The sudden arrival of the May Day holiday in 2019 is both surprising and delightful, and it can be predicted that there will be an explosive growth of tourists in various scenic spots across the country. Since the country canceled the May Day Golden Week in 2008, the first four-day holiday of May Day more than ten years later has brought unprecedented enthusiasm for tourism across the country. Can you resist the temptation of this great river and mountain?
When choosing a travel destination, I thought carefully. The time to go abroad is too tight, and the domestic scenic spots must be full of people, so it should be a good choice to find a big city to stroll the streets. Our great capital, Beijing, has been there countless times since I was a child, and I have visited many traditional attractions. The Forbidden City is the only thing that is always attractive to ordinary youth like me, so when I choose to visit Beijing on May 1st, I imagine that I should go shopping, eat and eat, take my husband to Sanlitun to sit and watch beauties to pass the time, and then watch Douyin from time to time Inside the Great Wall, the crowds gloated over their misfortune.
Then listen to a cross talk train and go to the National Center for the Performing Arts to watch a performance, everything is so beautiful.
However, the fact is that I am still too stupid and naive, how can I, a tourist, take a leisurely vacation in the overcrowded Beijing.
What I saw the most during this trip were people, people everywhere, people everywhere.
I have a special liking for the Forbidden City. I booked tickets for the No. 3 Forbidden City online before I booked the train ticket. Now the Forbidden City only receives 80,000 tourists per day. Wan, when I was young, I heard a storytelling saying that "there is no border if there are more than 10,000 people, and there is no limit to the sky if there are more than 100,000 people." This time I have seen it, and the huge Bauhinia City cannot withstand the favor of 80,000 people.
As an inland city, Beijing enters summer much earlier than Dalian. I was wearing a padded jacket in Dalian yesterday, but today it is extremely hot in Beijing. However, it is comforting that the meeting blue is still there.
I made a mistake of taking it for granted during this trip. I didn’t estimate the impact of the poplar catkins flying all over Beijing this season on my travels. In addition, the weather is hot and dry, and outdoor sports are very uncomfortable.
The opening of the high-speed rail has made the distances across the country shorter and the train tickets are no longer hard to find, but I took the soft sleeper train this time, mainly to save hotel expenses. After all, the prices of Beijing hotels are also surprisingly high. If you save, you save.
Beijing Railway Station at 6 o'clock in the morning was already very lively, because I didn't want to make a fuss when I got off at Beijing Railway Station, so I booked the nearby Jianguomen Pudi Hotel. The price/performance ratio of the hotel is still good. It is already very good in Beijing on May 1st. Although there are some minor problems, they can be ignored in terms of price.
The location of the hotel is really good, but the breakfast is not up to the standard of this hotel.
Behind the hotel is the Ming Great Wall Ruins Park, and opposite the hotel is a section of the Ming Great Wall.
But the hotel can only check in after 12:00 noon. We left our luggage and went out for a stroll. There were very few people in Beijing in the early morning, and everything looked so beautiful.
I took the subway to the Lama Temple and wanted to come early to offer incense, but the Lama Temple didn’t open until nine o’clock. For breakfast, I found a “big lazy dragon” nearby. The lazy dragon is a special pastry in Beijing, shaped like a coiled dragon.
Strolling around the alleys after dinner, the leisurely Beijing tour is still very good.
At nearly 8:30, I returned to the gate of Lama Temple, and the real Beijing was displayed in front of me.
The door opened at nine o'clock, and everyone was waiting outside the door early.
The Lama Temple is already full of incense, and it will be even more overcrowded on May 1st. Be especially careful when offering incense.
Lama Temple was originally the residence of Emperor Yongzheng. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he promoted it to a palace and gave it the name "Lama Temple". On the ninth day of February in the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), Qianlong turned Lama Temple into a monastery of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It also became the place where the Qing government contacted Tibetan, Mongolian and other upper-level political and religious figures.
