History of YongHeGong Lama Temple

Building work on the YongHeGong Temple started in 1694 during the Qing Dynasty. It originally served as an official residence for court eunuchs. It was then converted into the court of Prince YongZheng (Yin Zhen), a son of emperor KangXi. After YongZheng's ascension to the throne in 1722, half of the building was

converted into a lamasery, a monastery for monks of Tibetan Buddhism, while the other half remained an imperial palace.
After YongZheng's death in 1735, his coffin was placed in the temple for mourners. YongZheng's successor, emperor QianLong, gave the temple imperial status. This was signified by having its turquoise tiles replaced with the yellow tiles that were reserved for the emperor. Subsequently (1744), the monastery became a lamasery and a residence for large numbers of Tibetan Buddhist monks from Mongolia and Tibet. The YongHeGong Lamasery became the national centre of Lama administration.
YongHeGong is said to have survived the Cultural Revolution due to the intervention of prime minister Zhou Enlai. YongHeGong was opened to the public in 1981.

Tomb of General Yue Fei In Hangzhou City

Yue Fei (1103 - 1141) came from Tangyin in Xiangzhou of today's Henan Province. He was a great general famous for wars against the Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234) in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279). After he joined the army, he and his troops continuously won wars against the Jin. However, after Yue and his army had recovered most of the lost territory, Emperor Gaozong (1107 - 1187) embraced the evil plot of Qin Kuai (1090 - 1155, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty) and surrendered to the Jin. As a result, he was falsely accused and later secretly killed in jail. A few years later, the wrong was put right when Emperor Xiao Zong (1163 - 1189) came to power. The tomb was built in memory of this great hero. Yue Fei is always considered as a national hero.
The Tomb of General Yue Fei has been demolished and renovated several times. The existing one was rebuilt in 1715 in the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911) and comprehensively repaired in 1979.
Occupying an area of four acres, the tomb is located at the southern foot of Qixia Hill near the West Lake. Entering the gate with double eaves, a patio with towering trees on both sides is found. The Shrine of Remembrance, the main hall, is right in the center. A sculpture of general Yue is set in the middle of the hall. He is in a colorful embroidered round cushion cover. Looking solemn and mighty, he has a sword in his hand and looks as if he is ready to protect his country. Over the sculpture is tablet in the original handwriting of Yue Fei, which states returning our territory and keeping it integrated. At the back of the hall are large pictures depicting his life stories. On the floor of the hall is a picture depicting 373 cranes. These cranes are the symbols of his integrity and faithful mind.
General 's Grave
Metal sculptures of sinners who killed Yue Fei
To the west of the main hall is a yard. There are two corridors exhibiting poems written to commend Yue. Striding over the bridge in the middle of the yard, there are the tombs of Yue Fei and his son's. Yue Fei's tomb is right in the center, and to its left is the tomb of his son Yue Yun who had been a competent assistant of his father on the battlefields. Stone horses, tigers, and sheep of the Ming Dynasty (1386 - 1644) decorate both sides of the enclosure. This tomb, which had been destroyed several times, was rebuilt and possesses the features of the Song Dynasty. Facing the tomb are four iron sculptures,  including Qin Kuai the chief plotter, in kneeling position. Concerning these sculptures, people wanted them to atone for their crime forever.

Capatial City of China Beijingers are Hospitable

China is well known for its rites and etiquettes, and has had the ancient lesson,"It is such a delight to have friends coming from afar". Beijingers have inherited this excellent tradition and made the warm invitation of "welcome to Beijing" to friends from all over the world.

Beijingers value etiquettes and feelings and always lend a warm hand to foreign friends in need and care for you and help you as if you were their family member. Especially, after 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the spirit of Olympic volunteers has taken root here and is spread to become a common practice.
The king demeanor of five dynasties and the capital style of the country have been integrated into the bloods of Beijingers, have cut and polished the personalities of Beijingers and cultivated the generous attitudes of conducting themselves and ease style of behavior as well as warm, friendly and merciful positive attitude to foreign things.

