1 Day Beijing Tour

1 Day Beijing Tour

David Zhang
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We leave the hotel at 7:30 in the morning and head to the Great Wall at Badaling, The Great Wall is a structure of superlative proportions. One of the seven wonders of the world, it was the largest construction project ever done. It was built to protect China from invaders from the north. Countless tens of thousands of people over centuries labored on the wall, giving rise to legends that give us clues about the conditions of the laborers who built the Wall. It is surely one of the wonders of world. We spend 1.5 hours hiking on the Great Wall and then back to the downtown at 10:30. We have lunch at a local restaurant in downtown and then drive to visit the Forbidden City.The Forbidden City or the Palace Museum, is just that, a palace. As you approach the palace buildings, you are flooded by a sense of awe - the buildings stand together in an architectural simplicity that is massive, austere and visually unified. As you approach closer still, they take on a life of their own. Your first impression of austerity and unity belies the ornate complexity and individuality of each structure. Each building was designed for a specific purpose - from important life events like marriages and coronations to more daily activities like banquets and sleeping quarters. In its day, the Forbidden City would hold up to one hundred thousand people. At 16:30, we visit a very interesting ancient Chinese social living structure, the Hutong. Beijing Hutongs tour by rickshaw will give you fresh insight into Beijing's local life. Our first stop is Beijing's Drum Tower area, a drum performance of drum beating in the Drum Tower is worth watching, it is very impressive. Then we enjoy rickshaw riding and learning how to make Chinese dumplings at a Hutong family, dumpling making will be awesome and fun during the visit to Hutong. At the end of the tour we take a go back to the hotel.