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Beijing Spring Festival One Day Tour

Tour Code: BSF-02

Daily Departure: Jan 22 - 28, 2012
Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and driver
Duration: 8 Hours
Pick-up time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 8:30am
Finishing time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 5:00 pm
Meal: Lunch as listed in the itinerary
Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire
Tour Availability: Jan 22 - 28, 2012

The actual spring festival celebration of the Chinese New Year lasts 15 days starting from the first day of the Chinese lunar new year till Lantern Festival. Before the Chinese new year, Chinese will spend at least 15 days in preparing for the new year, buying presents, decorating their houses, preparing food and buying cloths for the New Year. 2011 Year's spring festival starts on Jan 22, 2012 and ends on Jan 28, 2012.

During the 15-day spring festival, people, especially the children wear new clothes greet their parents. The children receive their lucky money in red wrapping. Then, the family go out to say hello to their relatives and neighbors. It is a good time for reconciliation. People cast their old grudges very easily through their greetings. The air is filled with warmth and friendliness. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.

Itinerary:

8:30am
Pick from your midtown hotel in Beijing and have around 30 minutes private transfer to the 300-year old courtyard in the Shichahai area.

9:00am
Arrive at the old courtyard and begin the one hour visit inside. With the help of your English speaking tour guide of the courtyard, you will have a detailed explanation of the old courtyard ( Siheyuan ) - its history, its layout, its Fengshui, and its traditiona Chinese culture involved.

10:00am
Then take a pedicab and drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs. Two people share one rickshaw.

10:30am - 11:00am
Drop off at the the Silver Ingot Bridge ( Yinding Bridge ), a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichhai area with surrounding quiet hutongs. Walking along the Yandai Xiejie ( Tobacco Pipe Lean Street ), a quaint 800-year-old hutong located directly north of Yinding Bridge between Qianhai and Houhai and the south of the Drum Tower, used to be well-known for sellers of long-stemmed pipes, hence the name.

11:00am - 12:30pm
Ascending the 67-meter high and two-story Drum Tower dating from 1420 is sure to bring you back to the old Beijing by seeing the big drum tower and having bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of hutongs and siheyuan - existing traditional courtyards in Beijing. Then you will vsit Jingdezhen Porcelain Arts Museum.

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch at Baguobuyi Restaurant. Baguobuyi Restaurant literally means a Sichuan restaurant for common people. It is a national-level Sichuan-style restaurant chain with its headquarters in Chengdu - the capital city of Sichuan.

1:30pm - 3:00
After lunch, continue to visit Lama Temple, also called the Yonghe Lamasery, or Yonghegong. It is the most handsome and impressive Buddhist temple in the city. Lama Temple was built in the 33 Qing Kangxi year (1694) and it is now the largest and best-preserved Lamasery of Yellwo Sect in Beijing.

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Visit Ditan Park Temple Fair. This is one of the largest, most festive New Year celebrations in Beijing. The ancient temple fairs in Beijing now are only held during the Spring Festival, relivening the traditions of the past as well as being the opportunities for celebration and entertainment in the present day.

5:00pm
Back to your lodging hotel in Beijing and the day trip ends.

Tour Enquiry

Cost: in US$ per person
Travelling Party	Tour Cost Per Person
2 persons	$99
3-5 persons	$89
6-9 persons	$70
10 Persons up	$60
It is a private tour for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your party.

Inclusions:
1.All private transfers
2.Fees and lunch as mentioned
3.English speaking guide
4.The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your party.
Exclusions:
Tips to your tour guide and driver
Available:
Jan 22 - 28, 2012
Travel Tips:
1. Wear casually and pay attention to the climate in Beijing.
2. The Chinese love fireworks, and before, during and after Chinese New Year, everyone sets off huge quantities of fireworks and firecrackers. Take great care while you are out walking even on busy city-centre streets. If you are tempted into buying fireworks, make absolutely sure you know how to light them.
3. With buses, cars, semis, bicycles and pedestrians moving in every direction, road crossings can be daunting.

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Temple Fair Sidebar

What are you expect from a temple fair?
1)Folk performances: stilt-walking and drum performances are regular activities at any temple fair;
2)Snacks: snacks are displayed in lines of booths . It's one way to taste the many flavours of different ethnic groups across China;
3)Shop around: most of the temple fair places are full with booths providing various small cheap products from tea, pot flowers, paintings, ceramics, books, birds and toys;
4)Snap Opportunity: take your camera when you are in a temple fair trip in Beijing. It's a great insight into the lives of Beijing people in the past and present. The crowded temple fairs provide happy time for photographic creations.