Beijing Zoo – A Family Favorite

As a lover of both animals and boats, I've often imagined myself traveling 3,000 or so years back in history to Noah's Ark, where I could spend my days feeding and watching all sorts of animals aboard that enormous floating zoo.  Now, I live in Beijing which is no boater's paradise, but it has an awesome zoo where, if I don't mind paying a little extra, I can even feed some of the animals.

After my family returned home from this week's zoo visit, I decided to surf around and see what people on the net were saying about the Beijing zoo. There were positive comments about some animals and the park-like environment, but I was surprised to see so much criticism.  Let me reiterate, I'm an avid lover of animals and I loathe any kind of abuse.  I cringe when I see live chickens in the market stuffed into tiny cages. But what I see in the Beijing Zoo is anything but abusive.
Frankly, the animals in the zoo are better fed than many people in the world. My kids were amazed to see plates of fresh cut fruit and vegetables being carried to the monkeys and birds. Pelicans wade through more fresh fish than they could ever eat in a day.  The extra fee to enter the “kids' zoo” area includes a handful of fresh greens to feed the geese and peacocks (pictured at left).  Ponies weren't even interested in the wad of lettuce in my daughter's hand because their feeder was already filled with hay. I don't know which gives me the most delight; seeing the smile on my kids' faces when they feed their little friends, or watching the animals enjoy the feast.
Some of the more favorable online comments applauded the zoo for its environment as a beautiful park. I agree. We used to live within walking distance of the zoo. In those days we always bought annual passes. Taking our kids there just like taking them to any park in town. Although kids never tire of watching animals, we made some of our most precious memories just relaxing and playing in the remote wooded areas of the zoo.  With our pass, the zoo was no longer a novelty, but more of a back yard to enjoy as often as we liked. We no longer live in the neighborhood of the zoo, so we don't have the annual pass, but the entrance fee is about the same as some public parks, so even if we weren't animal lovers it would be worth the visit.
The zoo also makes a great photo studio. There are lots of great backgrounds for family, couple or individual photos, like the picture on the right of my kids in front of a waterfall.

Magnificent First Bend of the Yellow River

The Yellow River, called the Mother River of China, originates from the Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai

Province and flows from the west to the east. Its twists and turns have formed the magnificent First Bend of the Yellow River at Tangke Township, Ruoergai County, Aba prefecture of Sichuan Province. It is the land where the Yellow River crosses, where the Chinese Red Army once passed through, and where the ancient Tibetan King Gesar fought a battle…

Xuanwumen Church

Southern Church is the oldest Catholic Church in Beijing, the Southern Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, is located at 181 Qianmen West Street in the Xuanwumen area. The church was first erected in the middle of the 16th century on the former site of the Donglin party, a political clique active in the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
When the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci came to China during the reign of Emperor Wanli in Ming Dynasty, the emperor provided him with a residence which stood slightly west of the cathedral. The cathedral was rebuilt in 1657 during the reign of Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty. The cathedral was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1775 and 1900, and was rebuilt in 1904 to its present form. The main components of the 100-year-old building remain unchanged with one exception-its wooden support columns have been replaced by brick-and-mortar columns decorated with stone mosaics.
Today the cathedral remains in excellent condition. Masses conducted by more than 10 Chinese Fathers attract an increasing number of Chinese and foreign worshipers every Sunday, and the church is always crowded during Easter and Christmas.

The Wudaokou Hotspots City Brief of Beijing

The Wudaokou hotspots aren't flashy or fashionable. They are, with few exceptions, cheap and welcoming, playing host to hipsties, pop-and-lockers and
hip-hoppers, rochers and ballers, and the jocks and the nerds all at once. Over the past few years, the student crowd and their drinking holes have developed a unique style and neighborhood snobbery. Old cornerstones near the light-rail station like Lush-with its weekly Sunday open-mic night and sinfully scrumptions hangover breakfast-and propaganda-with its grinding meat market-still flourish.

