Ticket limits

When I was in Beijing, I visited the museum of the military of the People's Republic. To enter this museum the admission is free, but you still have to stand in line to get a ticket.

The reason as I found out, is that they only allow a certain number of people in the museum per day, because if they didn't, and one day 2 million people decided to go visit that museum (because it's free), chaos would ensue and people would die.

And trust me, finding 2 million people in or near Beijing who want to enter the museum would not be too hard if you wanted to set some kind of world record. It would be almost too easy.

I wish I knew limit was per day so I could tell you. It's probably around 10,000 people.

I had to show my passport to them to get a ticket, and when I askd Yan why she told me it's so that people don't pick up more than 1 ticket to prevent bad people from trying to "sell" them if they run out of tickets at the end of the day.

The lady at the booth just took a quick glance at my picture and then handed me a ticket. She probably is a little more strict about IDs from Chinese locals.

It was my first encounter into the world of "issues" that come about from overpopulation, so I found the event very intriguing.