Beijing Forbidden City tour

If you want to know more about Chinese history and culture you can take the Forbidden City tour and the Beijing hutong tour. You will learn more about ancient Chinese imperial culture and common people’s life.

The Forbidden City presents the imperial power in every brick and each tile. In the function, the Forbidden City suits to the social estate system in the feudalism society.

 The proofs in Chinese architectures are various. In the architectures in the Forbidden City, there are more than ten kinds of different proof styles. The three great halls are different. The proofs in the Forbidden City are full of different colors glazed tiles. The main halls have yellow color. Green color is used in the emperor's suns houses. Other blue, black, purple and jewelry blue various glazed tiles are used in garden or colored glazed walls. On the two sides of the ridges in Taihe Hall, there are color glazed beasts. They have beautiful sculptures. They are not only the structures, but also ornaments. The front part of the Forbidden City has gorgeous and magnificent structures. The courtyards are spacious and wide. The present the supreme feudal power Taihe Hall is in the center of the Forbidden City. On each corner of the quadrangle, there are ten auspicious and lucky beasts. They are vivid and lively. The designer thought only in this way the emperor’s dignified can be shown. The inner court has deep yard and well-knit architectures. The east six palaces and west palaces have their own system. The rockery, pavilion, terrace and water side room make the back yard beautiful and quiet.

In common people’s house, Hutong is an important part. Hutong is a small alley or street and a special architecture in Beijing. The Hutong in Beijing now is developed on the foundation of Yuan Dynasty. In Yuan Dynasty, the residential area was divided into squares and there are rows of residences in the squares. Most of the Hutongs and houses are in east-west line. The streets and valleys in Beijing form chessboard shape. In Ming and Qing dynasties, the layout was not so clear. There is not only horizontal and vertical Hutongs, but also inclined and half Hutongs and so on. Some small Hutongs are in the large Hutong.

Hutong is the passageway between quadrangle courtyards in essence. Many quadrangles in Beijing are linked by the Beijing Hutong. The whole Beijing likes a large quadrangle courtyard. The courtyards are divided into different grades according to the position of the residents and the architecture.

You can visit the Forbidden City and Hutong during your Beijing bus tours. You will be more interested to Chinese architectures.

Have a Good Time During Yangtze Cruises Tour

Among large amounts of China tour lines, Yangtze River Trave attracts a lot of visitors. During Yangtze River tour, tourists could enjoy the charming scenery as well as many historical sites. Chongqi to Yichang tour is the most popular tour routes of Yangtze River tour.

There are so many attractions along Yangtze River, so having a Yangtze River tour tourists will never short of chances for entertainment. Besides the famous Three Gorges Dam, in the middle of the Three Gorges along the Yangtze, there appears an excellent landscape – Shennong Stream. Shennong Stream is a steady flow stream located in Badong County, Hubei Province, originated in the southern slope of the "central peak" Shennongjia, from south to north through mountains or deep valleys and into the Yangtze River mouth east at 2000 meters of the Wu Gorge, with the total length of 60 kilometers.
On both sides of Shennong Stream stand the mountains, winding stretch of several overlapping peaks. The elevation of the peaks of relative height is different from 300 to 1200 meters, with the narrow points only 7 meters. Two small mountain villages divided the 20 kilometers section into bamboo cotton, parrots, Lungchang Cave 3 Gorge segment. Each of them is famous for the steep rocks, magnificent scenery and male characteristics. In addition to the limestone there are also distribution of the more than 60 different sizes of caves on the cliff, and most of the cave walls of stone earthworks, leaving the traces of the ancient war.
 

The climate of Shennong Stream belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone, as the base with the increased altitude with warm temperate zone, cold wave, with a variety of types and the extreme low temperature of the territory is -21 ° C, extreme high temperature of 38.5° C. With the pleasant climate, Shennong Stream original forest inhabited by rare exotic animals such as flying rats, golden monkey, Su Ling. In particular, there is a wide range of white animals, such as white pheasant, white snake, white goats and white snub-nosed monkey. Here grew bright and precious plants, such as bloom, chrysanthemum, day onions, mother magnolia, fragrant fruit trees and rock cabbage. Particularly striking is the dove tree, tall and straight stalwart trees, snow-white, full decorated with branches of flowers as if the artful pigeons.
The best way to experience the beautiful scenery along Yangtze River is to take a luxury cruise. And you will have a good time during Yangtze Cruises Tour!

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Haidian Theater is a great theater located Zhongguancun street, within walking distance to the Ariva Beijing West Hotel. It combines cinema and theater, guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel can go to this theater to enjoy a leisure time by watch moves or performances.

Haidian Theater Zhongguancun with elegant environment shows movies (including 3D films) and stages plays, Beijing Opera and children's performances. It is suitable for guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel with family, friends or even business partners.

Haidian theater features first-class facilities, houses a large hall with 1000 seats and two small hall with 120 seats. Guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel can go there to enjoy great service. The large hall equiped with complete facilities such as Orchestra, lift stage, and the band platform, can satisfy ballet, opera, drama, dance, folk art, symphony concert and large meeting requirements. It will be an ideal choice for guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel to enjoy films and wonderful performances.

