Beautiful Zhouzhuang China tour

Are you interested in south China or know more about Chinese ancient culture? If so you can have a Beijing package tour to visit to Zhouzhuang. Escaped from the busy city life, enjoying the comfortable and charming environment, the unique experience will leave you a beautiful memory. 

Zhouzhuang brings up many spots for its long history. It is not only a treasure in Jiangsu province, but also a treasure in China. The environment there is quiet and the architecture is simple but unsophisticated. More than 60% of the architecture in Ming Qing dynasties and early Republic of China are well protected including hundred ancient mansions and more than 60 tile carving gateway arch. The residences here remain the ancient customs. The most representative ones are the Shen Hall and Zhang Hall where you must visit during your China City Tour to Zhouzhuang. The water town architecture style and features are still well protected even though it goes through more than 900 years' history.
With lakes on four sides, the beauty of Zhouzhuang is specially to be found along the waterside lanes and around a number of the stone bridges. A different vista at every turn can be found here. All those make a visit most enjoyable. There are many fantastic places and views to visit and see, including Twin Bridges, Fuan Bridge, Shen House, Milou Tower, and more. Many bridges in the town show unique bridge traditions different from other designs. The most amazing view displays a house where a boat can enter the property through the front gate and sail through the courtyard.
Sitting on the boat and visiting the ancient town, it is fun. You can see different scenery after one bridge archway. You will feel like you are in a "bridge, running water and house" picture here. Fuan Bridge is located at the east end of Zhongshi Street, crossing the Nanbeishi River and leading to Nanbeishi Street. It was built in 1355, and later rebuilt. It was the ancient perfect unique architecture as combination of the single-arch bridge. There are towers on all four corners. Each side has carved beams and painted rafters. Tourists now can enjoy the local foods and shopping in the towers there.
Zhouzhuang is a good place to leisure with the quiet and elegant environment. Here you will taste the real ancient water town in China during your China Tour Packages.

An emerald on the Yangtze

Crisscrossing walkways offer a panoramic view of the Ancient Pine Tree Garden in Mudu, a water town near Suzhou, Jiangsu province. [Photos provided to China Daily]

Mudu, near Suzhou, has a history of 2,500 years, but its gardens truly make the town an outstanding place to visit. Pan Zhongming takes a look.
Many water towns in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are famed for their picture-perfect landscapes, featuring crisscrossing water lanes, with old arch bridges and houses.

Mudu, near Suzhou, in Jiangsu province, however, is the perfect place to savor the charms of these water towns.
The 2,500-year-old settlement is named after wood (mu) and rivers (du) and is full of culture and historical stories.
One of them goes like this: At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), the Wu Kingdom and Yue Kingdom were at war. Wu defeated Yue, after which Yue presented the beautiful Xi Shi to the King of Wu, Fu Chai. To please Xi Shi, Fu Chai decided to build Guanwa Palace on Lingyan Hill. For three years, wood was transported to the small town by the side of the hill.
The two kings of Wu also constructed Gusu Terrace, while Qizi Hill is the military fortress built by the Kingdom of Wu.
More than 200 years ago, the imperial painter during Emperor Qianlong's reign, Xu Yang, painted a long scroll depicting views of prosperous Suzhou. Approximately half the scroll depicts Mudu, a town of migrants at the time. There are groceries run by merchants from Hangzhou, salt from Yangzhou, silk from Suzhou and local specialties from Dongting of Suzhou.

Even today, traces of these stores, elegant gardens and simple stone bridges can still be found in the town.
Much of Mudu is behind closed doors. If you are privileged enough to be invited in you may find a private garden, while the owner hosts a poetry contest with his friends by the side of the pond.
Mudu is the hometown of many celebrities. Between 1015 and 1902, there were 24 successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations and 28 provincial graduates originally came from Mudu. These people were prominent in politics, economics, science and culture.
A couplet hanging in Shangxian Hall, of the Yan's Family Garden, illustrates the tradition of showing esteem to prominent people. The garden was originally called Muyuan Garden, meaning "admiring prominent people".
The one-hectare Yan's Family Garden is the former residence of Yan Jiagan, former "president" of Taiwan. The garden's magnolia tree is said to have been planted by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Qianlong when he toured the town and stayed in the compound.

