The crowds

This is what happened at the Temple of Heaven. You can see, if you look at the pictures from the bottom- up, how the crowds gather.

In this particular position, we had moved away from the main flow of people so the boys could sit and have a snack. Removing them from the main flow of traffic did not make a difference in the attention they got. Eventually, we just went back to the car. It is fun to be out and about like this but eventually the boys get overwhelmed.

A European tourist even commented, "your children are like rock stars."