No ancient capital is as rough and tender as Beijing. The broken walls and ruins of the old city have contained Lin Haiyin's old events in the south of the city, and they are also full of human touch in Lao She's works. People who love Beijing have never loved its "tallness". Even if the weather, traffic, and house prices are not satisfactory, those cultural and artistic belts that grow next to the historic sites are the charming places that keep this city alive.
Beijing started to be hot in June, and I was very lucky. Except for the first day when Beijing greeted me with enthusiasm at 36 degrees, the following week was pretty cool. I didn't experience the smog in Beijing, I didn't experience the traffic jam of the bus, and the iconic scenic spots were not crowded. This trip to Beijing was close to perfection.
Forbidden City
Flag Raising in Tiananmen Square
Bird's Nest at night~
schedule
Day 1: Beijing South Railway Station--Check in Hotel--
Day 2: Raise the flag--Tiananmen--Chairman Mao Memorial Hall--Forbidden City--Shichahai--Temple of Heaven
Day 3: Badaling Great Wall - Bird's Nest, Water Cube
Day 4: Ancient Culture Street--Summer Palace--Old Summer Palace--Peking University, Tsinghua University--Qianmen Street
Day 5: Drop-off--Return
The wind that blows in the city of Beijing is all about culture, and the ground that has been stepped on is all about history. If you don’t visit Beijing, you will have regrets in your life. This is why you can see so many grandparents in Beijing who are supported by their grandchildren, sons and daughters-in-law. Visiting the Forbidden City, climbing the Great Wall, it can be said that every old man has a Beijing dream, Beijing is the pride of the motherland, Beijing is the symbol of the motherland, Beijing is also the hope of the motherland, there are countless children who know their hometown, and subconsciously Welcome to Beijing. The summer vacation is coming. It is recommended to book in advance. Tickets and accommodation arrangements will have advantages. This itinerary is the result of a week of communication with the Beijing itinerary customizer recommended by a friend. The customizer Xiaoxia 131·4660·0955 came to Beijing for about five days, and this itinerary is the most reasonable. Casual yet fulfilling.
first day
It was already 3:00 in the afternoon when we arrived in Beijing on the first day. The tour guide arranged the hotel, and we put down our luggage and moved freely.
When you arrive in Beijing, how can you not taste the snacks in Beijing? Stewed, fire-roasted, fried liver, fried belly, soybean juice. . .
The bright red ingot crab, looks appetizing
Five-spice rolls, a delicacy in my hometown. Five-spice roll is an authentic traditional southern Fujian snack. It is stuffed with pork belly, green onions, water chestnuts, and tofu, wrapped in oily bean skin, and deep-fried in an oil pan until golden. It is burnt and crispy, and the meat is fragrant!
Scorpion, silkworm chrysalis, cicada. . . insect feast
Stewed large intestine, you can smell the fragrance from afar
the next day
Come to Tiananmen Square early in the morning to watch the flag-raising ceremony
Walk along Chang'an Street for 5 minutes to pass the security check and arrive at the Tiananmen Gate Tower. At 7:20 in the morning, the sky is clear. The opening time of the Forbidden City has not yet arrived, so we went through the underground passage and went to the other side to see the National Museum of China, the Great Hall of the People, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and the Monument to the People's Heroes.
Tips:
The time of the Tiananmen Flag Raising Ceremony depends on the time of sunrise each day.
2. Carry a valid ID card with you.
3. Tiananmen Square started repairs on June 15, 2018, and reopened to the public at the end of April 2019.
Forbidden City
At 8:10, I entered the Forbidden City through the Duanmen with the large troops. It was neither a holiday nor a weekend, so I quickly arrived inside. At 8:31, I was already standing in front of the Taihe Gate. If you travel during the peak season of holidays, you can arrive at Donghuamen first, and then walk to Meridian Gate, which can save about an hour of queuing for security checks at Tiananmen Square.
My Forbidden City tour route is: Meridian Gate - Jinshui Bridge - Xihe Gate - Duanhong Bridge - Eighteen Huaihuai - Taihe Gate - Hall of Supreme Harmony - Hall of Central Harmony - Hall of Preserving Harmony - Jianting - Yanxi Palace - Chengqian Palace - Yonghe Palace-Tongshun Zhai-Royal Garden-Wanchun Pavilion-Zaozao Hall-Duixiu Mountain-Chuxiu Palace-Tihe Palace-Yikun Palace-Taiji Hall-Compassion Palace-Shoukang Palace-Compassion Garden-Linxi Pavilion - Military Aircraft Office - Yongshou Palace - Qianqing Gate - Big Stone Carving - Qianqing Palace - Jiaotai Palace - Kunning Palace - Imperial Garden - Tianyi Gate - Qin'an Palace - Jifu Gate - Shenwu Gate
The Forbidden City is the first of the five largest palaces in the world. Twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived here. It's a pity that the Forbidden City is only 76% open at present, and the meaning is still unfinished.
