China Tour 2001 7/27 - 8/6 page 2 of 7 Tod & Seth take a break in the cool shade. The Wushan Theater is home to the Beijing Acrobatic Troupe Chinese acrobats have something for dishware--bowls, glasses. plates... It doesn't look nearly impressive enough in this photo. She is balancing glasses of water on tiny trays and rotating her body into different positions. Mom told me not to run with plates. Peking is the former name of Beijing. We're eating duck. We know it as the Forbidden City but Beijing calls it the Palace Museum. A huge portrait of Chairman Mao hangs outside the Forbidden City. It's not too difficult to image these palaces and plazas full of Imerial courtiers. The animals on the roof edges protect the building and ward off evil. The rooves of the Forbidden City glow golden when the sun hits them. Tod looks very serious in the rock garden at the norhtern end of the Forbidden City.