Experience the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and quiet temples of worship in one dynamic city. Beijing is also becoming thoroughly modern – with contemporary buildings sprinkled among ancient ruins and pristine gardens.
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Famously one of the only manmade structures to be seen from space, the Great Wall was originally constructed as a defensive measure against tribes of...
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This route covers the old Chinese Silk Road and is serviced only in the summer by restored vintage trains. Indulgently decked out in red and black...
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26/12/1893 – 09/09/1976
Chinese communist leader. Like Lenin, Chairman Mao's corpse has been embalmed and is on display in a vast purpose built...
(People)
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Painters and calligraphers flocked to Rangbaozhai in the 19th century, making this paper store Beijing’s center for artistic discipline. It used to...
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A beeline to Beihai Park (open 'til 9), rewarded with all the things the guide books say it will, including a vista of lotus leaves and flowers, a...
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Gazing upon an iconic World Wonder is one thing but hiking along one is another thing entirely. To stand on top of a watchtower and see this ancient...
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With more than a half dozen World Heritage temples and palaces on the standard Beijing itinerary one would be forgiven for thinking that the capital...
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Three thousand structures make up the Summer Palace which is like a vast museum to traditional Chinese art, architecture and gardening. Pavilions,...
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An entire mysterious city of narrow high walled alley ways leading onto courtyards with single storey, well decorated temple-esque buildings, the West...
(Castles & Palaces)
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The well preserved tombs of 13 Ming dynasty emperors (1368 - 1644) are located 50km north of Beijing. The tombs occupy more than 40 square km and are...
(Archaeological Sites)
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Meaning ‘Gate of Heavenly Peace‘, Tiananmen Square is now, conversely, best known internationally for the protests that took place there in 1989...
(Squares, Streets & Urban Spaces)
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A bomb shelter on a massive scale, the Underground City covers 85 square kilometers beneath the streets of Beijing. A network of connecting tunnels...
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For something new and exciting - a great way to see China - check out the new Tangula train. It claims to be the newest (September 2008) and the most...
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Hutong Lanes are very narrow alleys originally built in the Zhou Dynasty to define both geographic and class boundaries within the city. Circular in...
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Located in southern Beijing amongst a vast complex of ancient sacrificial buildings, the Temple of Heaven was built for China’s emperors, to allow...
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Now the Beijing Capital Museum, the Beijing Temple of Confucius was originally built in 1302 as a place to pay homage to - you guessed it - Confucius....
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