Beijing Cruise Tour
For the cruise-tour lovers, Beijing is also an ideal destination though it is not located directly on the ocean. Beijing is about 2 hours (90 miles) inland from the port at Tianjin, which is actually about 30 miles up the Hai River from the Gulf of Bohai on the China Sea. So, what should a cruise lover do Well here you are kindly recommended to have a cruise tour along the Changhe River in Beijing.
Beijing Changhe River dates back to over 800 years. It used to a Royal River in Ming Dynasty and in Qing Dynasty. After dredging and digging, Changhe River developed into a special tour route for royal families from the inner city through Longevity Temples to the Summer Palace. The port in Zizhuyuan Park is where, Empress dowager Cixi used to take a rest on her way to the Summer Palace in Qing Dynasty. Today after some years preparation, it is opened to the public and wamly welcomed by special tourists.
Itinerary:
Departure: Daily
Duration: 5 Hours
Starting Pointing: Pick up from your hotel and drive to the dock at Beijing Exhibition Center.
Below are the interesting sites you will have the chance to see during the one hours cruise:
1. Beijing Exhibition Center:
Built in Oct., 1956, its a co-product between China and Russia.
2. Willow Area:
Willow area is just beautiful especially during the spring time. Its recorded that once the emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty wrote the poem comparing the deep woods of willows to a wonderland penlai (a fabled Shangri-la of immortals).
3. Longevity Temple:
The temple is a place for worshiping Buddha. Built in the year of 1403 in Ming Dynasty; it has the name of mini- forbidden city.
4. Ziyu Bay --Ancient style royal wharf and royal Palace
It is the place wherethe empress dowager Cixi once took short rest here on her way to the Summer Place.
5.Purple Bamboo Park:
This park is full of purple bamboo. You will find many holiday-makers there.
6. National Library:
It is the largest library of this kind in Asia the book volumes of over 25,000,000.
7. Beijing Zoo:
Beijing Zoo is a century-old zoo with over animals of 600.
8.Summer Palace
Get to Summer and take a tour in this imperial garden.,the best-preserved imperial garden in the world that boasts centralized architectural masterpieces as well as scenic beauties. Have buffet lunch nearby. After the tour, back to hotel.
iking and spa Tour
Great Wall of China was built to ward off enemies in ancient times. Over 6,000 kilometers long, the Great Wall is the symbol of the China. Today the Great Wall brings people from all corners of the world. It is a must see for anyone going to China
Hiking along the Great Wall, however, is substantially different than simply making the usual short visit. You will not only accept a challenge physically, but also obtain a deeper understanding and appreciation of Chinese history and culture, as well as man's creative power.
We arrange the tour for you to hike along the most historic and best-preserved parts of the Wall as well as some parts of the Wall which are in ruin. You have the chance to visit and explore beautiful sections of the Great Wall that most people will never see.
Each day after breakfast, a bus or car takes you to the beginning of a hike, transfers your luggage, and pick you up at the end of the hike. We prepared several itineraries for your choice. Come and enjoy the Great Wall Hiking Tour!
For the great wall hiking and spa lovers, we have prepared a speacial health tour: hiking Juyong Pass Great Wall in the morning and enjoy Jiuhua Spa at the Beijing famous spa area-Xiao Tang Shan in the afternoon. The tour goes like this:
Pick up at your hotel at 8:00am. Transfer to Juyong Pass Great Wall for 2-3 hours hiking. After lunch, drive to Jiuhua Spa Resort for 1-2 hours' bathing. After relaxation, drive back to your hotel downtown.
Golf Tour
Golf, as a kind of sport accompanying you in your life, is inconceivably attractive. A winner is the one who hits the ball into the hole with least hits. In fact, all is so easy. Whether you are a beginner or old-stager, you can show your bearing in this beautiful course without regard to the difference of age, physical strength, sex and level of skill. For a beginner , you can consult a coach who will instruct you, hand by hand, one for one, how to hit successfully and skillfully.
