MOC : Tiananmen Gate, Beijing

[andybear@hk]

Tiananmen Gate is one of the famous buildings of Beijing and China,

This is one of the topic I want to build it.

Last year, I had built a Chinese style buildings, Wong Tai Sin Temple, Hong Kong.

during this job I grasped the technology in bricking the Chinese building pattern and the shape

Also, mix with my Eastern style roof-top bricking way (use the 2x? plate and some 1x1 and 1x2 common plate to brick the roof)

So, this time is a examation for me to buildng a famous place in China(that"s my country).

Thanks for your watching first.

Firstly, we arrive the front square of Tiananmen gate

Bicycle, cannot ignor this !!

Let"s take a photo here.

There is a taboo subject of Mao Zedong picture in a open exibition, so I use the China flag to replace it

There is two rock lion in front of Tiananmen for the fungshui

another one rock lion

Some people in the square

the bridge cross the river

There is a traditional hinese soliders for take picture in front of the gate

There is a Stone column (huabiao)

Let"s go into the gate

Upstair to the tower

Meet JACK here

This is the place of the speech for some important event in Tiananmen Square

Some simple indoor design in the tower

The red lantur hang in the tower

around the tower

Cross the Tiananmen gate to tyhe back side,

enter the Forbidden City

to be continous , Next round Forbidden City, Beijing

A photo of me taken by a newspaper f Hong Kong, for the exibition promnotion

Please come and support this biggest LEGO exibition in Hong Kong.. City Plaza 15, April to 2, May

Thanks for your watching and support!!

[gcanik]

Good Gosh man, how many bricks are in that super superb awesome creation of yours. Very cool!!!

[Winston Cooper]

That is truly impressive! I'm in love with your lion statues. The use of plates on the roof adds a unique touch to your building that would be difficult to find somewhere else in the Lego world. Great Job and thanks for sharing!

[buddy]

Outstanding MOC! It looks just like the real thing. It is highly detailed and has a lot of nice touches to it.

Extremely well done.

~buddy~

[Brickdoctor]

Sculpting and shaping are great all around. The lions are my favorite part.

[brickyrob]

Most Impressive!

So many high quality details!

[Gregorovich]

That's absolutely stunning, andybear@hk! There's so many wonderful details, and it's so realistic. Well done, and thanks for sharing!

[henryhotspurs]

Words cannot adequately describe how awesome this MOC is... Bravo! :thumbup:

Edited April 17, 2011 by henryhotspurs

[Jeff Huntington]

Thank you for sharing your amazing creation. I wish I could be in Hong Kong to see the rest.

[XimenaPaulina]

And yet another masterful creation from you andy! As always, the grandness and intricate detailing of this temple is simply breath-takingly awesome. Brilliant job once again!

[dr_spock]

Totally awesome!

I think some more depth of field in your photos would be helpful to see more details of your great work.

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME creation 'andybear', such detail is fantastic and that lion is just too much !

Keep up the great work and Brick On 'ab@hk' !

[Captain Becker]

Hats off to you sir! There is no words for this.

Captain Becker

[Sirens-of-Titan]

What incredible architecture!

The entire model is stunning but what impressed me most was the design of the decorations just below the roof line!

Job well done, you deserve all the praise you are getting!

[Vincent Kessels]

That is a great building Andybear, but for me the rock lions are the best.

[Blackknight112]

wow, Now thats a HUGE moc.

this must of taken forever to built.

[Fuzzylegobricks]

I love this the roofs, the bells, the lanterns. the bridges, the tower. I love this Andy!

Great job!

[L@go]

The sheer size of this is awe-inspiring - and still you have taken the time to add an incredible number of small details. I don my hat to you, Sir!

[gifinim]

Brilliant. The colours and detailing on the walls of the main building are fantastic.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Awesome work on this MOC 'abear' Very impressed, again, with your detailed building. Keep up the great work

[andybear@hk]

Many Thanks for all of your kindly comment. It is really inspirational

During this exibition in Hong Kong, there are many other awesome work.

Please enjoy and give them support!! =)

Thx a lot!!

Andybear

[Invader Zim]

Andybear,

Completely amazing! HK seems to have the best builders per capita on Eurobricks. I'm looking forward to your future posts.

[tanduay66]

Hi, was actually seeking for details from the Hall of Complete Harmony to try to build this building in digital lego,

and after that decide to build in real bricks or not.

Then I discovered your building of TianAnMen, wonderfull to see tiose details!

Is there any chance to get some more details of your building?

I would rebuild this digital with MLCad and build in real bricks.

Greetings, tanduay66

Edited April 9, 2013 by tanduay66

[Hey Joe]

Whoa, so awesome! I love it, especially the stone lions. Any chance you could share some of the building techniques for classic Chinese architecture with us here?

The little Toys R Us truck is cute, I was at one today here in Beijing with my boy, we got the new little Creator eagle set.

Thanks, Joe

[Tarpal]

Speechless! Do use Lego to do up Chinese architecture so well! Perfect! How many bricks did you use?