Beihai Park, Beijing

BJ- T051 Day Sightseeing Tour of Jingshan Park - Beihai Park

Taking a day trip to Jingshan Park (Address: No. 1 Wenjin street, west district, Telephone: 64044071) opposite the northern gate of the Forbidden City is worthwhile. Taking the bus No.109, 101, 103, 124, 810, 685, 814, or 846 and get off at Gugong Road, and then you can directly head to Jinshan Park (RMB10 for a taxi ride). Jingshan Park used to be the royal garden in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The grand view of the Forbidden City can be gained clearly from the hillside inside the park. It's a good place for leisurely sightseeing, and the spectacular scenery is unbeatable without doubt.

Then leave it behind and take a 5-minute walk to Beihai Park (RMB10), another well-preserved royal garden of Beijing. You may rent a boat to circle around the lake and enjoy the alluring Beihai scenery in a different way. You will not only find a grand view from the northern gardens but also the exquisite and graceful bearings of the southern gardens in Beihai Park.

If not on a tight schedule, you can also make a short visit to the Shichahai area which is very near the north gate of Beihai Park.

Lu Gou Qiao Bridge, Baoding, Hebei Province

BJ- T06Lu Gou Qiao (The Marco Polo Bridge) - Wan Ping City - Memorial Museum of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War

   
Lu Gou Qiao, also known as the Marco Polo Bridge, is the oldest bridge in Beijing. And it became famous because of the eight-year war, which is a war of resistance against the Japanese Army commenced on the 7th July 1937. The bridge is lined with more than 400 carved stone lions, and each one with the different carving style. You can visit this site by bus No. 309, 339, 624, 310, 817, 748, 715 and 937 and stop at the Sculpture Garden.

After visiting this bridge, you can walk on foot to Wan Ping City where locates the Memorial Museum of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War. This city is the witness of the eight-year-war.

Then visit the Memorial Museum of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War, which is composed of three comprehensive display halls with special subjects, exhibiting the whole course of Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War.

Beijing Juyongguan Pass

BJ- T07Great Wall of Juyongguan Section - Cha Dao Cheng

 
Juyongguan Great Wall has a reputation of "the first pass of the world". It was an important military base in ancient China and played very important role in obstructing the invasion of other nations.

Located 60 km away from Beijing, it is a national preserved cultural and historical site. You may take bus No. 919 at Desheng Men station and get off at Juyongguan station. Once you are in Juyongguan, Yuntai (also known as the Cloud Platform) is a must-see spot. The stone platforms within the doorway are carved with different languages. It was said that most of them are sutra scriptures in Tibetan, Mongolia and Xixia languages.

Restaurants are available near the pass and you may have lunch there.

After visiting this site, connect a microbus at Juyongguan station to Cha Dao Cheng. Which is 1.5 km northwest of the Great Wall at Badaling section, and was first built in Ming Dynasty and in historical point of view, it was ever the Door of Juyonguan and the vaunt-courier of Badaling Great Wall. It was said that Badaling section never fell into enemy hands just because of Cha Dao Cheng. Here, you can visit the ancient dwelling houses with Ming and Qing Dynasties styles, also can visit the old temple to worship General Guanyu. Visitors can also climb the ancient City Wall to take an overlook of meandering Great Wall and the Beacon Tower stands firm and majestic. The road between the east and west gates has been built to a business street, providing folk-custom, local food and hostels for convenience of travelers.