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Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport or "Capital Airport" for short, is located in Shunyi District, Beijing.It is the busiest international airport in China. Beijing Capital International Airport is an important gateway for foreign exchanges.
Capital Airport was built in 1958. For more tha...
Beijing Capital International Airport or "Capital Airport" for short, is located in Shunyi District, Beijing.It is the busiest international airport in China. Beijing Capital International Airport is an important gateway for foreign exchanges.
Capital Airport was built in 1958. For more than 50 years of operation, the annual passenger throughput of Beijing Capital International Airport increased from 1.03 million in 1978 to 86.128 million in 2014, ranking No.1 in Asia and No. 2 in the world.
On September 4, 2015, Beijing Capital Airport ranked the 10th in the top 100 airports in the world by Skytrax, a certification authority of the international civil aviation authority. The selection covers more than 240 airports around the world. According to waiting experience, waiting time, cleanliness and shopping experience, the final result is generated by questionnaires and polls of 110 million travelers worldwide.
December 14, 2016, Capital Airport annual passenger throughput officially exceeded 90 million people mark.
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YikungongⅠ
As one of west six palaces in living zone of Forbidden City, Yikungong is the residential place of the concubines of Ming and Qing dynasties. It was established in 1417, and initially called Wanangong and later on it was finally renamed Yikungong....
As one of west six palaces in living zone of Forbidden City, Yikungong is the residential place of the concubines of Ming and Qing dynasties. It was established in 1417, and initially called Wanangong and later on it was finally renamed Yikungong. Yikungong experiences lots of times retoration. Originally it was a double-yard building. The favorite concubine Yifei of Emperor Kangxi lived here for a long time (maybe most of readers never know who she was. I suggest watching Kang Xi Incognito Travel Tale, a popular TV play series).
Scary Hearsay
Historically, west six palaces, including Chuxiugong, Yikungong, Yongshougong, Xianfugong, Changchungong and Taijidian were the residences of concubines of Qing dynasty. Empress Dowager Ci Xi lived in the west six palaces for more than half life. Over there, many unexplainable stories happened and many people died there. As we all know, just some parts of Forbidden City are publicly opened, and most is still in closure.
Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness)Ⅱ
In fact, all the structures of the hall were iron; four columns circled by dragons in the hall of Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) were also made by irons. The whole architecture mostly was made by white marbles....
In fact, all the structures of the hall were iron; four columns circled by dragons in the hall of Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) were also made by irons. The whole architecture mostly was made by white marbles. The outer wall of Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) has the carved flower images and the inner wall was pasted with white and colorized ceramic bricks but the construction was forced to finish in winter of 1911 due to fund shortage. In June of 1910, Cixi once ordered to install electric warming oven, electric fan and electric lights. Exactly Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) was the first armored concrete building in Forbidden City. In 1917, it was bombed by warlords and in 1931 it was changed to be the storeroom of cultural antiques of Palace Museum, which is another official name of Forbidden City.
Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness)Ⅰ
Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) is one of the east six palaces in inner zone of Forbidden City and located on the east side of East Second Street (Dongerchangjie). It was built in 1420 with the first name of Longevity Palace and in 1535 it was changed to be Yanqi Palace....
Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) is one of the east six palaces in inner zone of Forbidden City and located on the east side of East Second Street (Dongerchangjie). It was built in 1420 with the first name of Longevity Palace and in 1535 it was changed to be Yanqi Palace. Finally it was called Yanxigong(Palace of Prolonging Happiness) in Qing Dynasty. In 1686, it was restored. It used to be the living residence of concubines of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In 1845, it was burnt down. In 1909, on its original site, there was a new building, a western-style and three-story buildings. It officially was called Shuidian or Water Hall. The building was surrounded by water pools from Yuquanshan Hill.
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$238 Per Day
Private Hangzhou Day Trip from Shanghai by Bullet Train
Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
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Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
This is a private, full-day trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou. After you are picked up in your hotel lobby in the early morning, you will take a bullet train to Hangzhou. This is the fastest way to Hangzhou and you can experience train speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. Your tour begins at one of Hangzhou's signature sites, the West Lake. Enjoy a lake cruise to see the top ten West Lake scenic views. You will then be taken to experience the wonderful cuisine of Hangzhou at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Faxi temple, a well-known Temple dating back to the Jin Dynasty. See its famous wooden Buddha. Here, you will see fewer tourists and more locals. Finally, enjoy a cup of green tea when you visit the famous Longjing village to see wild fields of Longjing tea bushes where the locals produce the world famous green tea- Longjing Tea. In the village, all locals are tea farmers and you will see the entire procedure of making the famous tea and will get the chance to taste the best quality emperor tea. Afterwards, you will take the bullet train back to Shanghai and you will be returned to your hotel.
$150 Per Day
Guangzhou
Day 1 Arrive in Guangzhou
Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
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Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
Day 2 Guanzhou Tour
After breakfast, you will go to Yuexiu Park first, the largest and the most famous park in downtown Guangzhou. There are three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. Then you will visit Temple of Six Banyan Trees, which is one of the four best Buddhist temples in Guangzhou and located on the Liurong Road (meaning the Six Banyan Trees Road). The Nanyue King Tomb Museum is a must-see Guangzhou attraction, which dates back to 2,000 years ago, is the earliest large scale painted stone chamber tomb ever found south of the Five Ridges. Buried with the tomb owner in a jade shroud are a gold seal and a lot of exquisite jade adornments. It has become a world famous museum. After the day tour you will be transferred to airport for your next destination.
$53 Per Day
Pingyao Highlights Walking Tour
Pingyao Highlights Walking Day Tour
With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!
Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.
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With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!
Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.
First we will visit the 700 years old City wall, We will climb up from south gate and have a walk on the wall. We are not sure how many km we can walk, because of the renovating of the wall. Normally we will walk from south gate to the Yunlu Exit.
Then visit the Confucius temple, there is a old building named Dacheng Hall which is over 840 years old. From outside, we can see the big wood joints to lift the big roof around the building which is named Dougong. Due to this design, there are less columns inside the hall for giving the big space for the statues and the prayer. We have chance to see the Confucius statue and learn the philosophy of Confucius. If you like, you can pray for you and your children to get better study.
There is the Paper Cutting master named Wentao nearby the exit of Confucius temple. She is very smart and create the new style paper cutting with much more details and good wishes on it. Her products are made by hanks. It is worth to visit and buy as a souvenir from Pingyao. From the table standing and wall hangings. Please remember, take the red one because of red is the traditional and happy color. But the white one is the best. It is really difficult to choose, because of all of them are really nice.
Then you can have coffee break or tea break if you need at Chummy coffee, after this, visit the City god temple (ChenghuangMiao) which is most beautiful temple inside the wall. Because of the roof is covered by the colorful glazed tiles. There is not only city god and also the three money gods, Now you know why pingyao was the financial center.
Next we will visit the Ancient government building, to see the pingyao politics center in the ancient time. It is the complete building with officials bed room, kitchen and private garden. Follow the guide to look the official’s life from the 250km far away from the hometown.
Have a stroll in the alley to the Rishengchang exchange bank, which is the first bank all of china.You can not miss it.
After lunch, walk to the Ming and Qing street, this is the shopping street full of the stores on the both side of street. You can find alot things here , from post card to lacquered boxes, and wall panels. One more place to see, it is the Armed escort agency also named security and transport service for the business man before the bank founded.
Inlcusions
1.private english speaking tour guide servcie
2.bottle water for the tour