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.

Tour Itinerary of One Day Great Wall Hiking Tour ?

 Personally speaking, searching and enriching the experience of life are the real meaning of travel. There are many fantastic new buildings in Beijing. It is widely known as a wonder city with dreamlike sceneries and unique folk customs. So Beijing deserves your visit. And Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace you should pay a visit during your one day Beijing tour. 

 

Badaling Great Wall 

Needless to say, Badaling Grerat Wall is the most famous and best preserved section of the Great Wall. Nearly all tourists who come to Beijing would hike on Badaling Great Wall. Though it was crowd, it can not stop tourists to view its grand and majestic gesture.

Badaling Great Wall has a long history that can date back to Ming Dyasty. Built for the purpose of defense, Badaling Great Wall was built with huge stone slabs on the out side. 7.8 meters high on average, some even reaches 14 meters. Also Badaling Great Wall is wide enough, five horses gallop abreast and ten people march shoulder by shoulder.

In addition, Badaling Great Wall has dangerous mountain slopes, splendid scenery, and distinctive four seasons. Whenever you go to Badaling Great Wall, you will not disappoint. Hiking on Badaling Great Wall is a must during your Beijing tour. 

Summer Palace

Greatly influence Chinese horticulture, Summer Palace is the largest and most well preserved royal park of the Qing Dynasty extant in China. The garden consists primarily of the Wanshoushan and Kunming Lake.

The whole garden just like a veritable museum, there are different garden type architecture from different regions in China. Definitely, it is a gem in the Chinese art of garden construction. With such a high reputation, Summer Palace is very popular among tourists. 

Itinerary of one day Beijing tour

First, we drive to the famous Badaling Great Wall where you could enjoy hiking on Badaling Great Wall for about 2 hours.

Next, Before having lunch, you will have 45 minutes to have a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is a famous special Chinese product. It is a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.

Last, after have traditional Chinese lunch at Jindian restaurant, we will get to the Summer Palace. And after the visit of Summer Palace, you could have a short visit to a pearl free market.

Hope this classical Beijing tour will bring you a new experience of Beijing.