Stroll from 8:30 to leave at 15:30, except for some that are under repair and closed, such as Yangxing Hall, Huangji Hall, etc., basically walked once. There was a little shower in the middle, and I rested in the shade for about an hour, and spent the rest of the time walking non-stop, watching the exhibitions in various palaces. With vermilion palace walls and bright yellow roofs, stepping into the Forbidden City seems to have returned to the era of monarchs and ministers.
temple of heaven
Remember that we came to the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the heavens and prayed for a good harvest.
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was first built in 1420 in the park. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a circular building with a diameter of 32.72 meters. It has a gilt-covered roof with blue tiles and triple eaves and pointed roofs. It is retracted layer by layer, with a total height of 38 meters. There are 28 golden nanmu pillars in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. The four pillars in the inner circle symbolize the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the 12 pillars in the middle circle symbolize the twelve months, and the 12 pillars in the outermost circle symbolize the twelve hours and the stars of the week.
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was first built in 1420 in the park. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a circular building with a diameter of 32.72 meters. It has a gilt-covered roof with blue tiles and triple eaves and pointed roofs. It is retracted layer by layer, with a total height of 38 meters. There are 28 golden nanmu pillars in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. The four pillars in the inner circle symbolize the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the 12 pillars in the middle circle symbolize the twelve months, and the 12 pillars in the outermost circle symbolize the twelve hours and the stars of the week.
Emperor Vault! The span of the bucket arches and caissons in the Imperial Vault of Heaven is unique in ancient Chinese architecture, larger than the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The circular wall around the courtyard of Huangqiongyu is about 3.72 meters high and 0.9 meters thick. The wall is made of Linqing bricks from Shandong, and the tiles are tiled. This is the famous "echo wall". When people stand at the back of the east and west side halls and talk softly against the wall, although the two sides are far apart, they can hear each other's voice very clearly. This is because the circle is very smooth and refracts sound waves.
day 2
Badaling Great Wall
There are several Great Walls in Beijing, and the most famous one is the Badaling Great Wall. If there is no accompanying elderly, the Jiankou Great Wall is a place I like very much. Whether it is from the perspective of photography or the steep terrain, I am yearning for it. If you don’t go to Badaling, I also recommend you to go to Mutianyu. There will be slightly fewer people and the scenery is also very good.
The Badaling Great Wall is generally to climb the North Great Wall. Whether it is with a group, free walking or taking a cable car to the fourth floor of the north and then climbing, most of them will turn back when they climb to the highest point, the eighth floor of the north. In fact, Badaling is a loop line, and there is no need to return the same way. If you have physical strength, it is recommended to climb to the north eighth floor and go all the way forward. The farthest you can climb is the north twelfth floor and then return to the north eleventh floor and exit through Xiongyuan.
The place where you get off on No. 877 is the Guntiangou parking lot. The guide on the car will take you to the pulley ticket office to queue up to buy tickets. I was surprised that almost 90% of our car was queuing, and there were not many people on foot. Because I bought tickets online in advance, my mother and I walked 800 meters along the sign and went to the official boarding gate to check the tickets and start climbing the Great Wall. We walked the whole way, entered the ticket at 8:05, climbed from North One to North Eleven, and arrived at the exit of Bear Paradise at 10:45.
There are not many people from North 1 to North 8, because it is not a weekend or a holiday, and the weather is very cool this day, so it is easy to climb up. There are ravines and ravines, beacon towers stand upright, and the eyes are full of green mountains.
The scenery from the ninth to the eleventh floors of the north is more beautiful than the crowded and noisy scene in front, but at the same time, there are also difficult climbing areas close to 90 degrees straight up and down that need to be overcome.
Immediately after going down the mountain, head to the Bird’s Nest~
The Beijing Olympic Park is divided into three parts: the Olympic Forest Park in the north, the central area in the middle, and the Olympic Sports Center in the south.
The Olympic Sports Center includes (Bird's Nest, Water Cube, National Stadium, National Convention Center Fencing Hall, Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Yingdong Swimming Pool, Olympic Park Archery Field, Olympic Park Tennis Court, Olympic Park Hockey Field, etc. 10 Olympic competition venues.
The sky is gray, and there is not a lot of people in the Bird's Nest, and there are a lot of people in the peak tourist season.
The sky is getting darker, the bird's nest is lit up, and the colorful colors are still quite beautiful.
