Tianjin Beijing
Tianjin’s pancakes and Beijing’s candied haws, the north in winter always has an inexplicable charm. This time, the journey started from Tianjin and went all the way to find the winter in Beijing in memory. For me, Tianjin and Beijing are like the same city, which can be walked through in just 30 minutes by high-speed rail. The similar geographical environment and traditional folk customs make the two cities have similar charms, but only after visiting can I personally feel the relationship between Tianjin and Beijing. The difference in Beijing, although seemingly inseparable geographically, is a completely different experience.
Comment on the total itinerary
Total cost: 3000 yuan
D1 Ningbo-Tianjin-Accommodation-Goubuli
D2 Ancient Culture Street-Porcelain House-Zhang Xueliang Former Residence-Tianjin Eye-Nanshi Food Street
D3 Tianjin-Beijing-Hutong Accommodation Experience-Nanluoguxiang
D4 Tiananmen-Forbidden City-Xishan Park-Yaoji Fried Liver-Shichahai Park-Bird's Nest
D5 Badaling Great Wall-Huguo Temple Snacks-Liufu Roast Duck-Hangzhou
Comments Day 1 Big Traffic
Ningbo - Tianjin
It takes two hours to fly directly from Ningbo to Tianjin.
Ticket: 280 yuan
Review homestay
Stay in an apartment-style homestay, located at Xiaobailou Subway Station, with convenient access and transportation. The B&B is a two-bedroom apartment with a living room, self-check-in, no waiting. Spacious modern style, with a kitchen that can be used, high cost performance, especially suitable for traveling with multiple people. The per capita is less than 100 yuan.
Address: Block A, China World Shopping Center
Fee: 469 yuan for two nights
comment on food
The first thing to do when you come to Tianjin is to see the Goubuli buns in Tianjin. If you want to go, choose the oldest Goubuli main store, a century-old shop located on Shandong Road. The traditional Goubuli steamed stuffed bun costs 150 yuan a set, 8 pieces in total, one small steamed bun and two side dishes, the cheapest one is 48 yuan a steamed bun, 8 pieces in total. The most expensive is the lobster bag, 35 yuan each. In addition to steamed stuffed buns, Goubuli also has authentic Tianjin dishes, all of which have a long history, but the price is not so close to the people.
I ordered the 48 yuan a basket of three delicacies. The taste is really good, but it is really for the tourists who come to eat at the time-honored brands. There are few local people and they go to eat. The price is too expensive, so it is not cost-effective, but for tourists. This can be regarded as an experience of coming to Tianjin. The buns that used to cost a few yuan a catty have now increased by dozens of times, and the rest is only fame.
Address: Goubuli Main Store, Shandong Road, about RMB 48-100 per capita
Comments Day 2 Tianjin Ancient Culture Street
When you come to Tianjin Ancient Culture Street, you may see two archways with different inscriptions. One is the hometown of Jinmen, and the other is Gushang Yiyuan. These are two entrances in the north and south. No matter which archway you see, you have entered Tianjin The ancient culture street can start the journey of hundreds of meters. Although the buildings here have been repaired to a certain extent, they still maintain the traditions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in terms of architectural style and layout. The typical two-story wooden structure and exquisite ancient carvings and decorations all of a sudden travel from the fashionable modern life to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Qing period. There are hundreds of tasteful shops here, most of which are well-known century-old brands, especially in terms of food. After walking this street, most of the authentic characteristics of Tianjin have been preserved in the memory of tourists.
18th Street Twist
The reason why Tianjin 18th Street Mahua can become a school of its own is because of a little bit of ingenuity, adding nuts and other ingredients in the middle of the mahua to make the fried mahua more crispy. It is this unique flavor that has allowed Eighteenth Street Twist to have a history of hundreds of years.
Ripe Pear Cake
Ripe pear cake is probably the most eye-catching snack on this street, it has a really cute appearance and bright colors. Although it is pear cake, it has nothing to do with pears. It is actually a steamer cake. Rice flour is steamed and cooked. When you want to eat it, put it into a mold and steam it for about 1 minute. The ingredients add texture and beauty, and the taste is optional.
Chinese savior crepe
There is no one in Tianjin who doesn’t eat pancakes, the authentic old taste, simply a spoonful of flour, an egg, wrapped in fried dough sticks or crispy, brushed with fermented bean curd sauce or hot sauce, there will not be too many ingredients. The specialty is flour, which is ground with mung beans, which is more fragrant and has a soft skin.
