Beijing Day 4: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven

Today was a day we realized how crowded the city of Beijing really is. Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City have an average 10,000 visitors daily. During holiday, there are over 100,000 people visiting each day.
It was very interesting to walk through the square with such a heavy military presence. Also, Chinese people believe that this area is the most important place to visit.
There were cameras on us all the time. The square is under constant surveillance. We went under the main road to enter into the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was closed off til 1924. This was when the people's republic took over from the last emperor.
It was so interesting to walk through each area and see where he lived. I. Especially like walking through the concubines quarters. The city is quite large and seemed to go on forever.
After the Forbidden City, we went to the Temple of Heaven. At this point I am having trouble distinguishing between the various places. If ya ask me, it all has begun to look alike. Afterwards we had our tour guide take us to a KungFu show. It was neat to see the KungFu acrobatic show. Very entertaining. After that, we were dropped off at a Dumpling Restaurant. It is one of our favorites. There is a sticky bun with egg and sugar that is very good. Then we went back to the hotel.