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Pictober 2023 - Day 13 - Myth


The roof of Qianmen (Front Gate) at the Forbidden City in Beijing abounds with yan shou, creatures from Chinese myth and legend.

Original colour photograph taken March 1989.


Here are two previously published photos from the Forbidden City:


And here are my last three 13th October submissions for Pictober:


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