Shangxian Hall is built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) style, out of nanmu wood. The architect Liu Dunzhen dubbed Four-Season Mini-Garden a "classical masterpiece of gardens south of the Yangtze River".
Other gardens in the town are typical Suzhou style, or imperial in construction.
As early as the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the town had more than 30 private gardens. More than 10 remain and have various styles.
Guanwa Palace at Lingyan Hill was the imperial garden built by King Fu Chai, while Lingyanshan Temple on Lingyan Hill and Mingyue Temple at the foot of the hill represent Buddhist culture.
In recent years, Mudu has renovated and opened four gardens - the Yan's Family Garden, Hongyin Shanfang, Ancient Pine Tree Garden and Bangyan's Residential House.
Hongyin Shanfang consists of two Ming-style gardens. Xiaoyin Garden is the former residence of Shen Shou, the "Queen of Embroidery", while Xiuye Garden is now a museum that displays imperial decrees and introductions to the imperial examination system.
Ancient Pine Tree Garden at Shantang Street is known for a 500-year-old pine tree and the well-preserved brick carving at its entrance gate. The garden is the former residence of Cai Shaoyu, a businessman in the late Qing Dynasty.
Bangyan's Residential House is the former residence of political theorist Feng Guifen and has a typical Qing garden. It is famed for its brick carvings, wood sculptures and stone engravings. The garden features a pond, surrounded by pavilions, gazebos, walkways, bridges and rockeries.
It is the gardens of Mudu that truly make this town an emerald among those towns in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

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Ba Wei Yu Jia Restaurant
Ba Wei Yu Jia Restaurant is a Sichuan restaurant located in Tianzhu Twon, Shunyi district, adjacent to the Tianzhu konggang Industrial area, within easy reach to the Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing. This restaurant is a courtyard hotel serves Sichuan flavor cuisines, guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing can easily enjoy authentic local cuisine in this unique restaurant.

This restaurant with great decoration offer elegant dining environment, it is suitable for dine together with friends, business banqutes, family gathering and dating appointment. Guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing can enjoy delicacies with your friends or family.

Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing offer a convenience to this restaurant. If you go there, the specialities which you can not miss are water cook fish, soya-bean milk, bean curd pudding fish , garlic and catfish etc. Dining there will be an enjoyment. It will be a great dining experience for guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing.

Guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing can call the number 64576322 and 64572304 to order seats.

Beijing Capital International Airport
Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing is located near the Beijing Capital International Airport, offer guests convenience to take flights.

Beijing Capital International Airport is the main international airport serving Beijing, China. It offers many domestic flights and international flights, convenient for guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing to go other places in China and other countries. Hainan and China Southern Airlines are all use the airport as their hub, so guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing can have a rich choice for taking flights.

There are 3 terminals in this airport. In 2008, for the growing traffic volume, the Beijing Capital added the enormous Terminal 3, it is the second largest airport terminal in the world and the fifth largest building in the world by area. It offer large space for waiting hall and offer great service, guests in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing who taking flights will have a chance to enjoy it.

Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing near the Beijing Capital International Airport is a great hotel offer convenient transportation and thoughtful service. Guests who take flights in the Beijing Capital International Airport choose this hotel will be an ideal choice.

As a 4 star hotel, the Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing is a well-appointed great hotel features best service.

This hotel has various restaurants offer both flavor Chinese cuisine and great Western food. the conference room with advanced meeting facilites and business center offer professional meeting service. The fitnes center and lobby bar are the ideal place for enjoy leisure time.

Other facilities and service in Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing also include parking, ticket office, bellman, baggage deposit service, morning call service, free parking, wifi internet in public areas, airport pickup service, escalator/elevator, laundry service, taxi calling service, airport shuttle etc.

Best Western Grandsky Hotel Beijing with complete facilities and excellent service will offer you a convenient and comfortable stay!

Beijing Private tour

The Beijing Jingyuan Courtyard Hotel is a unique courtyard hotel located in the Wangfujing commercial area, adjacent to the Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and only 100 meters from the new Dong'an Market. The transportation around this hotel is very convenient and near to the subway line 1 and subway line 5.

Beijing Jingyuan Courtyard Hotel features an ancient courtyard-style with private gardens, rockery and ancient trees. This hotel was used to be a residence for a high-rank official named Zuo Zongtang in Qing Dynasty. The hotel is a very ideal place for tasting ancient Beijing culture.

Beijing Jingyuan Courtyard Hotel hosts 16 rooms with both Chinese and Western styles, all rooms equipped with antique furniture, broadband internet access, safes, refrigerators and other facilities for convenience.

For guests convenience, Beijing Jingyuan Courtyard Hotel also has taxi calling service, airport shuttle , postal service, laundry service, meeting facilities, ticket office etc.

Beijing Jingyuan Courtyard Hotel with unique courtyard style, ideal location, complete facilities and service will be the best choice for both business and tourism travelers.

Located close to the famous Houhai bar street the Michael's House Beijing is a 3-star standard typical courtyard style hotel, it is adjacent to the old city moat and one of the Beijing oldest city gate - Deshengmen. It is full of typical Chinese culture, no matter the construction and the design are alll besed on the ancient Chinese cuture, so it praised by the guests as "Beijing symbols". Living here, as if you are back to two hundred years ago and visiting an old friend's home.

Michael's House Beijing offers 12 rooms with various types including Standard Rooms and Deluxe Suites . All rooms are set with traditional Chinese decor and equipped with modern facilities like domestic direct-dial, telephone, air conditioning, shower, safe box, broad band etc.

For Guests convenience, the hotel also features fitness center, laundry service, tickets service and so on ther facilities and service.

