Are you organizing your Beijing tour? A pivotal stop is the Summer Palace, a historic royal sanctuary that once rivaled the Forbidden City (currently the Palace Museum) in importance. Initially serving as a secondary palace in the later Qing Dynasty, it holds a rich narrative of China’s royal past.
Plan your Beijing tour? A visit to Jingshan Park is not to be missed during your tour in Beijing. Jingshan Park Location Jingshan just sits across the north gate to Forbidden City. After finishing your visit to Forbidden City along the south to north official visiting route, you exit from Forbidden City’s north gate. Exiting…
Plan your Beijing tour? If you like a walking tour, Dong Jiao Min Xiang is a historic site worth your short stroll and glimpse of the European-style buildings by the late 19th century and early 20th century foreign powers. ABCs of Former Legation Quarter Dong Jiao Min Xiang ( Former Legation Quarter ) literally means…
Turning over the thick cover of Beijing’s modernity, you will see the old and authentic Beijing with a rich cultural and historical history. A trip to Nanluogixiang Hutong（南锣鼓巷） brings you back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368) when the earliest hutongs and courtyard houses along Nanluoguxiang started to be built. Now almost every Beijing first-time…
Plan your Beijing city tour? The National Museum of China may be not a must do in Beijing if you only have 2 or 3 days to stick around. But if you’re here for quite a few days, or you have finished the so-called bucket list, this huge museum is perfect for you no matter…
798 Art Zone （798艺术区）is an avant-garde and trendy place that combines artistic and commercial activities. It has been morphed from several former over-50-year-old military factories with unique architectural style. One of the largest factories is known as Factory 798, hence the name for the art district. The whole art space is open all year round…
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Shichahai is often referred as “Houhai”, or “Back Lake” by foreign visitors who spend time dribking in its bar area in the evening. Actually Houhai (back lake) is just part of Shichahai. Shichahai is composed of three lakes – Qianhai (front lake), Houhai (back lake) and Xihai (west lake). Sometime local people also use “Houhai”…