July 12, 2003 – Once we were done at Ritan (Temple of the Sun), we headed over to Yuetan (Temple of the Moon). Imagine our surprise when we discovered that in 1969, during te height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese government decided to build a television tower right on top of the pavilion as a way to demonstrate the victory of the new over the old. Thirty-five years later, it's still there.