Beihai Park AAAA Tourist Attraction

Beihai Park is an AAAA tourist attraction and a key historic site under national protection. Its east and south sides are close to the Palace Museum. It can be reached by many bus routes.
The park used to be an imperial palace serving for the emperors of five dynasties (Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing) and their families to stay for a short time, handle political affairs, or offer sacrifices. At the age of 800, it is the earliest built and best preserved imperial garden in the world.

The park, which creatively follows traditional Chinese architectural tenets and techniques, is a classical Chinese garden and a valuable cultural heritage. It covers 682,000 square meters, with a 389,000-square-meter water-covered area. Its layout-one lake dotted with three isles-embodies a Chinese mythology about the fairyland, and achieves an artistic blending of natural and cultural landscape. Two of the Eight Attractions of Yanjing (Beijing) are located here-Spring Shade on Qionghua Island and Autumn Breeze over Taiyechi.
The park has three major attractions-Qionghua Island, Tuancheng Island, and the north bank. The white pagoda on Qionghua Island has become synonymous with Beihai Park. In the shades of the willows framing the lake are many well-known scenic spots, such as Haopujian, Jingxinzhai, Hall of Heavenly Kings, Kuaixue Hall, Nine-dragon Screen, Five-dragon Pavilion, Chanfu Temple, and Xiaoxitian.
The park offers a variety of boating entertainment and holds exhibitions all the year round. It's a wonderful stop for tourists.

Black Dragon Pond is One Of Beijing's Sparking Spot

Black Dragon Pond Scenic Spot is located in a 220-meter high, 4-kilometer long valley, which is 100 kilometers away from Beijing. The valley is in the northwestern Lupiguan Pass of the Shicheng Town in Miyun. The valley is commonly called Gulu Valley, because of its steepness. There are three waterfalls and eighteen pools in the valley. It is always appraised as being fresh, astonishing and steep.

Being fresh:
A lot of waterfalls are located in this only four-kilometer valley, which is rare in and outside Beijing District. Everywhere can give people a fresh feeling from the beginning to the end of the journey. You will feel relaxed and happy, just as if you were in a fairyland.
Being astonishing:
Every scenic spot has its own fantastic characteristic in this deep and serene valley. The great power of the nature makes the valley full of wonder and surprise in each scenic spot.
Being steep:
The waterfalls and the Dragon Pool are majestic and spectacular because of the adventurous rushing water, the deep valley and the narrow path. Tourists can enjoy the landscape in a perilous situation when they climb the ladders and pass the bridges. No venture, no pleasure. The views in the dangerous place can add more vigour to the tourists.

Sleep on it - a camping area on the Great Wall

Though the rural areas surrounding Beijing's city center aren't exactly known as rugged enclaves of untamed wilderness, there's a camping trip out there waiting for you if you're willing to take it, and what Beijing may lack in forest, wildlife and clean air, it makes up for in one respect: the Great Wall, a destination of unparalleled cultural cachet and historical significance. As one might expect, however, the iconic nature of such a site often gives rise to controversy about using the Wall as your own personal bed and breakfast.

"CET arranges a bi-annual Great Wall camping trip, once in the spring and once in the fall," said Jason Wang, an American expat who as a college student participated in CET, a Beijing-based Chineselanguage school for foreigners that also arranges cultural excursions, and has since become CET's director of programming. "Our usual program includes a 10-kilometer hike from Simatai to Jinshanling and camping overnight on the Wall at Jinshanling, but in 2009 right after our spring group went, a totally unrelated group came and made an absolute mess, which resulted in the Wall being closed for camping until just recently."
Wang said that though the Wall has officially reopened, their spring 2010 camping trip - scheduled for the weekend of May 8 - was cancelled as well due to inclement weather.
"As you can imagine, if there's any chance of thunder, lightning or heavy rain, the trips are cancelled and campers are lodged in nearby guesthouses," he said.
Other tour groups provided contradictory accounts of whether the Wall was open for camping.
"According to current government regulations, the only place we're allowed to provide for campers is an area next to the Wall at Jinshanling, not on the Wall itself," said Chen Binchao, the operations manager of Botrip Tours. "The reasons we were given include trash and litter from previous groups - danger is another concern, especially due to summertime storms."
Chen said that noise, vandalism and graffiti have all been problems in the past.
"There used to be a lot of graffiti on the Wall but it's much better now due to stricter enforcement," she said. "But we've had to deal with all sorts of issues - people throwing dance parties, for example. The Wall has attendants who help clean up after campers but people still make a mess sometimes."
A representative of the China Cultural Center, which provides Great Wall excursions for foreigners, said that the Wall is currently open for campers at Jinshanling and that they've never had issues with unruly guests.
"Our guides are very strict about graffiti and litter," said the representative, who asked that her name not be published. "And almost all our guests have good manners - the only trouble is bad weather."
Wang said that though the students at CET do not receive any additional training about camping etiquette or cultural sensitivity, it's generally understood that the Wall is a particularly delicate area. "You could tell other people hadn't been respectful, though," he said. "There were crevasses where people had pooped, and garbage thrown off the side - it's a shame, because camping on the Wall is a really amazing experience."

