Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, with a length of 880 meters from north to south and a width of 500 meters from east to west, covering an area of 440,000 square meters, which can accommodate 1 million people for a grand rally. It is the largest city square in the world today. Tiananmen Square is located in the northern end of the square, the five-star red flag flying high over the square; the Monument to the People's Heroes stands in the center of the square; the Great Hall of the People and the National Museum of China in the east and west sides of the square, opposite each other; Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall and the Zhengyangmen City Tower stands in the southern part of the square. Now, thousands of people visit here every day, and Tiananmen Square is rated as the first of the sixteen scenic spots in the new Beijing.
Transportation: Take subway line 1 and get off at Tian'anmen East Station or Tian'anmen West Station.
2. The Forbidden City
Also known as the Forbidden City, it is located in the center of Beijing, Tiananmen Square, 1 kilometers north, opposite the south gate of Jingshan, east-west width of 753 meters, the north-south length of 961 meters, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, *** there are more than 9,000 palace premises, is the world's largest palace complex. The periphery of the Forbidden City is a 52-meter-wide, 6-meter-deep moat; River is 3 kilometers in circumference, nearly 10 meters high wall, the wall has a door on all sides, south of the noon gate, north of the Shenwu Gate, east of the East China Gate, west of the West China Gate; the corners of the city wall also towers 4 corner tower, chic shape, delicate and delicate.
The Forbidden City can be roughly divided into two major parts, the south for the work area, that is, the outer court, the north for the living area, that is, the inner court. All the buildings of the outer court and inner court are arranged on the central axis, east-west symmetry and order.
The outer court was the place where the emperor dealt with political affairs, and there were three main halls: the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony, and the Hall of Preservation of Harmony. Among them, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the tallest and most splendid, which is 60.1 meters wide, 33.33 meters deep and 35.05 meters high. The emperor ascended the throne, wedding, enthronement, order will, expedition, etc. will be held here in a grand ceremony, when thousands of people "three shouts of long live", hundreds of ceremonial instruments, bells and drums ringing, very full of the royal style. After the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Hall of peace is the emperor to attend major ceremonies before resting and accepting the place of worship, the northernmost Baohe Temple is the emperor's feast and the place of the temple test.
The inner court included the three palaces of Qianqing, Jiaotai and Kunning, as well as the six eastern and six western palaces, which were the places where the emperor and his concubines lived, commonly known as the "three palaces and six courtyards". In the residential area to the north there is a small chic imperial garden, is the royal family to play.
The Forbidden City is grand in scale, neat in layout, exquisite in architecture, rich in splendor, with many rare cultural relics in its collection, which is the essence of China's ancient architecture, culture and art.
Transportation: Bus 1, 4, 52, 103, 111 can reach.
Tickets: 40 yuan in low season (from November 1 to March 31 of the following year), 60 yuan in high season (from April 1 to October 31 of each year); 20 yuan for students; half price for military personnel. Admission to the Museum of Treasures and the Museum of Watches is 10 yuan each.
3. Badaling Great Wall
With a total length of more than 12,000 miles, the Great Wall is one of the world's greatest structures. The Great Wall was built during the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and after successive generations of additions and repairs, almost all of the Great Wall we can see now was built during the Ming Dynasty. Badaling Great Wall is the best preserved and most representative section of the Ming Great Wall. It is the outpost of Juyong Pass, an important pass of the Great Wall, which is 1015 meters above sea level. The terrain is dangerous and the pass is strong, so it has always been a place where soldiers must fight. Climbing the Badaling Great Wall, you can see the rolling hills and the majestic northern mountains in the distance. The Great Wall is majestic because of the mountains, and the mountains are even more treacherous because of the Great Wall.
"The Great Wall is not a good man", it is inconceivable to visit the Great Wall in Beijing, just as it is inconceivable to visit the City God Temple in Shanghai. So far, there have been more than 300 world-renowned personalities, including Nixon, Margaret Thatcher, etc., who have climbed Badaling to have a glimpse of the mountains and rivers here.
Transportation: Deshengmen by No.919 (every 15 minutes), Qianmen (No.17 station) by No.1, Beijing Station East Street (No.103 station) by No.2, West Gate of the History Museum by No.2, East Bridge (No.28 station) by No.3, Xizhimen, Zoo by No.4, Apple Park by No.4, Qianmen West Rental Station by No.5, Andingmen, Qianmen by No.8. You can get there directly (the first time of each tour bus is 6:30 in the morning), and it takes only 40 minutes by car.
Ticket: 45 yuan
4. Summer Palace
The Summer Palace, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples, is located in the western suburb of Beijing's Haidian District, 12 kilometers from the city center. It is one of the largest surviving ancient gardens in China.
