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.
Plan your Beijing tour on your first trip to Beijing? The Summer Palace is worth your visit that you cannot afford to miss. The Summer Palace is located about 19km to the northwest of Beijing city center (Tiananmen Square). It is easily accessed by subway line 4 and a few bus lines. || The Summer Palace was listed…
Plan your Beijing tour? Pick a fine day for an early morning stroll along the shores of the three lakes of Shichahai – Qianhai Lake ( Front Lake ), Houhai ( Back Lake ) and Xihai ( West lake ). Qianhai and Houhai are spanned by the famous bridge known as Yinding Bridge ( Ingot…
Bombarded by the high rises and futuristic buildings of Beijing, you may be a bit disappointed at the superficial modernity of Beijing with “traditional Chinese elements” diminishing fast. But running opposite to that trend, the Beijing government has been doing proactively to restore the historical sites in Beijing. Beijing Ming Dynasty Wall Relics Park is…
Plan your Beijing tour? Pick a fine day and check the sunset time on a particular day to appreciate a spectacular sunset view from Tiananmen Square and see the red-flag lowering ceremony as well if you are interested in feeling the local patriotism of the crowds gathering for the ceremony. Flag-Raising Time and Flag-Lowering Time…
Chang’an Jie (长安街) in Beijing is often regarded as the longest and widest street in the world. Chang’an Jie, known as Chang’an Avenue, literally means “”Eternal Peace Street” named after the ancient capital of Tang Dynasty which was the present city of Xian. The original construction of Chang’an Avenue started with the building of the…
Civil wedding ceremonies go on everyday in Beijing. Spring and summer are the most popular time of year for weddings. Today at the invitation of one of my former university classmates – Mr. Jiang, I take part in his son’s marriage ceremony held in the Golden Hall at the Building C of Beijing Hotel. Most…
Jiankou Great Wall is the greatest and most photogenic section of the Great Wall around Beijing. Jiankou Great Wall is wild and totally unrestored. The tumbledown and crumbling brickwork snakes along a narrow mountain ridge. So it is dangerous and treacherous to hike this section of the Wall. At the time of my writing, it is…
Plan your Great Wall tour? If you are interested in hiking a wild and unrestored section of the Great Wall, Shixiaguan Great Walll is your ideal choice. At the time of my writing, Shixiaguan Great Wall is the only unrestored Great Wall that is officially open to the public known as Ruined Badaling Great Wall…