If you are planning your Beijing tours in autumn, you may consider to include a side trip to Hongluo Temple and Hongluo Mountain, which are not far from Mutianyu Great Wall. Hongluo Temple (Red Sheninglls Temple) is located at the south foot of Hongluo Moutain in the north of Huairou District in Beijing. The temple was…
Plan your Beijing Tour in autumn? No matter what you call it – fall, autumn, or ”秋天” in Chinese – this season is an ideal time to visit Beijing. As is the case with many places China, when the oppressive summer heat has faded, it gives way for the awesome weather you could experience in a year. Beijing Autumn…
Early this morning we took CA1273, an Air China plane which was scheduled to take off at 07:20 and land at 09:35 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport from Beijing to Lanzhou to attend the Silk Road International Tourism Festival 2011. Basically there are about 9 daily flights running between Beijing and Lazhou, operated by Air China, Eastern China Airline, Hainan Airline….
Of the four the train stations in Beijing (Beijing Railway Station, Beijing West Station, Beijing South Station and Beijing North Station), Beijing South Railway Station serves as the terminal for the high speed trains, including Tianjin, Shanghai and more cities which have railway stations for high speed trains. If you are leaving Beijing by taking a high…
Taking a pedicab traveling around the old residential area in Beijing ( Beijing Hutong Tour ) is one of the highlights for the many first time foreign tourists visiting Beijing. The old Beijing residential areas are mostly composed of Beijing Hutongs which form and contain the traditional living houses locally called “Siheyuan”, a kind of vernacular courtyards. Foreign travelers…
Years ago using public toilets in Beijing was an experience not for the faint-hearted, dirty and smelly, a major tourist complaint from international tourists on their Beijing Tour. In the past 6 years Beijing has allocated over 400 million yuan (approx. 40 million GBP) investment to upgrade its public toilets. It has adopted a toilet star-rated system ranking the public toilets from…
Tomorrow (Feb 22, 2011) is a foggy day with low visibility. If you are going to hike the Great Wall of China around Beijing tomorrow, you are kindly advised to postpone your travel plan to the day after tomorrow (Feb 23, 2011). If you have no other choices, Mutianyu Great Wall and Juyongguan Great…
Yesterday I went for a gala lunch at Yugong Yupo Seafood Flagship Restaurant, the largest of the six Yugong Yupo seafood chain restaurants in Beijing. All the six seafood restaurants are managed by Beijing Xiaotudou Enterprise (Group) Co., Ltd. “Yugong Yupo” literally means “Fishing Lady and Fishing Man”. Yugong Yupo Seafood Restaurants are targeted at high-end and…