Night Water Cube, it will change color, very beautiful
fourth day
summer palace
The most beautiful and beloved Summer Palace, walk slowly for 6 hours. The vegetation is luxuriant, and the emerald green lake is dotted with lotus leaves. Shu Su. The twists and turns of the West Dike are beautiful, one step at a time, and the weeping willows are like curtains and fog. The peaks of the West Mountains, the shadows of the Yuquan Tower, the blue waves of Kunming, the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, the art gallery... "Where is the Yanshan Mountain to feel free, and the unparalleled Fengyue belongs to Kunming."
Four Seasons Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant (Dengshikou Branch)
The crispy and tender roast duck is 228 yuan/piece, which has increased the price. It was 198 yuan/piece before. The stewed oven roast duck with maroon oil and crispy shell is full of fat. The duck skin on the first plate is dipped in white sugar and a bit of oil. , with slightly salty mashed garlic, in fact, I personally don't like these two eating methods very much.
Finally, wrap the skin and meat in duck cakes or burritos. The ingredients that can be served include onions, cucumber strips, sweet bean sauce, etc., as well as minced pickles and Xinmei, which are the most popular. The way of eating is my favorite, and the hawthorn strips are perfect for relieving greasy. The duck rack needs to charge an additional 20 yuan processing fee to make tofu vermicelli cabbage soup, which is fresh and delicious.
Old Summer Palace
Yuanmingyuan, built in 1709, is adjacent to the Summer Palace and consists of Yuanmingyuan, Changchun Garden and Qichun Garden, so it is also called Yuanming Three Gardens.
The garden covers an area of more than 340 hectares, with a construction area of 200,000 square meters and more than 150 scenes. It is known as "the garden of ten thousand gardens". The Qing emperor came here to escape the summer heat, listen to the government, and deal with military and political affairs in midsummer, so it is also called "Summer Palace". In 1860, the British and French allied forces burned and looted the Old Summer Palace, and it was finally turned into ruins.
The site of the Western Building, the site of the Western Building is located in the Old Summer Palace in Beijing and is the symbol of the Old Summer Palace. The first public archaeological site in Beijing was opened to the public in 2015. Because the buildings of the site group adopt the European garden architectural style, it has become the "Western Building Site".
The ruins of the Western Building, the appearance of the British and French allied forces after looting, just imagine how magnificent it would be if it had not been burned.
Maze, this is the place where the emperor and his concubines play games. It is said that the old emperor will play hide-and-seek with his concubine here. Can the old emperor catch the twists and turns? Cover your face!
The model sand table of the Yuanmingyuan in its heyday. Today's Old Summer Palace has been burned down, so we can only use this sand table to open our minds and imagine how magnificent the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens was in its heyday!
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University was born in 1911, relying on part of the "Boxer Indemnity" returned by the United States. It was named after the Tsinghua Garden in the northwestern suburbs of Beijing. It was originally called "Tsinghua Academy", a preparatory school for studying in the United States established by the Qing government. It was renamed the following year "Tsinghua School".
Tsinghua University is one of the most famous institutions of higher learning in China and even in Asia. In the century-long history of running the school, 2 presidents of the Republic, 7 members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, 14 winners of two bombs and one satellite, and more than 600 academicians came here Going out, a large number of academic masters such as Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Chen Yinke, and Zhao Yuanren once taught here, just like the couplet in the Tsinghua Garden Gongzi Hall - "The mountains outside the threshold, through the spring, summer, autumn and winter, and thousands of changes, are extraordinary; the window Zhong Yunying, let things go east, west, north, south, and come and go, Xun is a fairy dwelling."
Walking on the university campus with a backpack on your back, you can't help but think of your youthful self ten years ago!
Time flies, time flies, and I miss and forget a lot unconsciously. Now that I have passed my thirties, those familiar things seem to be getting farther and farther away in the years, leaving only some vague memories!
Qianmen Street
It was dinner time when I came back from Tsinghua Garden. I think every city in China has such a commercial street, which operates time-honored brands and traditional specialty stores. The construction of the whole street is quite antique, but it is actually just a gathering place for tourists. Qianmen Street should be in line with this positioning in Beijing.
Speaking of which, on the way back to the hotel, the night in Beijing is also very beautiful
day 5
return trip
The hotel slept until after nine o’clock, and the master who sent us to the station took us to the train station and went home
I'm back at Beijing Station again, but I don't know why the weather outside is sultry, but what the hell is the waiting room without the air conditioner? !
I’m going to go home. Playing in the capital once again has allowed my brain to collect more knowledge and experience, but the smog and weather in Beijing are a bit too hurt. I remember that the smog in Beijing when I was a child was not so bad. Seriously, but I think it is not worth it if the economic development brings about such a living environment. Although it has been reported in the news that it has improved a lot in recent years compared to the past, it is still very bad now. Many foreign tourists bring Wearing a mask with a filter function makes people feel uncomfortable.
Overall, it was fun and fulfilling. See you next time, Beijing.