The Defense Engineering System of the Great Wall

The defense engineering system of the Great Wall: The Great Wall stretching thousands of miles is not just a single wall but a complete defensive system composed of many defense equipment including walls, watch

towers, fortresses and beacon towers. The defensive system was controlled by all levels of the military chain of command. Taking the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty as an example, nine military jurisdictional areas including Liaodong, Datong, Yulin, Ningxia, and Gansu were established on the Great Wall for defense and maintenance of the Great Wall, ranging from the Yalu River in the east and Jiayuguan in the west. Therefore, the nine military jurisdictional areas were called the "nine major defensive areas," with a chief military officer taking charge of defending each section of the Great Wall or supporting the adjacent regions. There were about a million soldiers guarding along the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. The military chief normally lived and worked inside the cities and other officials at all levels were stationed in the watch towers and fortresses in defense areas, campsites and walls.

Fabulous 2 Days Jinshanling Great Wall Hiking

I would like to give you my personal experience to the Great Wall. I am one of the adventure fans, so I choose the dangerous section of the Great Wall to hike and feel nature. If you are same with me, choose the Jinshanling Great Wall.

Bird's Eye View of Jinshanling Great Wall

Choosing the Jinshanling Great Wall hiking , I considered it is not maintained as well as Badaling Great Wall, and it keeps the original characteristic. Looking at it, I have strong feelings dating back to the ancient times. It gathers various traces of ancient wars. In order to have satisfied tour, I booked the 2 days Jinshanling Great Wall tour packages online to feel it atmosphere in-depth. The tour guide and driver picked me up at hotel, then drove to Jinshanling Great Wall in 2 hours. On the way, I always was excited about it, just because I would like to enjoy its majestic magnificence and intensive watch towers. Connected with Simatai Great Wall, Jinshanling section was the important place for wars.
Wall in Jinshanling

Arriving at Jinshanling Great Wall, I was agog to start my Jinshanling hiking tour. It is little difficult to hike because of the less maintained. Its environment is better than Beijing downtown, even the sky is more clear. Less people made it quieter, just like a soldier protecting the Beijing city silently. In short distance, we have visited several watch towers in different shapes. At same time, the facilities of wars are very complete such as battery, barrier wall, horse house, etc. Standing on the highest watch tower – Wangjing Tower, I saw the Beijing city and Miyun Reservoir. I found it has best sight on Jinshanling section, even the air is fresh. On the way, the tour guide told me many stories about this section and its influence in history.
The night we slept in the Jinshaning Great Wall hotel. Next day, we continued to hike the east section of the Jinshanling Great Wall. After 2 days, I have more interests about the Jinshanling section. Last, I must thank the beijinglandscapes.com, it offered me best help and service.

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Mutianyu Great Wall Day Tour with Airport Transfer Travel Blog

Just because of the long distance, I always missed the Great Wall tour before in Beijing. This business free time, I joined a half day Mutianyu Great Wall tour with airport transfer. Since limit time in Beijing, so I must visit the Mutianyu Great Wall when I deplane directly.
Arrived at Beijing in the early morning, I met the people who picked me up and transferred to Mutianyu Great Wall. May be you will ask me why I choose this section of the Great Wall rather than the famous Badaling Great Wall. Tours in Beijing before, the tour guide had told me that the Mutianyu Great Wall is the most beautiful section, especially from spring to autumn, so I decided to visit the summer view of Mutianyu Great Wall.

