The little-known Temple of Ancient Monarchs (Lidai Diwang Miao) is a hidden gem. It was built some 470 years ago by Ming-dynasty emperors to worship their ancestors, but the ceremonies came to an end with the fall of the Qing dynasty. Since then it has had various incarnations as schools before it opened to the public in 2004 after undergoing a 36-million- dollar restoration. Ask at the ticket window for the six-page computer-printed introduction to the temple that will guide you through each of its courtyards and halls.

The Park of Ruin of Yuan City Wall Yuan Dynasty in Beijing is a park that is rebuilt on the ruins of Dadu’s City Wall of Yuan Dynasty. The soil made city wall at Madian is about 12.5 meters height and width 31meters. Moreover, somewhere around Desheng Gate, there is a place named Tucheng Guan, it is also a ruin of Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Dadu is the city that Kublai Khan sent almost eighteen years to build. The total length of city walls at Yuan Dadu was over 28000 meters. The ruin of Yuan Dadu is a very strong evidence of the civilization as well as the social development of Beijing as a capital of a nation. This is a very important resource for the study of Beijing’s history.

The Shuiguan (Water Pass) Great Wall is part of the military defensive system of the Badaling Great Wall. It is the eastern section of the Badaling Great Wall, and also the strongest and best preserved one. The Great Wall at Shuiguan is famous for its precipitous cliffs and oddly shaped rocks. Hiking at the Shuiguan is an ideal supplement to your visit at the Badaling Great Wall.

It's a open park, near the west gate of The Temple of Heaven. In the afternoon, many locals fly kites there. And in the everning (mostly in summer), there's a night market, selling all kind of daily used items for local. People also sing karaoke and dancing there in the evening.  It's a hidden gem of Beijing, worth to take a afternoon, evening walk.

Take bus No.389、No.958、No.709、No.972 and No. 622.  Or hire a car.

The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) is a national museum dedicated to the collection, research and exhibitions of modern and contemporary artistic works in China. In June 1963, Chairman Mao Zedong inscribed the Chinese-language title board of the museum, which demonstrated its position as a national art museum and the nature of its establishment. The main building features the styles of ancient Chinese attics and ethnic architecture, which is roofed with yellow glazed tiles and surrounded by corridors and pavilions.

The building covers an area of more than 18,000 square meters with 17 exhibition halls from the first floor to the fifth. The museum boasts an exhibition area of 8,300 square meters and a length of 2,110 meters. Nine halls on the first floor cover an area of 5,100 square meters and a length of 1,400 meters; five halls on the third floor have an area of 2,000 square meters and a length of 429 meters, and three halls on the fifth floor cover an area of 1,200 square meters and a length of 235 meters. A modern storeroom founded in 1995 covers an area of 4,100 square meters.

The museum houses more than 100,000 pieces of various collections, most of which are creations around the establishment of new China. Some collections are masterpieces from the late Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Most collections are modern and contemporary works, including masterpieces of renowned contemporary Chinese artists, award-winning works from major art exhibitions, and various folk works. Included are such painters as Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Jiang Zhaohe, Situ Qiao, Li Keran, Wu Zuoren, Ye Qianyu, Luo Gongliu and Wu Guanzhong. The museum also collects hundreds of foreign artistic works. German collectors Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ludwig donated 117 pieces of foreign works in 1999, including four oil paintings by Picasso.

Bus: 2, 3, 8, 60, 101, 103, 104, 108, 109, 111, 112, 420, 810,  814, 819