Leather candy sheet
As soon as you hear the name, you know it is a time-honored candy store. The most famous ones are of course the old-fashioned flavors such as sesame leather candy, bean root candy, and halva. I don’t have an amazing experience, but I always feel that this is the delicacy of my grandparents when they were young.
Comment on Porcelain House 4 points / 269 articles mentioned in travel notes Tickets ¥0 booking
The Porcelain House is now a landmark building in Tianjin. It was rebuilt from a French-style mansion bought by Tianjin entrepreneur Zhang Lianzhi in 2002. The entire Porcelain House is decorated with more than 400 complete antique porcelains and dozens of tons of crystal. With agate pavement and more than 700 million antique porcelain piles, it is a real antique building. It not only shocks the world in terms of building materials, but also the design style is breathtaking.
china wall
The most extravagant wall is the safety wall made of 632 antique porcelain vases outside the porcelain house. These porcelain vases imply peace and safety.
Ancient porcelain dragon
The Chinese dragon entrenched above the porcelain house is 768 meters long and is collaged by more than 8 million pieces of ancient porcelain. What is even more impressive is that this porcelain dragon has the word "China", and the dragon head is made of Ming Dynasty sacrificial red porcelain. Stick it into a shining red five-star.
Entering the porcelain house from the main entrance, the small gazebo on the second floor is the most eye-catching. Its roof is made of pastel plates from official kilns in the Qianlong period, and the body of the pavilion is made of fragments of Jun porcelain bottoms in the Yuan Dynasty.
It is these priceless antique porcelain that gave an old western-style building a new life. It has a unique color combination, and these colors are derived from the antique artwork itself and a new style of mixing and matching. The design of the owner of the house and the luxury of building materials also make the porcelain house a unique porcelain house museum in China.
Tickets: 50 yuan
Comment on Zhang Xueliang's former residence 3 points / 67 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥35 reservation
Marshal Zhang Xueliang's Mansion is located on Chifeng Road in Tianjin. It is a small three-story western-style building with two front and rear buildings. There are 42 rooms in the seemingly small western-style building. The interior restores the living conditions of General Zhang Xueliang at that time.
Tickets: 45 yuan
Comment Tianjin Eye Ferris Wheel 5 points / 293 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥ 1 reservation
Tianjin Eye is a landmark Ferris wheel located at Yongle Bridge in Tianjin. The highest point is 120 meters above the ground, and you can overlook the panorama of Tianjin by taking the Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel has 48 transparent cabins, and you can enjoy the night view of Tianjin when you take it at night. It is a veritable Eye of Tianjin.
Ticket price: 70 yuan
Comment on Nanshi Food Street 4 points / 120 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥ 1 reservation
Nanshi Food Street is an antique building with the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The building signs of Nanshi Food Street are very eye-catching, but it is obvious from the materials and colors of the city walls that this is a modern building that is in sync with the times. In addition to the style Not too many historically relevant connections.
Passing through the gate of the city wall, there is a large commercial square inside. The brilliant lights illuminate the market brightly, and you can't see the bottom at a glance. Compared with the antique style of the external city wall, the interior is completely different. A large shopping mall with modern decoration is the visual sense. Nanshi Food Street has a construction area of about 30,000 square meters and opened for the first time in January 1985. The shopping mall has two floors and is connected on all sides. At present, there are more than 30 snacks and restaurants and nearly 40 food stores, with a total of nearly 100 shops and merchants. From snacks, delicacies to Tianjin specialties, you can find traces here. Leather Tangzhang, Guifaxiang, Bengdouzhang, Guorenzhang, etc. are the signatures of Food Street.
Address: Intersection of Shenyi Street and Rongye Street, Heping District, Tianjin
Transportation: Take bus No. 652 from Xiaoyingmen to Nanshi Cuisine Street.
Comments Day 3 Big Traffic
Tianjin - Beijing
Take the bullet train from Tianjin to Beijing, the fare is 54.5 yuan, and it takes 30 minutes to arrive
review accommodation
Since I was a child, I have always been fascinated by Beijing’s hutongs in winter, so when I came to Beijing this time, I found homestays in the hutongs on the Internet, all of which are old houses with kangs. It is located in the small alley of Yandai Xie Street. The boss is a middle-aged uncle. He drove a motorcycle through the alley and took me to the residence. It really felt like the old Beijing Hutong I imagined. There are many more at the door. The neighbors chatted together. The house is a residential house with a small space. It has been around for a long time, and even the quilts are made of red and green floral cloth, which is very down-to-earth. Going out in the morning and evening, I feel like an old resident walking in the alley, which is much better than the experience of staying in a cookie-cutter hotel.
