Period Dress [Beijing]

There was a Mao impersonator at the Great Wall; Aaron wanted a picture with him, but we were rushing and assumed he'd still be there when we climbed back; he was not, alas. But Aaron did meet these ladies, acting as hostesses in a restaurant:

The restaurant sent this poor woman out looking for us, hobbling along on four inch platform heels designed like boat keels to mimic bound feet:

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The only other place so far where we've seen period dress was in one gallery of the Summer Palace, where we ran into a couple of imperial concubines.

They were separated only a few feet from these guys, who were not in costume.