The tickets range from RMB 30-80, depending on type of shows, the cheap price will also be a pleasure for guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel who want to go there.

Ariva Beijing West Hotel is a great hotel with convenient location, offer guests much more convenience to enjoy Beijing life!

Big Pizza
Big Pizza was established in 2002, with various taste and various choice, set meal and buffet dinner offers you diversiform mood! There are many branch restaurant in Beijing, the Big Pizza Zhongguancun restaurant is near to the Ariva Beijing West Hotel, so guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel can enjoy great pizza here.

The buffet dinner in Big Pizza is 39 RMB, it not only include more than 80 types of food but also has open kitchen with stage type, make the guests know and trust the food and the environment, guests also can make pizza by your own. Dining here will be an interesting thing for guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel.

The specialities in Big Pizza near Ariva Beijing West Hotel include Chicken wings, egg whip, yellow fruit pizza, pasta, chicken legs, cream mashed potatoes, yogurt, cream mushroom soup and so on. Guests in Ariva Beijing West Hotel can not miss the chance to taste them if you are here.

Beijing to Xian Tour

Known as "Chang’an" in ancient times, Xian is one of the four world’s greatest civilizations and it is the most famous ancient capital of China with too many dynasties and the greatest influence. It is the cradle of the Chinese nation, the birthplace of Chinese civilization and the representative of Chinese culture. With such a high reputation, Xian is one of the most popular cities for traveling during China Tour Packages. Although both the ancient capitals, Beijing and Xian are different, so a lot of tourists from all over the world prefer to choose Beijing to Xian tour during their holidays.
The Terracotta Warriors is located in the east of Lintong 37 kilometers away from Xian. It is a key unit of national cultural relics. In 1974, three kinds of Terra Cotta Warriors were found in Dongling with the total area of 22780 square meters. Number 1 is the largest one. There are 6000 terracotta figurines in it that covers 14260 square meters. If this is your first travel to Xian, you should grasp the chance to feel the grand.
All lifelike, terracotta figurines shocked the whole world after they were explored. In 1978, after visiting the Terracotta Warriors museum, the former French President Jacques Chirac said: The world had seven wonders and the discovery of Terracotta Warriors can be the 8th. Do not see the pyramid then you’ve never been to Egypt and do not see the Terracotta Warriors then you’ve never been to China. From then on the Terracotta Warriors is well known as the eighth wonder of the world. 

Shaanxi History Museum is another place you should not miss during your Beijing to Xian tour. The collections in Shaanxi History Museum show Shaanxi history culture and Chinese ancient civilization which is called “Ancient pearl, Chinese treasure house". The appearance of the museum followed the style of Tang Dynasty. Shaanxi History Museum covers 65,000 square meters with the construction area of 55,600 square meters, the area of culture relics 8000 square meters and the exhibition area of 11,000 square meters. The collections in the museum showcasing the precious treasures unearthed from Shaanxi Province.
After visiting Terracotta Warriors and Shaanxi History Museum, you will get a deeper understanding about the history of old Xian. In modern times, Xian has changed a lot, and there are also many other places deserve to visit. During your Beijing to Xian tour, you could enjoy the time in Xian.

Bike Tour is Becoming More and More Popular

In recent years, as a new fashion, Bike Tour is becoming more and more popular especially for foreign tourists. If you have been to Beijing more than once and want to get some different feelings then choose Beijing Bike Tour will meet your needs. During Beijing Private Tour tourists could get a deep understanding about the atmosphere of the capital city.

Tiananmen was the main entrance of imperial city during Ming and Qing Dynasty. It was built in 18th year of Ming Yongle reign (1420AD). On October 1st 1949, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was held here. In 1961, Tiananmen Square was listed as one of the first group of national key protected institution of cultural relics by the state council. Now Tiananmen Square is a landmark construction in Beijing and attracts large numbers of tourists from all over the world every day.
The remediation plan made Beijing Wangfujing Street to be characterized as "Beijing First Business Street", with the style of "modern", "fashion". In addition to the original department store, arts and crafts building, Muslims Building, foreign Language Bookstore, Concord mall, Wangfujing shopping malls, there also newly built a Department Store, the group clothing centers, Minghui Building, Friends the World, Dan Yao Building, Oriental Plaza six large integrated business and entertainment centers. With so many large shopping centers along the street, the pattern of Beijing Wangfujing can be described as unique.
Beihai Park is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved ancient imperial gardens in China. The most famous sightseeing in the garden is the White Pagoda and Nine-Dragon Screen.
If you are interested in these places and want to have a Bike Tour, you had better join the group of 1 Day Beijing Bike Tour. The first stop is Wangfujing Avenue, then the Tiananmen Square, Beihai Park and the moat of Forbidden City. After the visit of Lama Temple, tourists will continue to visit Imperial Collage Street. Along the Imperial Collage Street, you will via Andingmenwai Street, Drum Tower Street, Dianmenwai Street, Yandaixiejie and the famous Sliver Ingot Bridge.
The trip will cost about seven hours. May be you will feel a little tired after a day traveling, but there is no doubt that you will get a deeper understanding about Beijing and have a different feeling from ever before. So this unique experience of your Beijing Travel will certainly leave an unforgettable memory to you.