Mutianyu Great Wall covers with Green

When we saw the Great Wall, I was addicted into its grand scenery. The whole mountain is dressed in green clothes. Under the green leaves, the mountain seemed like a Chinese girl get married. It is said that the Mutianyu section is steeper than Badaling section, and climb it is more difficult. So I took cable car to enjoy the beautiful girl. Lies as a dragon, the Great Wall is so long that I cannot see its head. The guide said the most beautiful scenery at NO. 20 watch tower, of course, I must see it. It is said that Mutianyu is the best section that combines the hiking level with beautiful mountain scenery. From it, I was right there luckily. Boundless green leaves let me want to stay there and forget the meeting time.
After all, I have visited the Great Wall. It was the most important thing in my life journey. Finally, I must say thanks to the tour operator which offers me best airport transfer service and well English speaking tour guide.

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Great Feeling in Badaling Great Wall

My friends and I we four friends really have a wonderful day trip in Beijing this time. One day tour to Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs did leave us a deep impression.
Early in the morning, the English speaking tour guide picked us up at my hotel and started the trip. The first destination is Ming Tombs. On the car, the tour guide told us about the history of Ming Tombs: Ming Tombs is the Chinese emperors mausoleum building with better preserved and was classified as "the world's largest intact burial Emperor Tombs". Until the last Ming emperor buried into the tomb, during 230 years, there has built thirteen emperors tombs.
Dingling and Changling are both opened to the tourists. Dingling is the only one underground palace. And among 13 tombs, Changling is the most famous one. It is the largest and the earliest tomb of the thirteen with the ground buildings most intact and well preserved. It is the mausoleum of the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor.
After the short discussion, we decided to visit Changling. The way lead to the Changling is called the Sacred Road. It means the road leading to heaven is lined with 18 pairs of stone human figures and animals which are important decorations of the mausoleum. I am very interested in them.

Bird Eye View of Badaling

After lunch and a short rest, we went to see the famous Badaling Great Wall. Oh, it is really incomparable. Having the overlooking, it just likes a dragon getting ready for flying. If energetic, we would like to climb to the top. But after a half day traveling in Ming Tombs, we were already tired and had to take the cable car. Thanks to the sunny weather, having a bird's eye view is really wonderful and the beautiful scenery beyond my words. I really like the feeling. We took a lot of photos on the top and overlooking the mountains in distance. Though here is very crowed and full of local tourists, it did not disturb us enjoying!
He who has not been to the Great Wall is not a true man! Today I got a deep understanding about this word. At last, thank you very much to our patient guide.

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1 Day Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall Bus Tour

As the transfer stop, Beijing attracts me lot, even though it is not my first time in Beijing. It is summer in China now, and the good time to have a Beijing tour. Because of the layover time in Beijing, I booked 1 day bus tour online, offered by a Beijing China travel agency. Last time in Beijing, I visited the most famous Badaling Great Wall, but this time I chosen what I most wanted places – Mutianyu Great Wall and Ming Tombs.
The tour guide and driver picked me up on our departure time. After breakfast, I started my journey to Ming Tombs. Entered the car, I found the other tourists were all Americans, and we become friends quickly. About one and a half drive time, I arrived at Ming Tombs. This was the first time I enjoyed the real coffin chamber. Walking through a green way where placed various big animal status and supposed to be the Ming guides. I visited the most famous Dingling and Changling, they are the two largest coffin chambers in Ming Tombs. Entering the buildings, I was surprised how they built them in that ancient time. They are so ornate and well-preserved, buried 13 emperors in Ming Dynasty.

