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overcrowded, it is not unusual to find a spacious park such as the Summer Palace has become for the public. The Temple of Heaven, almost an official symbol of Bering, is likewise in a very large park, and the Forbidden City, the traditional residence of the Imperial family and the center of government is conspicious for its grandeousity. It top is now essentially a public park.
Perhaps this all-out-doors sense one has in China is owing to the Chinese primarily living out of doors and thinking of shelter as just that— not as living space. On our way into the Forbidden City, we walked by an instant barber shop, people lined up on the sidewalk having their hair cut, just as I have seen picture of similar outdoor enterprises in photographs taken around the turn of the century.
The Imperial settings were planned to impress, and even though, as they were originally used, the public wasn’t part of the scene, Chinese rulers expected to overwhelm with size as well as with spectacular architecture and art all who came within range of the Emperor and Empress. What a boon today for Beijing residents, since the dwellings occupied by the average person are cut up and filled up compounds from the days before the revolution. While there are many new apartments, people living near the heart of Beijing occupy, for the most part, desolately poor quarters with primative water and sanitary facilties.
Recently I had occasion to study the history of public parks and recrewj
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