some pics on the day i went to the imperial palace.............like i was saying it was really cold that day n the wind was also cold. so cold that my hands n feet were numb before the end of the day....the palace was really big n i wonder if the palace pple ever get lost inside before. a great place to play hide n seek but not too sure wad time u will finsh the game.... :p a pity that there were a lot of places that was close to visitors or was under repair works.....be sure not to buy anything much in there. the food stalls inside is to purposely charge foreigners more...........

and yes it snowed for 2 half days when i was there.....1st time seeing snow...can be quite dirty n messy n slippery when it melts........
















night view of xidan bigger few shops....one thing is that it gets a little foggy towards the evening n night so u must really be there in person to see how nice it is actually.................