The Summer Palace consists mainly of two scenic areas, Wanshoushan and Kunming Lake, covering an area of 290 hectares, of which the water area accounts for about three-quarters. This classical garden has always been famous for its grand scale and delicate colorfulness. In addition to pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, palaces, temples, pagodas, water pavilions, promenades, embankments, stone bridges, stone boats and other more than 100 classical buildings rich in national characteristics, there is also the vastness of the Kunming Lake, the towering Wanshou Mountain and so on.
The Summer Palace has been severely damaged twice in its history; it was burned down by the British and French Allied Forces in 1860, then rebuilt and renamed the Summer Palace; it was again damaged by the Eight-Power Allied Forces in 1900, then rebuilt in 1902 to its present size.
The East Gate is the main exit of the Summer Palace open to the public, gathering more bus stops. You don't have to worry about finding a place to dine; there are kiosks, tea rooms and restaurants everywhere.
Admission: General ticket: 20 yuan in low season (November 1-March 31), 30 yuan in high season (April 1-October 31); Combined ticket: 40 yuan in low season, 50 yuan in high season, (Combined ticket includes admission, Dehe Garden, Buddha's Fragrant Pavilion and Suzhou Street).
Transportation: reachable by buses 301, 303, 330, 332, 331, 346, 362, 374, 375, 904, 905, the easiest way to get there is to take the subway from the center of Beijing and get off at Xizhimen (not far from the zoo), or better yet, take a public ****car. Alternatively, you can ride a bicycle there, which takes about one and a half to two hours to get there.
5. Beihai
West of the Forbidden City in the center of Beijing, there is a piece of water, which is Xiyuan, also known as Taiyi Pond. Taiyi Pond was divided into three: the North Sea, the Middle Sea, the South China Sea. Of these, the Beihai is the most famous, and was opened as a large royal garden more than 1,000 years ago, making it one of the most beautiful places in Beijing.
The idea behind the design of the Taiyi Pond can be traced back to an old legend: there are three immortal mountains in the Eastern Sea, namely Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang, and the immortals in the mountains possess the elixir of immortality. Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han both sent people to search for it but found nothing, so successive emperors simply built fairy mountains in the water near their palaces to turn the ethereal visions into palpable realities.
The main attractions of Beihai are: Jingxinzhai, Nine Dragons Wall, Liuli Pavilion, Good Cause Hall, Dushan Daju Hai, Xiaoxitian Guanyin Hall, Yanlou Promenade, Tuancheng, Yong'an Bridge, Five Dragons Pavilion, White Pagoda, Copper Immortal Chenglu Plate, Qionghua Island.
Transportation: by bus 5, 101, 103, 109, 124, 812, 814, 846, Kangen line to the front door of the Beihai, by bus 13, 42, 107, 111, 118, 810, 701 to the back door of the Beihai
6. Temple of Heaven
In the Chongwen District of Beijing, a few kilometers southeast of the Forbidden City, there is a huge Temple of Heaven, which is the Temple of Heaven. The total area of the Temple of Heaven is 2.7 million square meters, four times larger than the Forbidden City. The Emperor of China is called "Son of Heaven", which means "Son of Heaven". The residence of the Son of Heaven is naturally not bigger than that of "God".
The Temple of Heaven covers an area of 273 hectares, the architectural layout of the "back" zigzag, by two altar walls into the inner altar, the outer altar of the two major parts. The outer altar wall total length of 6416 meters, the inner altar wall total length of 3292 meters. The southernmost wall was square, symbolizing the earth, the northernmost wall was semi-circular, symbolizing the sky, high north and low south, which indicates both the height of the sky and low, but also expressed the "circle of heaven and earth". The main buildings of the Temple of Heaven are concentrated in the north and south ends of the central axis of the Temple of Heaven, which is connected by a wide Danhaji Bridge, from south to north, respectively, Huanqiu altar, the Royal Dome, the Hall of Prayer and the Royal Palace of Dryness, etc.; and there are also the Divine Kitchen, the Pavilion of Died of Sacrifice and Jaeger's Palace and other buildings and monuments. The Temple of Heaven is cleverly designed, colorful and harmonious, high architectural art, is one of China's very outstanding ancient architecture.
Besides "Heaven", Chinese emperors had many other gods and goddesses to worship, including the gods of the earth, water, agriculture, military, society, religion, and citizens, as well as their own ancestral tablets. Therefore, rituals were a major part of the emperor's work, consuming a great deal of time throughout the year, and the royal ceremonial buildings were located throughout the capital and had their own distinctive features, making them a unique part of Beijing's landscape.
Admission: 10 yuan (November 1-March 31) in low season, 15 yuan (April 1-October 31) in high season. In addition to the park entrance fee, the scenic spots in the park charge an entrance fee of 20 yuan. The pass is 30 yuan in low season and 35 yuan in high season.
