scarce, try googling for "costumed guards". :-\ I suspect he was hired by TPTB to add some atmosphere to the China leg. :js:
Slowhatch:
You beat me to it. I went googling for guards and found only humorless PLA types.
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puddin:
lol the guard is dressed in a barbarian costume .
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