Address: Yandai Xiejie
Price: 466 yuan for two nights
Comment on Nanluoguxiang 5 points / 743 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥0 booking
Nanluoguxiang is also a very famous alley in Beijing, often appearing in various film and television dramas, so this time the first stop in Beijing is Nanluoguxiang, just to fill up the rumbling stomach with the delicious food along the street. With a history of more than 700 years, Nanluoguxiang is a veritable old alley, extending from Gulou East Street to Pingan Street, with a total length of 787 meters. Although the hutong retains the old flavor, it basically forms a commercial street. I bought the most popular fairy bean cake, which has the same texture as the mung bean cake I ate when I was a child. It is especially recommended for those who like sweets.
Internet celebrity delicacies: fairy bean cake, pear soup, crab roe soup buns, Wenyu cheese, etc.
Review Day 4 Tiananmen Gate Tower 5 points/475 tickets mentioned in travel notes ¥28 reservation
On the second day of arriving in Beijing, the first scenic spot is to rush to Tiananmen Square. From here, you need to queue up to pass the security check. Tiananmen Square, which was built in the Ming Dynasty, was the main gate of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It still looks magnificent today. For tourists, Tiananmen Square is not a suitable place to stay. They follow the flow of people through the city gate and come to the Forbidden City. It should be noted that this is the entrance to the Forbidden City. If you visit in reverse, you can only enter Tiananmen Square, and you need to go back a long way. Therefore, you must visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City in order, otherwise you will have to go back.
Tiananmen Square Tickets: Free
Transportation: Take bus No. 5 at Gulou Station, 2 yuan
Comment on the Forbidden City 5 points / 1033 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥0 booking
After seeing many imitation palaces in China, it is still the first time to come to the real Forbidden City. I have to say that the Ming and Qing palaces in Hengdian already have a very high degree of similarity. But walking in the Forbidden City always has a sense of history given by the age. Covering an area of 150,000 square meters, the Forbidden City is the world's largest wooden structure ancient building complex. It has more than 70 palaces. You can really experience the luxury of the palace life after walking around. Entering from the Meridian Gate, visiting from south to north and exiting from the Shenwu Gate, it will take 1-2 hours to see the flowers on horseback.
Tickets: 40 yuan in low season and 60 yuan in peak season
Peak season: Ticket sales 8:30-26:00 Last entry: 16:10 Closing: 17:00
Comment Jingshan Park 470 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥0 booking
Jingshan Park is located on Jingshan Front Street, on the north side of the Forbidden City, and faces Shenwumen far away. Therefore, climbing to overlook the Forbidden City has become the main reason for many tourists to climb Jingshan Park. It takes about 15 minutes to climb from the entrance to Wanchun Pavilion, where you can overlook the panoramic view of the Forbidden City.
Tickets: 2 yuan
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Yaoji Fried Liver
The slogan "If you want to eat fried liver, turn around the Drum Tower" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Beijing. Yaoji Fried Liver is located next to the Drum Tower. It is a time-honored brand with decades of history. If you want to eat authentic fried liver in Beijing, you have to come here. In addition to stir-fried liver, it also serves dozens of traditional old Beijing foods such as braised belly, fried belly, Jiaoquaner, and soybean juice.
Address: No. 311, Gulou East Street
Per capita: 30 yuan
Comments on Shichahai 373 travel notes mentioned tickets ¥0 booking
Shichahai has become a natural place for people's entertainment in winter. It is not something that happened in recent years. In that era when entertainment and leisure were not abundant, Shichahai in winter was the best place for people to skate. At that time, a pair of skates was an afternoon of carnival, and the ice rink was divided into areas for people who liked different entertainment items to have their own space to play, and the cold and long winter was no longer so difficult. And now Shichahai has become a paradise for tourists in winter. On the ice surface with sufficient strength, you can experience the ice entertainment tools and skating cars made by the old Beijingers. Riding on ice, some front and rear seats can be used by one person, and one person can push and pull.
Opening hours 6:00-21:30
Ticket price: 60-80 yuan
Review Bird's Nest (National Stadium) 5 points/520 tickets mentioned in travel notes ¥10 reservation
Most tourists who go to visit the Bird's Nest will choose to visit the Blue Water Cube at night and at the same time, the Bird's Nest with neon lights is more colorful and full of fashion, and it has also become a place for Internet celebrities to check in.