Opening time: 8:30 - 18:30
Beijing self-guided tour route arrangement reference
Route Arrangement (Tickets for the price of the off-season, the peak season than the off-season of 10-20 yuan, just for reference)
City:
1: Tiananmen Square (monument to Chairman Mao Memorial Hall) + the Forbidden City + & lt;Jingshan & gt;+ & lt; Beihai Park & gt; + Wangfujing Pedestrian Street
Tips: Tiananmen Square flag-lifting ceremony every day at a different time, the specific time can pay attention to the Beijing Evening News or call 114 inquiries, at least half an hour in advance to. After watching the flag-raising about 7:00, first go to the front door to eat some breakfast, and then go back in line to visit Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall, Memorial Hall is not open every day, into the Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall is free of charge, pay attention to the backpack and camera can not be brought into the interior. National Museum set of tickets ￥ 30, 4:00 on the closing clear, nothing to see. The Forbidden City ￥ 40, 4 pm stop into the inner. Wangfujing Street, there are two small food street, one is the old food street, the second is the Donghuamen night market, the food is not unique, the price is not outside the cheap; where the small souvenirs are also sold expensive, to buy small souvenirs to go to Qianmen Street or Dajiejie more affordable.
2: Thirteen Mausoleums (Dingling Underground Palace) + Badaling Juyongguan Great Wall
Tips: should be to the designated bus point to take the state-run bus tour 1 road ***** tour 5 road, do not take the illegal buses in the street, tour x road in the morning bus time 6:30-10:00, the same day, 5:30 p.m. to return to the point of departure, only charge a round-trip fare of ￥ 50, do not charge the tour guide fee! The tour x road generally go to four attractions: Thirteen Mausoleum Reservoir ￥ 55 + Ming Palace ￥ 40 + Tingling ￥ 40 + Juyongguan Great Wall ￥ 35, Thirteen Mausoleum Reservoir, that is, the Nine Dragons Amusement Park, and the Ming Palace, that is, a wax museum, the ticket is not worth the price, and no fun, so the first two attractions are not recommended to go in. Lunch tour x road to go to the restaurant is extremely poor, it is recommended to prepare their own lunch food.
3: Beijing, Tsinghua University + Yuanmingyuan + Summer Palace + Xiangshan Park (Biyun Temple)
Tips: Beijing, Tsinghua University's campus, there are some relics of Yuanmingyuan, and do not have to pay the entrance fee, and is the most famous two universities, it is worth it to go; Yuanmingyuan set of tickets ￥ 25 (Yuanmingyuan Park ￥ 10 + the ruins of the scenic area of ￥ 15), Yuanmingyuan Park area Very large, divided into three parts: Qichunyuan, Fuhai, Changchunyuan, it is worth seeing only the Xiyanglou of Changchunyuan, that is, the ruins of the scenic area, it is recommended not to waste time in Qichunyuan and Fuhai. Summer Palace ￥ 20, the main tour area is along the Kunming Lake, from the seventeen-hole bridge to the West Palace Gate; on the Buddha Heung Pavilion to another 15 yuan, it is recommended to go on the Buddha Heung Pavilion next to the Bao Yun Pavilion or on the Wanshoushan, you can also enjoy the view of Kunming Lake. Xiangshan Park ￥ 20, the best way to see the red leaves in the fall.
4: Lama Temple + Confucius Temple + Bell Tower and Drum Tower + Gongwangfu + (night) Xinjiekou restaurant + Xidan Mall (Culture Square + Book Building)
Tips: Lama Temple ￥ 25. Confucius Temple ￥ 10. Bell Tower ￥ 15, Drum Tower ￥ 20, the bell tower and drum tower can be a good view of the overview of the city of Beijing, on one of the on it can be recommended to go on the Drum Tower, the view is more extensive. Gongwangfu ￥ 20, from the Bell Tower and Drum Tower to the actual Gongwangfu only 20 minutes, but to go through a labyrinth of hutongs, and is not easy to find, to ask for directions or take a yellow cab 5 yuan. Xinjiekou is lined with specialty eateries and stores on both sides and is worth a visit.
5: Tiantan Park + Ji Xiaolan's former residence + Liulichang antique cultural relics street + & lt; Dazhalan & gt; + & lt; Military Museum & gt; + China Millennium Forum + & lt; Central Television Tower & gt;
Tips: Tiantan Park package ￥ 30 (park admission ￥ 10 + Praying for the New Year's Eve, Echo Wall, Huanqiu ￥ 20). Ji Xiaolan's former residence is located in Zhushikou West Street, perpendicular to Qianmen Street. Liulichang is located in South Xinhua Street, west of Qianmen Street, the store displays some imitation antiques and paintings, the price is quite high, the average person to go for a walk. Dazhalan is just an old commercial street in Qianmen, just near Liulichang, you can go by the way.