Beijing Attractions
Nanxin Granary (Nan Xin Cang)
Touted by those in the know as the new restaurant quarter in Beijing, Nanxincang is an old granary whose buildings have recently been renovated and converted into art galleries and trendy new restaurants. Your best bet is to browse the area and pick the restaurant that appeals to ...
Touted by those in the know as the new restaurant quarter in Beijing, Nanxincang is an old granary whose buildings have recently been renovated and converted into art galleries and trendy new restaurants. Your best bet is to browse the area and pick the restaurant that appeals to you most – you’ll be able to choose from:
-600 Fusion Food for Japanese food
-Beijing Cook for Shanghainese food
-Gourmet for Western food
-Fan Qian Fan Hou or Dadong Roast Duck for Chinese food
After dinner you can make your way over to Latino’s nightclub which is in the same complex.
The Chinese Culture Club
The Chinese Culture Club (CCC) has earned a reputation as a well-organised tour group that specializes in introducing China to foreigners. A user-friendly website lists the numerous guided tours, daytrips, courses, workshops, talks and weekend excursions on offer by the CCC. Some...
The Chinese Culture Club (CCC) has earned a reputation as a well-organised tour group that specializes in introducing China to foreigners. A user-friendly website lists the numerous guided tours, daytrips, courses, workshops, talks and weekend excursions on offer by the CCC. Some of the guided tours include visits to the Forbidden City and the Beijing Hutongs. Weekend excursions head for places further afield such as Mongolia, Tibet, Datong and Chengdu.
The Chinese Culture Club is open to tourists and foreign nationals living in Beijing.
Nuage
Nuage is a Vietnamese restaurant that enjoys a great location overlooking Qianhai Lake in the Houhai area. This wonderfully decorated restaurant is big – there are 5 floors, which includes a night club, and a great rooftop patio which has wonderful lake views. The dining ar...
Nuage is a Vietnamese restaurant that enjoys a great location overlooking Qianhai Lake in the Houhai area. This wonderfully decorated restaurant is big – there are 5 floors, which includes a night club, and a great rooftop patio which has wonderful lake views. The dining area is warmly lit with red lamps, and some tables feature traditional Vietnamese pedicabs as seats. This is a great place to dine with a large group of friends or organise a function, as it is very atmospheric, and is in the heart of vibey Houhai. There is a great selection of spring rolls and the food is not too spicy.
IKEA
Minimalist Swedish DIY furniture store IKEA has landed in Beijing in a big way (could there be any other way in China?). The enormous store is the second biggest IKEA in the entire world behind only the flagship store in Stockholm. The layout and feel of the store is the same as any other ...
Minimalist Swedish DIY furniture store IKEA has landed in Beijing in a big way (could there be any other way in China?). The enormous store is the second biggest IKEA in the entire world behind only the flagship store in Stockholm. The layout and feel of the store is the same as any other IKEA - bright and airy, which probably makes it feel less crowded than it is. While there may be more interesting and colourful places to furniture shop in Beijing (think Panjiayuan Antique Market), you can’t beat IKEA for basic, convenient, and simple everything-under-one-roof home shopping.
If you grow weary of pushing your laden trolley around you can recharge your batteries at the restaurant on the second floor or browse the Swedish Food Market.
Link: The official IKEA Beijing website.
Link: The official IKEA Beijing website.
Beijing Strategy
Beijing Strategy, located in the Xidan (西单) shopping district, is a trendy marketplace popular with young Chinese people. Each of the small stores (there are hundreds of them) has its own collection of clothes, shoes, jewelry or other items. The atmosphere and attitude of the shopkeepers are...
Beijing Strategy, located in the Xidan (西单) shopping district, is a trendy marketplace popular with young Chinese people. Each of the small stores (there are hundreds of them) has its own collection of clothes, shoes, jewelry or other items. The atmosphere and attitude of the shopkeepers are far more laid back than Beijing’s tourist-driven marketplaces.
How to Get There
Take subway line 1 to Xidan (西单) station. Walk south for about 100 meters. Beijing Strategy is on floors 5-7 of the building marked Xidan Gouwu Zhongxin (西单购物中心). There are several restaurants on the first floor including a McDonalds.
Beijing City Central Youth Hostel
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The best part about Beijing City Central UTELS is its location. It is ...
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The best part about Beijing City Central UTELS is its location. It is directly across the street from the Beijing Train Station, down the block from the airport shuttle stop, and literally just a few meters away from a subway station entrance. Besides that it is also clean and inexpensive.
City Central UTELS bills itself as a hotel, motel and hostel and indeed it falls somewhere between these classifications. They offer budget hotel rooms that include individual bathrooms as well as 2, 4 and 6 bed rooms with shared bathrooms. Many rooms do not have windows, so be sure to ask specifically for a window if so desired.
There is a convenience store next door and several close-by restaurants including a Japanese restaurant in the mall across the street that currently features an all-you-can-eat buffet for only 68 yuan!
How to Get there:
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Beijing Articles
Tanghulu Ⅰ
Tanghulu or bing tanghulu, is not only a snack for Beijing locals, but also a representative of Beijingers’ childhoods. Although this snack is regarded as a food for children, it is also popular among adults. It consists of candied fruits on bamboo skewers that are approximately 20cm long....
Tanghulu or bing tanghulu, is not only a snack for Beijing locals, but also a representative of Beijingers’ childhoods. Although this snack is regarded as a food for children, it is also popular among adults. It consists of candied fruits on bamboo skewers that are approximately 20cm long. This snack can be found widely along the Beijing snack street of Wangfujing and also there are street vendors who travel from place to place selling it.
