I hope you've enjoyed this week's recap of our trip to Beijing. To finish it off, I leave you with the photo below taken in front of the "Trees of Loyal Love" (also known as the Love Tree) in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City. The Love Tree is two individual cypress trees that somehow found one another, interlocked, and became one -- just like what will happen in less than 30 days from now.
It is said that Puyi and Wanrong, the last emperor and empress of the Qing Dynasty, had their photo taken in front of the tree after their wedding ceremony, and made the following vow: "We wish to fly to heaven, two birds with one pair of wings, and to grow together on earth, two trees with branches interlaced." Lovely, no? The countdown begins...
No comments:
Post a Comment