Summer Scenery of Mutianyu Great Wall

After traditional Chinese lunch, we were transferred to Mutianyu Great Wall. It is far away from Beijing downtown than Badaling Great Wall, but well worthy of your visit as the most beautiful portion among sections of the Great Wall. Less crowded than Badaling section, Mutianyu section is the best choice to enjoy the beauties and breathe the fresh air in suburbs of Beijing. It is very short walk from the parking lot to the base of Mutianyu section where you can take cable car to the wall. What an experience to seeing this small section of the Great Wall of the 7 wonders in ancient world. Perfect weather made the day extremely enjoyable and one I will never forget.
I would leave Beijing tomorrow, but I could remember this fantastic Beijing!

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Grand View at Mutianyu Great Wall and Forbidden City

We have stayed in Beijing for a week from Sep 17th to 23th, but just one day free. For this day, we booked the Beijing one day tour but not bus tour, covered Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. It was my first time to Beijing, and it has been the experienced memory.

View of Mutianyu Great Wall

No visit would be complete without seeing the Great Wall of China, said by friends. This BeijingLandscapes.com recommended me the section at Mutianyu because of less crowded. The Great Wall has a history of more than 2000 years. The first part was built in Spring and Autumn Period, and all the walls were joined up in Qin Dynasty. All wall was built depend upon labors only without any help of facilities. Since then, it has been rebuilt and maintained many times. The Great Wall at Mutianyu is the first choice for many foreign tourists, it is said that this section has beautiful scenery and less crowded people. In fact, it was really. We took various pictures with many strange postures, showed the happy mood of us. About 2 hours later, we ended this Great Wall, and had local Chinese lunch. If you are afraid of the height of the Great Wall, you can also take cable car to view from an opened sight.

Around Tiananmen Square

Then we moved to Tiananmen Square, and visited Forbidden City, also known as Palace Museum in Chinese. It is located at Beijing center and opposite to Tiananmen Square from the Changan Avenue. It is said there were 24 Chinese emperors lived there during Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is worthy the name of the largest and well-preserved wooden group of buildings in the world. The elaborate sculpture techniques and magnificent construction made me enjoyed myself in it. Especially the Exhibition of Treasures, showed us the imperial appliances in ancient China. They are so valuable that were protected very well. Everyone told us the luxurious life of emperors and their family. In fact, as far as I know, you can find the family love rarely among these values at that time.

Last, we visited the Bird Nest and Water Cube from distance. They are the representations of modern architecture of Beijing. There are many travelers took pictures with them, and there is only 10 meters between them.
I thought this Beijing tour just is the start of my China tour, I would enjoy the various beauties of China in my life.

Top 5 Significant Cultural Icon of China (1 )

China is a historical country, and she has her special culture and civilization. Here we list top 5 cultural icons that can mostly symbolize China. If you tour in China, you should not miss them. 

Great Wall 

Just as the old saying" He who has not been to Great Wall is not a true man.", which reflects the Chinese People's spirit of courage and persistence.

The Great Wall, one of the greatest wonders of the world, is the ancient Chinese people's wisdom, but also the symbol of the Chinese nation. It’s a great way to experience the country’s history, culture and breathtaking scenery. 

China Giant Panda

The giant panda has a coat of white fur, with areas of black fur around its eyes, on its ears and on the muzzle, legs and shoulders. It is perhaps one of the most recognizable members of the bear family.

In the wild, giant panda live only in remote mountainous regions of China. There are about 20 isolated areas of forest that the giant panda calls home. All of these areas can be found in the Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in China.

Chinese Red Lantern

With a long history, Chinese Red Lantern originated as a improvement for the open flame. Today, it has become a well-known symbol of China Towns worldwide. They started out as a practicality and evolved into elaborate status symbols, literally riddled with mystery.

Beijing Opera

Extolled as' Oriental Opera', Beijing Opera is the quintessence of China and has a history of 160 years. As the largest Chinese opera form, Beijing Opera has created many 'firsts' in Chinese dramas. It is rich in repertoire and has a large number of artists and audiences. It has a deep influence in China.

