Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Echo Wall
(This picture can be enlarged by clicking on it.)
This young Chinese girl is listening to a whisper along the Echo Wall in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. The Echo Wall is a circular wall surrounding the Imperial Vault of Heaven. It is approximately 12 feet tall and has a diameter of about 200 feet. It gets its name from its accoustical properties -- a whisper spoken on one side can be clearly heard on the other.
The picture above was scanned from a slide.
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15 comments:
The little girl must have heard something to make here smile...very cute picture.
Sunny :)
Nice capture. I love the way the little girl reacted.
I am glad I enlarged the photo, what a smile on her face. made me smile. I would like to lisen to the wall myself.
Wow, that's absolutely amazing. I'd love to listen to this Echo Wall too.
Wow now this is something to remember.
No telling secrets in this place lol
Nice:)
What an odd thing. I have never heard of it. I need to ask my son if he went there when he was in China; he never mentioned it. I would love to hear it. Did you try it out?
Cute photo of this little girl listening so intently.
An echo is always fascinating. My kids always loved shouting into canyon rock walls to listen for echoes.
I would love to try that. What a magical experience that would be!
Beautiful! This reminds me of the wispering wall in the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
What an enchanting place! So you must be hearing thousands of whispers at any moment :)
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Cute kid.
Cute kid.
Bad echo joke.
Bad echo joke.
That must have been a thrilling visit!
Cute and very interesting George.
She looks as if heaven was whispering something lovely to her. What a wonderful place, thanks for journey, George.
Amazing! I've never heard of this before.
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