Beijing Spring Festival One Day Tour
Overview:
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Tour Description
As the most important public holiday, it officially lasts for one week. The week-long holiday see people, especially the children wearing new clothes greet their parents. The children receive their lucky money in red wrapping.
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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.
Itinerary
8:30am
Pick from your midtown hotel in Beijing and have around 30 minutes private transfer to the old hutongs and courtyards 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 traditional 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.
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch at a Chinese Restaurant.
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 Yellow 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, expanding 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.
Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)
| 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. | |
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| Price inclusion: 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. |
Price exclusion: Tips to your tour guide and driver |
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.
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.
Reservation Notes
| ● | Personal online booking information below must be provided or book by email  ：Full Name, Nationality, Gender, Names of Travelers, Flight No., Arriving Time and Start Date. You are also welcome to call us at (+86)18611964400 ( 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday through Saturday). Tour Beijing will not refund any losses due to missing or incorrect information. |
| ● | All rates on Tour-Beijing.com are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made. |
| ● | Child definition: from Age 3 to 11 Years. Contact our trip advisors to check if discount rate is available for your kids. Basically, children under 1.2m in height will get child discount rate, except bus tours. |
| ● | All tours listed on website are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations |
| ● | Cash or Prepayment (Paypal, credit card payment, wire transfer, AliPay, WeChat Pay). Both RMB and USD are acceptable. Your actual mode of payment will be confirmed by your trip advisor. Basically, only bus tours (day tour) accept cash payment on the day. |
| ● | When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices. |
| ● | When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed itinerary with prices. |
| ● | The cancellation fee: to be confirmed by trip advisor, based on different itineraries and different policies. |
| ● | The schedule can be adjusted by your tour guide due to the actual traffic condition. |
| ● | You are strongly recommended to book this tour at least 35 days in advance to secure the land arrangement involved and avoid the risk of being canceled. |
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