Because the Internet Does Not Cooperate...

You get more pictures of Chinese New Year, albeit in a bit more random manner...


Thousands of people in the Great Hall and this is the only food option. The Chinese can make some really good food, but desserts...eh. We usually prefer to stick to fresh fruit when we eat out and have a dessert option. Nicely, it's often just brought as part of the service.

One of the rooms in the Great Hall. Someone told me this is where they receive important guests. The chandeliers are ENORMOUS. The beams are all painted like the beams in the Forbidden City and other historic buildings, but with gold and pale aqua and light blue, rather than the bold reds, greens, and blues.

Can you see she doesn't have her hands on the ground? Crazy.

And finally, the Great Hall of the People at night.