A Fun Trip Explore Beijing

A nice trip that I had in Beijing on my last vacation! First we arrived at Beijing Capital Airport, tour guide were waiting for me at the exit gate. After that, she transferred us to the hotel and let us to have a rest. The day after that, we began explore the city. It started with a short visit to Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall. On that day, the weather was nice. It was a cloudy day without sun shining bright, I love the atmosphere.
Oh and because it is a group tour then we did visit many attractions around Beijing with other family. They are very friendly and nice. We did not feel uncomfortable at all. At first, tour guide also introduced herself to all of us. My first impression of her continued to the last, she is a kind, helpful and informative. She always took care of us, all of us, during the trip. The tour guide organized all the itinerary and time very well.

Long Corridor in Summer Palace

Within those 5 days tour, the most impressive place I thought it was Summer Palace. We had visited Beijing on summer, and explore the royal garden is just right choice. Inside, I felt some different feeling from when I did visit other historical sites in Beijing. The garden landscapes were fascinating. We did visit amount cultural relics around the garden as well as enjoy the lake scenery which located in the center of the garden. When I was in Summer Palace, the weather seems cooler than the outside, might be because the wind that blows from the lake. We did also see a lot of visitors boating through the lake, with their couple or even family.

Historical Building in Summer Palace

Because Summer Palace is one of the major attractions in Beijing and we accidentally visit it on the weekend, so we should head countless visitors who also come to Summer Palace. Full with crowded, we surviving keep enjoy our trip. It becomes better because our guide did a great job of navigating through the crowds of people and finding quiet spots (in the shade) for everyone to stand and listen throughout the tour. Very helping the whole tour members out of the crowded.
Overall, the trip has given me a lot of information about China history, culture, art and life style. The tour agency did a great job with arranging and accommodating the tour.

Resource: http://www.beijinglandscapes.com/beijing-travel-blog/fun-trip-explore-beijing.html

Chinese Knotting - Beijing Tours Guide

Chinese Knotting

With a long history and profound cultural connotations, Chinese knotting have played an important role in the Chinese decorative, costume and blessing-praying cultures. The intricately and exquisitely worked Chinese knots have been used as a good-luck charm for many centuries. Their different images and knot workings convey different messages and wishes.

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If you are appreciate the ancient culture with a long history and want to have a taste of the authentic village life in Beijing, Beijing Village tour will fulfill your dream. There are many villages around Beijing city, some of them are unique and famous, Gaobeidian is an urbanized village nearest to the Beijing city, Cuandixia village and Zhuishikou village is the ancient village retained its ancient style, Hancunhe village is a modern village shows the rapid developing speed of the life in china. We offer well-selected village toursand customized village tours in Beijing with cheap price.

Beijing Theme Tour - Village tours:
Beijing Day Tour of Chuandixia Ancient Village. Price from 72 USD per person.

Pick you up from your hotel at about 8:00 am and drive about 3 hours to Chuandixia Village. After a short rest, we will take a two-hour circular walk. First take the steps up into the village, opposite the stone wall. You may enter the houses of the locals. People are very friendly and enthusiastic . Then get to a local restaurant to have a simple farm lunch. After lunch, take a walk around some part of the beautiful mountains. Then transfer back to the center of Beijing to your hotel.

Beijing Old Urbanized Gaobeidian Village Tour. Price from 88 USD per person.
Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing at 2:00pm and drive about 20 minutes to the 1000-year old Beijing Gaobeidian Village. Visit the ancient Ping Jin Floodgate from about 2:20pm to 2:40pm. Visit a kindergarten from 2:40pm to 3:10pm. Visit a small "People's Commune Museum" at 3:10pm to 3:30pm. Walk along the Gaobeidian Classic Furniture Street frm 4:30pm to 4:50pm. Visit the local market in the village at 4:50pm. Finally visit a local famer's house from 5:20pm to 6:30pm. After the tour, transferred back to the hotel down town.

Zhuishikou Village & Juyongguan Great Wall Day Tour. Price from 52 USD per person.
Pick you up at your hotel around 8:00am. Then drive to Juyongguan Great Wall. After lunch, visit the Zhuishikou Village. After the village tour, transfer back to your hotel in Beijing city.


Beijing Hancunhe Modern Village Day Tour. Price from 62 USD per person.

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The Temple of Heaven is located in the southeastern part of central Beijing, with easy reach from the Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple Of Heaven . Guests in Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple Of Heaven can enjoy a convenience to visit this famous complex.

Occupying an area of 273 hectares, Temple of Heaven  was built built in 1420 for Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It consist of three main groups of constructions as the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Imperial Vault of Heaven and the Circular Mound Altar, all built according to strict philosophical requirements.

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a magnificent triple-gabled circular building and it is the major building. The Imperial Vault of Heaven is lies south of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, it is surrounded by the famous Echo Wall. The Circular Mound Altar is the altar, an empty circular platform.

There are also many beautiful sceneries in the Temple of Heaven. It was listed as the world cultural heritage in 1998. Now it is opened to the public. Guests in Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple Of Heaven can stroll to this park in the leisure time.

Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple Of Heaven enjoys such a convenient location will be a great choice for tourists guests.

The Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple of Heaven is a 3 star hotel located close to the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square and some of Beijing's most popular attractions, winthin easy reach to the Beijing Sourth Railway Station , enjoy a convenient transportation.

This hotel was opened in 2008 and features 316 rooms with excellent and complete facilities such as LCD TVs, free broadband internet access, central air conditioning, in-room safe, domestic direct-dial, international direct-dial etc. making it so good suitable for business and tourist travelers. 

For dinning, this hotel has Chinese restaurant serves flavor Chinese cuisines. This hotel also Wifi internet in public areas, Complimentary tourism traffic map, that is convenient for both business travellers and tourists.

The Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple of Heaven also with meeting facilities, business center, currency exchange, ticket office, laundry service, handicapped friendly rooms and so on other facilities and service.

This Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple of Heaven with cheap price, ideal location and good service will be offer you a comfortable accommodation. 

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Beijing is an ancient capital city for over 500 hundred years, it is also the capital city of the the People's Republic of China. Beijing is differ from other ancient countries, there are many historical relics such as Great Wall, Summer Palace etc. and unique Chinese style architectures such as courtyards, hutongs and so on. No matter you have a long time vacation in Beijing or a short stay in Beijing, this city will always offer you pleasantly surprised with its plentiful cuture and scenery.

Unique Beijing Atrractions:

Great Wall
Great Wall is one of the seven construction wonders in the world. It has been listed as a World Heritage site in 1987 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0). Great Wall is just like a dragon streches along the mountain sea, maily section include Badaling, Mutianyu, Simatai, Jinshanling, Gubeikou etc.

Quadrangle Courtyard
Quadrangle Courtyard is an important aspect of the city's architectural heritage. It has a long history, and they are traditional residential compounds with houses around courtyards . All the quadrangles were built in accordance with a strict set of rules from their size and style. The quadrangles are filled with a strong cultural flavor with carved Chinese characters, couplets on the pillars, and calligraphy and paintings in the rooms. It is a good reflect of ancient Beijing culture. Even a half day tour you can have a nice visit to them!

Hutong
Hutong is what the small back streets or lanes are called in Beijing. Hutong has a long history and Beijing's history is preserved in hutong. Hutongs is the memory of the traditional life and culture in Beijing. Now Hutong half day tour is getting more and more popular, take a rickshaw along the Shichahai to the ancient small hutongs is an enjoyable experience.

Enjoy a half day Beijing tour or Beijing tours package to enjoy Beijing Attraction will be an unforgetable experience , Beijing will always suprising you with its plentiful scenery!