Beijing Things to Do Tips by monica78

Great arcitecture!!!
China's largest existing temple complex, it used to serve for the worship of heaven and celebration of harvest by Ming and Qing emperors.

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You can see the Mao picture at the Tian'anmen Square
Tian'anmen Square was first built in the Ming Dynasty. It measures over 5000 meters from east to west, more than 800 meters from south to north. It covers an area of 440.000 square meters.

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Directions: In the heart of the city. Near the forbidden city.

The chinese is fantastic when it comes to make good shows with acrobates! They are breathtaking!!

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Shopping! Silkmarket is great!!! But they have also other intersting places to go shopping!!!
Visit shops that sell tea here you can get the famouse green tea...it does not tast good but it says to be good for the health.

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Outside the Forbidden city we found these men cutting hair!
It was about 10 degrees outside, so it was cold this day. But I guess if we wanted a haircut we could get it really cheap!

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Address: Outside forbidden city
Directions: In the Center of Beijing
Website: http://www.dpm.org.cn/

The first time I went to Beijing the Silkmarket was an outdoor market.
Where you could find all kind of fake stuff. Especially clothes.

The last time we planned to go to the Silkmarket. But this time they drove us to a shopping center that was under construction.
So we ended up on another shoppingcenter that sold cheap and fake stuff.

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The Summer Palace consists of fragments of an expensive dream. The ambitious Empress Dowager Cixi diverted money intended for a naval fleet and in 1888 began rebuilding abandoned royal gardens into a residence and vast park of outstanding beauty.

Not all the original structures remain; foreign forces tried to burn the palace in retaliation for the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Long Corridor (700 meters/2,297 feet long), painted with mythical scenes, frames glorious Kunming Lake, which is the centerpiece of the park. A 17-arch bridge connects to South Lake Island; note the fine bronze ox on the mainland side. The palace complex is divided into four areas—temples, places for strolling and contemplation, official greeting areas, and residences. Furniture and personal belongings of Cixi are displayed.

The lake is used for boating and swimming in summer and skating in winter. Hire a rowboat and absorb the splendor of the scene. The park is very crowded in summer.

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Directions: (Located 12 kilometers/7 miles northwest of Beijing. Take the subway to Xizhimen, then a minibus.)
Beijing
China
Other Contact: Telephone: +86 (10) 66-01-10-13

The Lama temple was build in 1694, and is still used to day of buddist munks.
Inside this temple you find a lot of Buddha figures.
The biggest Buddha figure in this temple is about 26 meters tall, (18 meter over the grownd and 8 meter under) and is made of one piece of three. It is located in the Wangfu-temple which was build around 1750.

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The Forbidden City is one of the architectural wonders of the world. This complex took 17 years to build and was once home to 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, thousands of eunuchs, and countless concubines, servants, and mandarins. Only heaven could offer anything so perfect as a palace of 10,000 rooms; as the Son of Heaven, the emperor could have only 9,999 rooms, in which an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people lived in an area covering 72 hectares (178 acres).

Designed to keep the emperor in and the rest of humanity out, the city of walls-within-walls was governed by strict rules and taboos. Even the amount of charcoal allowed to heat the freezing rooms depended on a hierarchy—the Empress Dowager received the most, the imperial grandson the least.

The taped recording by English actor Sir Peter Ustinov, available at the entrance, is an invaluable source of detail about the gossip, intrigue, and beliefs that made this a world beyond reach until the demise of Puyi, the last emperor, in 1912.

Note that the entrance to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Gate are connected. Purchasing Tiananmen Gate admission gains entry only to the upstairs section of the gate, not the Forbidden City. Continue north from Tiananmen Gate to the Forbidden City ticket booths.

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Address: Beijing
China
Other Contact: Telephone: +86 (10) 65-13-88-66

It was build in the beginning of 1400.
This is one of the few buildings from the Ming dynasty which are in its originally structure.

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