Plan your Beijing winter tour? Beijing is a perfect destination for holiday travel. Winter in Beijing begins with an abundance of festivities during the holiday season. It also has many things to do throughout the rest of the winter – Skiing, Ice skating, hot spring bathing, Hiking the Great Wall. If you prefer to stay out of the cold, choose from the numerous museums, restaurants, book stores open throughout the season.
Now ti is the time to enjoy Beijing at its coolest, calmest time. We’ve put together a few top things to do in Beijing in the winter, to help you feel the warmer paert of the city when it’s cold…
Skiing has become increasingly popular with Chinese. There are over 10 ski resorts around Beijing which are suitable for both beginners and advanced skiers. To meet the various needs from customers, most of the the Beijing ski resorts offers snow related activties such as stimulative Motorcycle on snow land, snow flying disk, romantic sleigh drawn by dogs or houses, Ice garden, and Snow garden.
Snow Ski
There are a number of open-air ice skating rinks inside some lakes in Beijing. Shichahai Lake and Kunming Lake in Summer Palace are two of the most impportant outdoor ice skating rinks for many local skaters.
There are a few top indoor ice skating Rinks such New World Champion Skating Rink, all Star Ice Rink, New World Champion Skating Rink and more.
Ice Skate
Each year, starting Jan 05, Beijing will hold its own ice and snow festival – The Longqing Gorge Lanten Festival. The Longqing Gorge is flanked on both sides by green peaks. Due to the shade from mountains towering on both sides, the area has an annual ice period of four months, offering the ideal venue for an ice-lantern festival.
During the ice lantern festival, ice-and-snow sculptures and ice slides are displayed along 300 meters of the gorge. The evening colorful lighting adds to the fun of evening activities.
Ice lantern Festival
Hot Spring Bathing
A nice soak in one of Beijing’s many hot springs is an excellent way to the perfect place to wash off the dirt and relax your body. There are three popular hot spring resorts around Beijing: Chunhuiyuan Hot Spring Resort, Jiuhua Spa & Resort and Huaxia Hot Spring.
Chunhuiyuan Hot Spring Resort and Jiuhua Spa & Resort Actually have the same springhead – Xiaotangshan hot spring. Xiaotangshan has been famous for its hot springs for over 300 years. Local legend has it that the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) went there to relax.
Hot Spring
All the major acttractions, including Museums and Art Galleries, are still open in Beijing in winter. As a China’s vibrant and exciting capital city, Beijing is home to many world-class museums and art galleries. There are over 150 to choose from, ranging from the historical to the hi-tech.
museum
As a foreign visitor, if you are in Beijing during the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), visiting a temple fair is definitely a good choice to experience the traditonal Beijing custom and Chinese culture.
Like elsewhere in the world, temple fairs (Miao Hui)originated and developed as groups of vendors did business near temples when many pilgrimes came to pay tribute to the gods during traditional festivals.
Now there are over 10 major temple fairs held each year in Beijing during Chinese New Year. Most of them are in the parks, wide streets and other non-temple areas.
Temple Fair
If you are not interested in shopping at high-end shopping malls in Beijing, where everything seems to be overpriced at fixed prices, then why not dig into the plentiful free or flea markets where you can enjoy bargaining with the local vendors.
Free Markets
Curl up with a book
The Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore and Beijing Xinhua Bookstore are major book sellers. The China Book Store in Liulichang binds and repairs all kinds of books and periodicals as well as selling them. Another good place for books is Haidian book street near Beijing University.
Bookstore
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