Michael's House Beijing with unique Chinese style and culture, convenient facilities will offer you a good chance to enjoy convenient life as well as have a good taste of Chinese culure.

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Dashilan is an old commercial street located at Qianmen, within walking distance from the Beijing Rainbow Hotel. Dashilan street is a famous and best place to buy raditional and typical Beijing goods. Guests in Beijing Rainbow Hotel can enjoy shopping in this street easily.

In Dashilan Street, there are a lot of famous time-honored stores such as Ruifuxiang, a famous store for silk, Zhangyiyuan Tea Shop, Neiliansheng shoes, Beijing Daguanlou Cinema and so on. In addtion, it consists many unique and typical souvenirs from all over China for sale, so it is a great place for guests in Beijing Rainbow Hotel to buy gifts for your friends.

Dashilan Street also has famous restaurants like famous Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, and Gao Bu Li restaurant which is a famous baozi (steamed bun) restaurant from Tianjin. Dashilan constantly packed with hungry shoppers looking for a quality, time honoured snack. If you living in Rainbow Hotel, we suggest you have a tasty lunch or dinner in a traditional setting in Dashilan.

As a 4 star hotel, Beijing Rainbow Hotel was opened in 1990 and renovated in 2008. It is features complete facilities and thoughtful service.

For dinning, Beijing Rainbow Hotel has several restaurants of different styles. Guests can find pleasant dishes in these restaurants. Bars with various great wines for drinking and relaxing, talking with friends or negotiating with business partners. For meeting, this hotel has well-equipped meeting rooms in various size with its professional and considerate service.

Beijing Rainbow Hotel also has 24hr room service, bar/pub, bicycle rental, business center, coffee shop, concierge, disabled facilities, elevator, executive floor, laundry service/dry cleaning, meeting facilities , nightclub, restaurant, room service, safety deposit boxes, salon, shops, smoking room etc.

Beijing Rainbow Hotel will be your ideal choice for enjoy a convenient and comfortable accommodation.

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As the capital city of the People's Republic of China, it is also the political, cultural, educational and military center of China. Beijing is an ancient city with a rapid developing speed, now it is one of the most populous cities in the World.

Beijing has a lot of famous historical sites and attracts a lot of tourists from all over the world. What to see in Beijing? It will be more wonderful beyond your imagination! There are world famous historical relics such as Great Wall, Summer Palace etc, as well as beautiful natural scenery like Fragrant hill.

What to see in Beijing - Beijing Attractions:

Great Wall
Great Wall is one of the seven construction wonders in the world, it was listed as the World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0) in 1987. The most famous section in Beijing include Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Simatai, Huanghuacheng, Gubeikou, Jiankou. The Badaling section is the best preserved and the first section open to the public. The badaling great wall has already recepted one hundred and thirty million foreign visitors successively have Nixon, Reagan, Thatcher, mikhail gorbachev, Elizabeth and so on, in total of 372 foreign leaders and many of the influential men in the world have climb and enjoy the great wall.

Forbidden City
Forbidden City located in the city center was the place for emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties handled court business and resided. It is the largest, the most magnificent and the most intact ancient palace building group existing in the world. In the past 500 years, there are 24 emperors ruled the country there. Now it is the palace museum and open to the public. It is notable for collections of more than 900, 000 cultural and art objects.

Summer Palace
Summer Palace s the largest and best preserved imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty extant in Beijing, as well as a famous classical imperial garden. In 1998, the UNESCO inscribed the Summer Palace on the World Heritage List.

The place to see in Beijing also include famous hutong, panda zoon, temple of heaven, modern architecture bird nest and water cube, 798 art district etc. Welcome to Beijing to enjoy a great tour!

Xijiaominxiang - A Famous Hutong

Xijiaominxiang is one of the most famous Hutong located in the southern part of Xicheng District. It is next to Tiananmen Aquare and Qianmen Street. Winding about 1,000 meters long and 10 meters wide, Xijiaominxiang is larger than the average hutong.

Xijiaominxiang has a unique history. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), but became prominent about 100 years ago. At that time, several domestic and overseas banks chose to open in that location making it the original financial street of this city. Many  architecture of old banks also can be seen in this Hutong, including the former sites of the Central Bank, China Agriculture and Industry Bank and Mainland Bank. Visitors come to this area can also easy to visit Tiananmen Square, Qianmen Street, China Numismatic Museum.

As one of the the most famous Hutong, Xijiaominxiang is located in the southern part of Xicheng District, next to Tiananmen Aquare and Qianmen Street. Xijiaominxiang is larger than the average hutong with about 1,000 meters long and 10 meters wide.

Xijiaominxiang became prominent about 100 years ago while it was first built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). At that time, several domestic and overseas banks chose to open in that location making it the original financial street of this city. Many architecture of old banks also can be seen in this Hutong today, including the former sites of the Central Bank, China Agriculture and Industry Bank and Mainland Bank.