Tanghulu typically has a hardened sugar coating that comes from dipping the skewer in sugar syrup, but versions can also be found with a second chocolate coating, or sesame sprinkles. Traditionally, the fruit used has been Chinese hawthorn, but in recent times vendors have also used cherry tomatoes, mandarin oranges, strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, bananas, or grapes, creating tanghulu that resemble fruit kebabs.
Best Exercises for Weight LossⅦ
Conclusion
Eat right – that means cut down the calories and make sure that every calorie is working for you, not against you. Find something you like to do and stick with it.
...Conclusion
Eat right – that means cut down the calories and make sure that every calorie is working for you, not against you. Find something you like to do and stick with it.
Vary the intensity of your workout both in your workout and with what you do. Use the big muscle to your advantage. Your butt, thighs and core should be involved for maximum fat burning.
If you have physical limitations, you can still exercise within those limitations. Find a good trainer to teach you who to do exercises properly and build a program for you. Start slowly and build up.
Best Exercises for Weight LossⅥ
Running
The least equipment demanding workout there is. Just make sure your shoes are good quality! Vary your run speed or use hills to increase your workout.
...Running
The least equipment demanding workout there is. Just make sure your shoes are good quality! Vary your run speed or use hills to increase your workout.
The dreaded treadmill and elliptical machines are great for an indoor run that allows you to add hills. Get your glutes and thigh muscles involved for extra calorie burning.
If you can’t run, walk up hills, change your speed and you can still get in an age or injury appropriate workout.
Lunges
A lunge uses the big leg and butt muscles for maximum calorie burning. Start with your feet hip width apart and hands on hips. Step forward with one leg.
Keep your back straight, lower your body until you form a 90-degree angle of your front and back legs. Come upright and step back. Repeat with the other leg. Do ten times on a side for three sets.
If you can’t go all the way, do what you can. You’ll see improvement over time.
Top Beijing Tours
$200 Per Day
Private Beijing Antique Shopping Tour with Lunch
Start your private tour with pickup from your central Beijing hotel, and meet your private guide.
Hop inside your private, climate-controlled vehicle and travel to your first stop: Liulichang Antique Street. Situated in old Beijing, this history-steeped street is lined with stone shop-houses selling antique books, handicrafts, paintings, rubbings, glazed pottery, and other treasures.
Hear about Liulichang’s history, and get advice from your guide as to the best shopping opportunities....Read more
Start your private tour with pickup from your central Beijing hotel, and meet your private guide.
Hop inside your private, climate-controlled vehicle and travel to your first stop: Liulichang Antique Street. Situated in old Beijing, this history-steeped street is lined with stone shop-houses selling antique books, handicrafts, paintings, rubbings, glazed pottery, and other treasures.
Hear about Liulichang’s history, and get advice from your guide as to the best shopping opportunities. Sift through the traditional shops and stands, and explore the side lanes (hutongs), where the shops still bear original Ming and Qing architectural features like ornately carved doors and upswept roofs.
Next, drive to Panjiayuan Market, a so-called ‘weekend market’ that’s open daily. Weave through the throng of stands, perusing the huge array of antiques, curios, ceramics, Tibetan rugs, calligraphy, and other finds.
After shopping here, refuel with lunch at a Chinese restaurant, and continue to Baoguosi Cultural Market, set around an old temple. Scour the courtyards of vendors hawking stamps, books, coins and jade, and get tips on scouting out and clinching the best deals from your guide.
If time allows, squeeze in a visit to Hongqiao Market, a mall known for its pearl traders, and electronics, art, clothes, and accessories shops. Trawl for bargains, and haggle over pearls and other precious gems as perfect keepsakes of your time in Beijing.
After seven hours, your tour concludes with a hotel drop-off.
$50 Per Day
One day tirp to Bajiao Zhai, a noticeable Danxia Landform.
This is a tailor-made trip for nature-lovers and fans of photography. Danxia rock formation in the inland basin is a red rock debris, and later uplift due to the movement of the earth-crust, erosion of rocks by the water and weathering, which was dominant in the hillside to collapse back, kept down the rocks to form the red mountain block. This area was listed in the Natural Heritage of the world in 2009 by UNESCO. Bajiao Zhai Village is a combination of strategic place, steepy mountian, elegant scenery and secluded remote....Read more
This is a tailor-made trip for nature-lovers and fans of photography. Danxia rock formation in the inland basin is a red rock debris, and later uplift due to the movement of the earth-crust, erosion of rocks by the water and weathering, which was dominant in the hillside to collapse back, kept down the rocks to form the red mountain block. This area was listed in the Natural Heritage of the world in 2009 by UNESCO. Bajiao Zhai Village is a combination of strategic place, steepy mountian, elegant scenery and secluded remote. It is reputed as the "Soul of Danxia Landform". Here you can enjoy the sunrise or sunset and the sea-cloud. 1. I'll pick you up at 8:00 am in your hotel, and transfer to Bajiao Zhai Village by our private van. On the way, you can enjoy some terraced fields, bamboo groves and the wooden residences of the natives.(3.5 hours by ride) 2. First, we'll visit the village and have lunch in the village, and then we'll hike the mountains, the scenery including the group of snails looking up the sky, the ancient trail, Eye-stone, Joss stick of dragon's head and the Treasured sword Peak.(4 hours by hike) 3. After appreciating the sunset, after dinner in Ziyuan county, we'll take the bus back to your hotel around 10:00 pm.