Chinese Five-star Red Flag

Charged in the canton with five golden stars in a red field, the Five-star Red Flag is the symbol of China. The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in a semicircle set off toward the fly. This flag has a profound significance, the red represents revolution; the five stars and their relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of Communist Party of China

If you are interested in Chinese culture, they are more wait for your exploring. Have a nice China tour.

Travel around Beijing Great Wall ?

The Great Wall a unique wonder of the world and a bridge of friendship linking up all lands. There are many sections of the Great Wall and the sections closest to Beijing are Juyongguan, Badaling, Mutianyu, Simatai and Jinshanling Tourists can choose one or more for your Great Wall tour.

 

Badaling Great Wall

More than 60 kilometers northwest from Beijing, Badaling Great Wall is the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall. Each year, there are lots of tourists come to visit Badaling Great Wall. While hiking at Badaling, tourists can appreciate the splendid scenery. 

Juyongguan Great Wall 

Juyongguan Great Wall provided impregnable protection to northwest Beijing and was one of the most important fortifications of ancient limes. And it witnessed many important and significant events in Chinese.

In addition, Juyongguan Great Wall is also famous for its charming and beautiful scenery. If you have enough time, Juyongguan Great Wall is really worth visiting.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Most visitors who visite Mutianyu Great Wall are allured by its incredible picturesque scenery, with verdant plants and trees densely covered the mountians. Northwestern part of the Mutianyu Great Wall is its essence. Built along the rising and falling ridges, it is one of the most dangerous parts of the Great Wall.

Simatai Great Wall

As a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall, Simatai section was known for its steepness, ingenuity and unique. Ingeniously conceived and uniquely designed, Simatai has different characteristics, densely dotted with beacon towers. Its structure is unique in that it contains single and double walls and assumes a trapezoidal shape. 

Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall is close to Simatai, a site tourists can reach on foot in just a few hours. Without being greatly renovated, Jinshanling Great Wall remains its original feature. It has the advantage of being still broadly walkable and relatively less busy. Generally speaking, the level of difficulty can be said relaxing though certain parts are tricky.

When having a Great Wall tour, tourists should not miss the chance to enjoy the beautiful and splendid scenery.

Top 5 Travel Tips Before Tours to Beijing

Once the capital of four dynasties in history and the capital of P.R.China today, Beijing is one of the world's truly imposing cities and there are many famous historic sites tourists can visit in Beijing. With a 3,000 years History, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the People's Republic of China. Here we list top tips tourists should know before tours to Beijing.

Tip 1: Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Beijing

Tourists can find their embassies for help when they encounter problems on passport or some other emergencies during your stay in the city. There are about 140 countries and regions having their embassies set in Beijing. The embassies are mainly distributed at the Sanlilun Area and Jianguomen Area to the east of the city center.

Tip 2: Foreign Exchange

Great Britain Pound, Euro, U.S. Dollar, Swiss Franc, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Crown, Danish Crown, Norwegian Crown, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Philippine Peso, Thai Baht are all exchangeable.

Foreign currency and checks with the face value of Eurodollar and Spanish Peseta are also exchangeable at the Bank of China, other authorized banks offer foreign exchange service. Even some hotels, restaurants and shops will also accept foreign exchange business in order to provide convenience for foreign tourists.

Tip 3: Credit Card

If you feel it is not safe to take too much money during your travelling in Beijing , you could take a credit card that will be more convenience and safer.

At present main credit cards accepted in China, are Master card, Visa, American Express, JCB and Diners. It is very convenient for tourists to use credit cards in star hotels and the large emporiums of Beijing.

Tip 4: Internet

Usually, Wi-Fi connection can be found in airports, hotels, coffee shops, subway and many other places in Beijing. Surfing the internet is not an adventure any more, for internet cafes' can be easily found on the streets. If you come to the city by yourself and want to do business via the internet, chat with family or friends, there are plenty of venues to choose from.

Tip 5: Toilet Facilities

It is easy for tourists to find public toilets in the subway stations, railway stations, airport, bus stations or sightseeing spots and most toilets in the downtown area are free except for some mobile ones.

If you want to know more tips before traveling to Beijing, please email us or surf on our website- beijinglandscapes.com.