The Lama Temple is also a treasure house of Tibetan Buddhist artworks. Many of the collections are precious gifts presented to the royal family and the temple by Tibetan upper-class people and eminent monks since the 16th century. They have high historical and artistic value. There are many Buddha statues, Thangkas and a large number of precious cultural relics in the halls of the temple. Among them, the five hundred Arhats carved from red sandalwood, the big Buddhist niche carved with golden nanmu and the 18-meter-high white sandalwood Buddha have become the three masterpieces of woodcarving in Lama Temple. Absolutely, known for its bigness, strangeness and precision.
The Lama Temple is just opposite the Guozijian, so you can come out and continue to visit the Guozijian.
The main purpose of this trip to Beijing is to meet friends during the holidays. In fact, it is to come here to find relatives and friends to eat and drink. At noon today, my friend invited guests to eat at Gongti. The fish maw hot pot has been very popular recently. Beijing should be nourished in such a dry place.
Because I said I was going to Sanlitun to see beauties, my friend thoughtfully arranged for a meal near Sanlitun, but Sanlitun is still very quiet during the day, and my younger brother and younger sister should go out at night.
I just went to Shanghai to watch F1, and came across this Mercedes-Benz in Sanlitun, which not only sells cars, but I still feel that the capital is rich in business formats.
Focusing on eating and drinking, I am always obsessed with the milk tea that makes me fat. Internet celebrity milk tea Dalian has not yet, how can I let it go, and it is really really delicious.
After reuniting with my second uncle and sister’s family in the afternoon, they took me to visit the Beijing Olympic Sports Center. After the Olympics, I have been to Beijing many times, but I have never had the chance to see the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube. I have seen these two places on TV countless times. The place set new world records in many sports. It's still magnificent to watch up close this time.
Dinner continued to eat and drink. In recent years, it has been a mess in Beijing. This time, I finally got to eat it. There must be a lot of people.
I think the taste is not bad. I think it is worth trying the Beijing cuisine, which is mainly roast duck.
Satisfied with wine and food, I bid farewell to my second uncle's family. On the way back to the hotel, the young man was very melancholy. Is it true that only in the early morning and late at night can we see what Beijing looked like a long time ago? Don't be discouraged, there are bigger challenges waiting for you tomorrow. . . . . .
Misses and sisters wearing Hanfu can be seen everywhere on the streets of Beijing, and there are even more of them in the Forbidden City.
Because we reserved tickets for the Forbidden City, we still felt safe and leisurely in the morning. However, it is not that simple to go to the Forbidden City. First of all, there is no means of transportation that can take me to the Meridian Gate. I have to walk a long way first. Our hotel is located near Jianguomen, the nearest bus can only go to Xindong'an Market, and the rest is completely by walking.
It doesn't matter, I'm in a good mood, and I have the right to visit Wangfujing.
This is the Lego flagship store in Beijing, full of Chinese style.
Continue to build all Lego
After a long journey, I finally came to the entrance of the Forbidden City, but now the Forbidden City is a one-way tour, and I can only enter the palace from the Meridian Gate.
However, there is no need to collect a ticket for an appointment, and it is very fast to enter the palace directly with an ID card. Therefore, friends who want to go to the Forbidden City must reserve tickets for the Forbidden City online in advance.
I always feel that Bauhinia City is an important cultural and artistic treasure of our country. Whenever I have the opportunity, I would like to visit and appreciate her beauty in person. I usually invite a tour guide or rent an interpreter for all visits to such historical attractions, but this time the artificial tour guide I went to in the morning has been invited away, and the electronic interpreter is no longer in Chinese. It seems that Chinese people want to know about Bauhinia City in the same way as I do.
When I came to the Forbidden City when I was a child, I always stuck the dragon chair on the window and looked at the dragon chair in the main hall. Shan Jixiang said that the travel experience of tourists should not be so bad, and the door of the palace should be opened for everyone to visit. I was very touched, I came, but I couldn't see anything.
