Beijing Local Tour
LT-1: Nov. 3 8:30am—4:00pm
Forbidden City - Tian Anmen Square - Lunch - Lama Temple
USD 40 / per person
Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong, in
Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square.
Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and
covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter
high wall are 9,999 buildings. Since yellow is the symbol of the royal
family, it is the dominant color in the Forbidden City. Roofs are built
with yellow glazed tiles; decorations in the palace are painted yellow;
even the bricks on the ground are made yellow by a special process.
Nowadays, the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum is open to tourists
from home and abroad. Splendid painted decoration on these royal
architectural wonders, the grand and deluxe halls, with their
surprisingly magnificent treasures will certainly satisfy 'modern
civilians'.
LT-2: Nov. 4 8:30am—4:00pm
Temple of Heaven - Lunch - Summer Palace
USD40 / per person
The Temple of Heaven is a worthwhile visiting place in Beijing. It is
much bigger than the Forbidden City and smaller than the Summer Palace
with an area of about 2,700,000 square meters. The Temple was built in
1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven. As
Chinese emperors called themselves 'The Son of Heaven', they dared not
to build their own dwelling, 'Forbidden City' bigger than a dwelling
for Heaven. The Temple of Heaven is enclosed with a long wall. The
northern part within the wall is semicircular symbolizing the heavens
and the southern part is square symbolizing the earth. The northern
part is higher than the southern part. This design shows that the
heaven is high and the earth is low and the design reflected an ancient
Chinese thought of 'The heaven is round and the earth is square'.
Situated
in the western outskirts of Haidian District, the Summer Palace is 15
kilometers (9.3 miles) from central Beijing. Having the largest royal
park and being well preserved, it was designated, in 1960 by the State
Council, as a Key Cultural Relics Protection Site of China. Containing
examples of the ancient arts, it also has graceful landscapes and
magnificent constructions. The Summer Palace is the archetypal Chinese
garden, and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of
the world. In 1998, it was listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by
UNESCO.
LT-3: Nov. 5 8:30am—4:00pm
Great Wall - Lunch - Ming Tombs
USD40 / per person
Great wall of China was an ancient gigantic defensive project. It is
one of the largest construction projects ever completed. Great Wall of
China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It winds its way
westward over the vast territory of China from the bank of the Yalu
River and ends at the foot of snow-covered Qilianshan and Tianshan
mountains. It is seldom that we see such a gigantic project in China or
elsewhere in the world. The Chinese call it the Wall of 10,000 li. Its
size is better seen on a map or from an aerial photograph. According to
astronauts who looked back from the moon, of all projects built by man,
the Great Wall of China is the most conspicuous seen in space.
*Tour fee mentioned above includes the guide service, transportation, tour site entrance and lunch.
*If there is not enough participation for any of the tours mentioned above, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the tour before it starts.
*The Deadline of the tour reservation is September 30, 2008
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