Plan your Beijing tour? Overshadowed by its neighbour – Forbidden City ( Palace Museum ), Beihai Park is very often neglected by many visitors. Dubbed as Winter Palace by westerners, Beihai Park is the oldest imperial garden as well as one of the largest in China. “Beihai” literally means “north sea”. In the past, the royal families pompously called all the…
Billed as the oldest imperial garden in the world, Beihai Park is often neglected by first time visitors to Beijing who would flock to the neighbouring Forbidden City. Before you glamorously start to visit Forbidden City, it is worthwhile for you to have a one-hour loop stroll around Beihai Park on your Beijing tour, viewing the…
Huguosi Jie (护国寺街) is an 800-year old commercial street in Beijing, which was originally incubated and formed in Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). The name of the street “Huguosi” is named after the same name temple – Huguo Temple (“si” literally “temple”；“Jie” means “Street”). Huguo Temple was once billed as “The West Temple” in the past against “The…
Plan your Beijing tours? A Beijing hutong tour is highly recommended to explore Beijing’s only remaining vernacular architecture – Hutong and Siheyuan. Hutong (alley) and Siheyuan (courtyard) are the typical vernacular dwellings in Beijing. Its origin can date back to Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) when massive city construction were carried out for…
If you are going to visit Summer Palace, you are highly recommended to ascend the Tower of Buddhist Incense at Summer Palace. Topping the the southern slope of Longevity Hill, the tower faces Kunming Lake southward with its backing on the Hall of the Sea of Wisdom. Built on a 21-meter base, the tower has a height…
The successful Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has left a deep impression on people’s mind in the world. For many foreign visitors, the temptation is still great to visit the Bird’s Nest (Beijing National Stadium ) and Water Cube (Beijing National Aquatics Centre). Well, how, when to visit the two fancy Olympic sites? What do you…
Approx. 80 km northeast of Beijing city center, Pinggu District is home to the world’s largest peach orchard with about 11,000 hectares of peach trees. Pinggu features totally 218 kinds of peach trees with 4 species of yellow peach, white peach, nectarine and peento. Pinggu peaches are big in size, sweet in taste and brilliant…
Dear Travellers, We’d like to have the following quick guide to remain updated for the benefit of new visitors coming to Ming Tombs in Beijing. If anybody having used the piece finds necessary updates, please leave a message or feedback. Thanks! Before we talk about how to visit Ming Tombs, people are more interested in…