The entrance of each hall is surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, so the short stature can't afford to hurt.
Can't take a photo with few people? How come, Douyin has taught me a lot. . . . . .
The weather in Beijing is much better than I expected, look - blue sky and white clouds.
The Bingjiao restaurant, which I had high hopes for, disappointed me the most. It may be because of the lack of ventilation, and the strong taste of Beijing’s specialties, so I ran out immediately after entering, and I couldn’t eat in it at all.
The Palace of Yanxi Palace that entered the public eye because of "Story of Yanxi Palace"
I have always yearned for the Forbidden City, although there are really too many people this time, it doesn't matter, the capital is very close, and the Forbidden City is there. I still have to come here a few more times while I am young, because the traffic here is really inconvenient, there is no subway, everyone squeezes the few buses, and people have to wait until they are crowded into sardine cans It takes several buses to get there.
When I came to Qianmen Street, there were more people here. After all, the Forbidden City has a limited number of admission tickets. Everyone here, just like the Forbidden City, the subway was stopped. In fact, I came to Neiliansheng to buy a pair of shoes for my father, and then We have to go a long way and continue to take the crowded canned bus. My husband has already collapsed, but we are still young. If the elderly and children want to visit the great capital of the motherland, they still need to get in good shape.
The current Qianmen Street and Dashilan are well organized, with retro buildings and old shops.
If you want to come to Deyun Society to listen to cross talk, you can't even buy a ticket.
A time-honored brand in Beijing, I hope it can continue to be brilliant.
Since you come to the front door, why don't you have to eat fried noodles before leaving?
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No one eats this time-honored restaurant in Dalian. In the past, I always had to eat it once when I came to Beijing. Now there are so many choices such as Dadong, Juqi, Xihe and so on. I will not come here anymore. I hope Quanjude can keep pace with the times and not be lonely.
We came here after a lot of effort, and we had to continue to squeeze the bus to leave, and drink a cup of coffee to suppress the shock.
There are many cute little shops in Beijing Square next to the front door, but unfortunately I am too tired to go shopping this time.
Squeeze the bus, go back to the hotel, change the luggage to the hotel, and stay at the Beijing DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Daguanying, which is relatively close to Beijing South Railway Station. After all, Beijing’s traffic prevents me from taking risks.
It's an old hotel with average facilities, but the price/performance ratio is still very high, and there are big cookies for free when you check in. People all over the country yearn for a great capital, so hotels are naturally very expensive, and even more expensive during the May Day period. Express hotels with slightly better locations cost four to five hundred and one nights, and express hotels with higher-end hotels cost six to seven hundred and one nights. Breakfast is not included. The two hotels I chose are really cost-effective.
In the evening, I rushed to Sanlitun to have dinner with my friends, and transferred four subway lines from Daguanying, which took more than an hour. Beijing is big, much bigger than my Dalian. People who live in this city must work very hard every day. However, every year, a large number of outstanding talents pour into Beijing and work hard on various subway lines. The charm of Beijing We tourists can't understand its essence.
Sanlitun at night is full of enchantment.
Hey Tea has been popular for so long and there are still so many people queuing up. The yellow cattle with Chinese characteristics are also very lively here, just drinking a cup of milk tea.
There are too many people in Xicha, so I waited for nearly an hour for a cup of Lele tea.
The bookstore is a good place to spend time, but we are too tired, too hasty and have no time to appreciate the cultural charm of Beijing.
Although the travel experience is not perfect, the charm of Beijing is still there. I originally had many plans, most of which failed to materialize, but these just provided material for my next trip to Beijing. When I read the guide on the Internet, I found that there are many art galleries and various museums in Beijing. As a cultural center and a political center, Beijing deserves its name. The rich spiritual world may be the key to attracting talents in this city. As a complete outsider, I can only speculate wildly, but I hope to get a glimpse of it one day.
