Beijing Travel is an important category of this travel blog which includes over 15 sub-categories including Beijing Attractions, Beijing Excursions, Beijing Great Wall, Beijing Nightlife, Beijing Transportation…
If you are going to visit Beijing, it is advisable to come back to this category often to upgrade your travel information on Beijing.
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 Great Wall tour? Maybe you are torn by the question “Which section of the Great Wall to hike, Badaling or Mutianyu?”. Many first-time travelers would choose Mutianyu Great Wall thanks to its good online comments along with the good word of mouth. The main factor for good comments on Mutianyu Great Wall is its less crowdedness. But when it comes…
While planning your Beijing tour, you definitely would consider having a bite of local flavors in Beijing like Peking duck, old Beijing snacks and the list could be much longer. One popular local specialty is so-called Old Beijing Yogurt which gets its name due to its unique way of yogurt making with a long history….
When you are on your first Beijing tour, you will be surprised by the numerous trolley buses running on the streets in the city centre of Beijing. There are totally 21,000 Beijing public buses. Beijing trolley buses are getting increasingly popular because it is powered by electricity. The smog-choked Beijing government has announced its ambitious plan…
Wanshou Temple (万寿寺） in Chinese means “Longevity Temple” or “Wanshousi”. Wanshou Temple is one of the most important remaining imperial temples in Beijing. It was first constructed between 881 and 884 in Tang Dynasty ( 618 -907). Its name was changed for the present Wanshou Temple in 1577 during the reign of Wanli Emperor ((1563…
Plan your Beijing tour? If you have visited Paris, the capital city of France, you will expect some similarities and differences as well between the two great cities. Being capital cities and metropolises, both Paris and Beijing have a great history. While you are obliged to take a boat cruising on the Seine River in Paris, you will pay pilgrimage…
Plan your Beijing Tour? On their first trip to Beijing, many foreign visitors are a little disappointed when they are surrounded by modern and trendy buildings mushrooming in and around Beijing. People expect to see something more Chinese and traditional, typical of Beijing. Then come to visit the old streets in Beijing. These ancient streets are full…