Quick Glance of Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was both incredible and incredibly cold. This 30-sec video just about cost me a finger or two. I think that the favorite thing I learned yesterday was that, in the main part of the Forbidden City (where the Emperor resided), there were no trees and birds. Know why? B/c the Emperor was so beautiful that he didn't need trees. He had such splendor and melody that He didn't need no stinkin' birds. He is his own tree, he is his own bird. Wow. I thought narcissism was just an American trait.

The second reason involved "homeland security" of sorts (i.e. trees hide the bad guys and also catch fire) but I much preferred the first explanation.