Tickets: 78 yuan
Transportation: Get off at Olympic Sports Center Station of Metro Line 8
Tour time matinee: 9:00-18:00
Night show: 18:30-20:50
Comment Day 5 Badaling Great Wall 5 points/40 tickets mentioned in travel notes ¥0 booking
There is the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, which must be one of the items in the itinerary of all tourists. Most tourists will choose to go with a group, and the one-day round-trip transportation cost is about 80 yuan per person. This is the route most tourists take, but there is much more to enjoy on the way to Badaling.
From downtown Beijing, you can take the subway to Huoying Station, from here you can walk to Huangtudian Station on the S2 railway line. A 7 yuan train ticket can go to Badaling Great Wall. The S2 railway line is the first suburban rapid commuter railway in Beijing. It opened in 2008. Today, the starting station is from Huangtudian Station in Changping District to Yanqing Station, passing through Nankou Station and Badaling Station.
To visit the Great Wall, you can choose to take a cable car or walk. If your body allows, it is recommended to walk to experience the magnificence of the Great Wall all the way.
Transportation: s2 train, 877 bus, one-day tour
Tickets: 35 yuan in low season and 40 yuan in peak season
comment on food
Huguo Temple Snacks
As the name suggests, Huguo Temple Snack Bar has a deep connection with Huguo Temple. The temple fair that was popular in the Ming Dynasty will be held regularly in Huguo Temple every month. At that time, there will be all kinds of food, drink and entertainment, and it will also attract all kinds of snacks at that time. Street vendors, sticky cakes, tea soup, fried cakes, donkey rolls, fried belly... these delicacies have become the same delicacies of old Beijing. After the founding of New China, these famous snacks were slowly brought together to form today's Huguosi snacks.
Headed by the main store in Huguosi Street, Xicheng District, Huguosi snack chain stores have spread all over Beijing, and have become representatives of traditional Beijing-style snacks. After more than 60 years of operation, Huguo Temple has more than 100 kinds of snacks. Under the temptation of rich choices and authentic flavors, it has brought a lot of trouble for tourists who want to taste delicious food. After all, there are many choices. But I don't have a big appetite to swallow the world, and my eyes are greedy, but I can't taste these more than 100 kinds of delicacies all at once.
Comment on Peking Duck
Liu Zhai Restaurant is an authentic Beijing restaurant, hidden in the back alley of the National Art Museum of China. The restaurant is an old quadrangle courtyard, with a signboard of Liu Zhai Restaurant hanging on the door of a traditional small courtyard, which is very authentic old Beijing taste. The outer circle is private rooms, and the central courtyard is a public dining area. Enjoying an authentic Peking duck in such an environment has a unique charm. At the same time, the restaurant also offers dozens of Beijing-style dishes such as noodles with fried sauce, mustard pie, fried crunch, fried liver, fried belly, fried enema, etc. But today's protagonist is still the Peking duck here.
A roast duck costs 198 yuan, including the dough and ingredients. It is divided into three plates. The first plate is crispy skin. It needs to be mixed with sugar. It is crispy and melts in the mouth. It is also my favorite part of roast duck. The second plate is pure meat. The third plate is skin and meat. The second and third plates It can be eaten with shredded cucumber, green onion and sweet bean sauce wrapped in dough. The special plate is heated on the bottom, which can keep the temperature of the duck meat in the cold winter. The whole duck skin is crispy after eating, and it will not be soft even after cooling. On the whole, it is baked with authentic fruit wood open fire, and the essence is in the crispy skin of the first plate, but the part connecting the skin and flesh appears to be insufficient in oil and water, and the dough is somewhat dry and dry, without a strong sense of satisfaction.
Comment on Big Traffic
Beijing to Hangzhou
Beijing flew directly to Hangzhou, ending this trip to Tianjin and Beijing.
Air ticket: 300 yuan
Review summary
Only by visiting Tianjin and Beijing in winter can you feel the authentic taste of the north. The breakfast at the entrance of the Hutong and the continuous heating supply throughout the day finally understand the reason why northerners are not resistant to freezing. It is really not as cold as the winter in the south. During this trip, I tasted the special delicacies of the two places and visited the famous scenic spots that I have heard about for a long time. The city looks more three-dimensional in my heart. Beijing maintains its ancient traditions very carefully. Old alleys, old wooden houses and fashionable modernization coexist harmoniously, restoring the appearance of old Beijing in my mind.
