A very literal place following the feudal China principles of combining an imperial college to a confucius temple to demonstrate the importance of education and respect to the ancester of literacy Confucius.
Imperial Palace Museum namely the Forbidden City. After the last emperor Puyi moved out of the Forbidden CIty in 1924, the Forbidden City was changed in to a public museum.
Inexpensive budget hotel for foreigners who want to stay close to the center of the city and the Forbidden City, walking distance to the Wangfujing Walking street.
A very old hotel of traditional Chinese style, lots of middle aged clients of mine love staying there as it provides a vibe of nobility but not in a fancy way, they feel more at home.
The only underground palace of the thirteen tombs that was excavated and openned to the public. The tomb houses Emperor Zhuyijun and two of his empresses together with treasure boxes, stone thrones.
Though Quanjude is the most famous and time honored duck restaurant in Beijing, many more restaurants like Dadong, Quanyaji etc rosed later with better service and way of cooking.
Puning Temple is located in Chengde city, one of the Outer Eight Temples. Style of the temple is a combination of Han and Tibetan, the main buddha worshipped is a gold painted buddha with a thousand eyes and a thousand arms.
The most famous mosque in Beijing, located on Niujie Street, hence the name. The mosque is of traditional Chinese style, a two storey pavillion is working as the minaret.