Imperial Academy and Confucius Temple, Beijing

Imperial Academy

Moat round central hall

Main hall

They're rebuilding the side halls

This one seems to be completely rebuilt, no paint on the wood yet.

Mulberry tree growing on top of a Yuan-dynasty cypress tree.

Imperial academy: graduates' names on stelae

Master Kong?

700-year-old cypress tree

A peaceful tree-lined courtyard. Ignore all the noisy construction and cement dust, that'll all be gone by the time the Olympics start.

Detail of roofing; note unrestored wood under eaves

These rows of stones, inside a side building, have the Chinese classics carved on them, and were used as the canonical set of Chinese characters.

You can just make out the characters

Harder on this one but you can see them if you look closely