A: Beijing Golf Club18 holes72 standard clubs
B:Country Golf Club27 holes108 standard clubs
C:International Golf Club 18 holes72 standard clubs
D:Chaoyang District Golf Club9 holes30standard clubs
E: Huatang International Golf Club
F: Lijing Golf Holiday Club
G: Beichen Golf Club
HuTong Tour ravel
Before we start to visit,we should know what is real Hutong.Is the Hutong what we called lanes Hutong is Beijing characteristic old city lane.Hutong originally was named Mongolian,namely street alley.Because Beijing had layout in ancient times,the hutong is relatively straight and dotted.There are 7000 hutong and their names are very different,some is with person name,such as Srime Minister Wen Hutong,some is with market and commondity,such as Golden Fish Hutong,some is with Beijing idiom,such as Meng Hu Lu Hutong.Beijings largest hutong is East and West Jiao Min Xiang,and the whole length is less than 10 meters.The narrowest hutong is Qian Men.It is only 0.7 meters wide and a little fatter people can not pass unless he hold his breath.Hutong actually is many passages between courtyards with building on the four sides with different sizes and next by next.In order to collect more natural daylight,courtyard with buildings on the four sides sit on the north towards south,its arrangement result is that hutong most become from east to west.The whole Beijing city is like enlarged courtyard with buildings on the four sides.The east,west,south and north is basically symmetrical.The layout is orderly,the vigor is very splendid,and the surrounding is encircled woth rectangular high walls in order.The former residence of celebrities and the Princes residence scattered in downtown area are all authentic courtyard with buildings on the four sides. Courtyard with building on the four sides has the difference of trivial detail and simplicity according to high and low social status of the people.Big courtyard with building on the four sides of dignitary and rich businessman is dainty architecture,owns carved corridor and picture ridgepole with front and back yard.Small courtyard with building on the four sides of populace has simple design and owns narrow appearance and low house wall.Recently Beijings building and mansion is more and more,we scarcely see courtyard with buildings on four sides.There still are two relatively integrative courtyards with buildings on the four sides within 2nd Ring Road and later we could only see its appearance in TV series.Before the end of Qing Dynasty,China was still in laggard natural economy.Engage in trading is a inferior occipation in feudalism idea.So Beijing is a consumption city with most of imperial noblemen living idlely.Various living scence mostly assemble in hutong.courtyard with building on the four sides(Siheyuan) is a miniature of the living status and social culture of that period.At the end of Qing Dynasty,hutong went from prosperity to wane.This is a natural development trend of Beijing hutong with the collapse of feudalism.
Manpower pedicab with red peak and black body is main traffic tool of visiting hutong.If in the three seasons of spring,summer and autumn,tourists can enjoy folk living sights of the two sides of Shishahai by taking old manpower boat besides by taking manpower pedicab for sightseeing.At nightfall,people light lamp on the boat,and there is a lady with traditional stringed and woodwind instrument plays gentle and fair-sounding folk music on the fore.When boat goes through Silver Bridge and arrives at back sea,tourists could taste tea and cake,or have a barbecue dine together on the boat.When the sun falls and night curtain raises,tourists on the boat light paper river lamps and put them into water and make a wish to God murmuredly.The lamps float on the surface of water and move with stern,suddenly bright and suddenly dark just like Qin Huai river of Tang and Song Dynasties.It is specially recommended to visit butong before sunset and at nightfall in summer.Because there are abundant and busy folk activities along the two sides of Shi Sha Hai and the lives of common people in hutong is very active and various.
֡Religion Tour
The chinese people enjoy full freedom of worship.Chinas basic policy on religion is to respect and protect the freedom of religious belife.Everybody enjoys freedom of religion in China.There are five main religions in Beijing.They are Buddhism,Taoism,Islam,Catholicism and Christianity.Buddhist temples,Taoist temples,Islam Mosques,Catholic churches and christian churches are available in Beijing.Today there are altogether 105 places availably for all kinds of religious activities in Beijing.
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