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U N S E R B U N T E S L E B E N| North Korea – May 2013 – | |||
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| – A photo and video documentary and homage to the people of North Korea – | |||
| „A picture is worth a thousand words. A visit is worth a thousand pictures.“ | |||
| Go, see, listen ! Trust your instincts, not prejudice. | |||
| Peking | |||
| May 17, 2013 | |||
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| TianAn Rega Hotel | Saturday, May 18, 2013 TU-204-100B P-633 Peking-Pyongyang |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| QianMen Street |
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| Old Beijing Railway Station |
| Now a shopping center. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
| Arrow Tower |
| The tower was first built in 1436, the largest of its kind existent in China. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| Tian’anmen Square |
| Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the third largest city square in the world (440,000 m2 – 880×500 m or 109 acres – 960×550 yd). It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history. |
| Outside China, the square is best known in recent memory as the focal point of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, a pro-democracy movement which ended on 4 June 1989 with the declaration of martial law in Beijing by the government and the death of several hundred or possibly thousands of civilians. |
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| Zhengyangmen Gate |
| This gate complex is also known as Qianmen ("Front Gate"). |
| The Zhengyangmen is a gate in Beijing which stands at the south end of the Tiananmen Square precinct. It is formerly the front gate of the Imperial City. It was first built in 1419. It consists of a gatehouse and an archery tower. At 42 metres high, the gatehouse is the tallest among all of the gates in Beijing. After the communist victory in 1949, the gate complex was occupied by the Beijing garrison of the People’s Liberation army, who vacated the gate in 1980. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
| Mausoleum of Mao Zedong |
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| People’s Heroes Monument |
| The Monument to the People’s Heroes, Beijing, is a ten-story obelisk that was erected as a national monument of the People’s Republic of China. The Monument built in memory of the martyrs who laid down their lives for the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese people during the 19th and 20th century. It was built in accordance with the resolution of the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted on November 30, 1949. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
| Great Hall of the People |
| The Great Hall of the People is located at the western edge of Tiananmen Square. It is used for ceremonial and political activities by the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China. It was completed in September 1959. It took 10 months for the construction to complete. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
| Tiananmen Square flagpole |
| Flag raising and lowering ceremonies are carried out at precisely sunrise and sunset, respectively, every day of Beijing time. The area surrounding the flag pole is guarded by sentinels. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
| Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) |
| The Tiananmen is the main entrance to the Imperial City, the central part of Beijing. Although commonly referred to as the front entrance to the Forbidden City, that honour properly rests with the Meridian Gate. The Tiananmen is located along the northern edge of Tiananmen Square. |
| The gate has several life leases (1420-1457) (1465-1644) (1651-present). The Chinese government underwent a massive restoration in 1969-1970, because the gate was 500 years old and had badly deteriorated, partly due to heavy usage in the 1950s-60s. |
| The building is 66 metres long, 37 metres wide, and 32 metres wide. It has had a portrait of Mao Zedong since 1976. |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Michael Thurow |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| View from TianAn Rega Hotel |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| Dinner show Haedanghwa Restaurant |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Thomas Schmeisser |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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| High resolution | Copyright © Daniel Frohriep-Ichihara |
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