Travel in Beijing
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Introduction
Situated west of Panjiayuan ( pān jiā yuán 潘家园 ) Bridge and south of the East Third Ring Road, the Panjiayuan Antiques Market is very accessible. The market deals mainly in antiques and arts and crafts. It also has the reputation of being the most inexpensive antiques market in Beijing, attracting foreign and domestic tourists. Whether you want to sightsee, window-shop or buy collectors' items, there really is something for everyone. Even Hilary Clinton has famously shopped at Panjiayuan. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 April 2009 16:53 |
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If you have a favor with curios, calligraphy, painting or other artwork in China, Liulichang Street of Chinese Culture is a must when you travel in Beijing.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 16:51 |
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Introduction
The Lao She Teahouse （lǎo shě chá guǎn 老舍茶馆）, located in the heart of Beijing, offers tourists a big helping of Chinese culture in easily digestible, bite-size pieces. The teahouse, established in 1988, is named after "The Teahouse," a play by the famous novelist and dramatist Lao She. Despite being called a teahouse, this place is definitely not about sitting down in a refined manner and sipping tea in a serene setting. Quite the contrary. The nightly shows at the Lao She Teahouse are a potpourri of the most colorful and flamboyant pearls of the Chinese culture, including acrobatics, music, magic, as well as quintessentially Chinese Beijing opera and kung fu.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 April 2009 16:21 |
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As the year 2008 of Rat is going and the year 2009 of Ox is coming, Beijing will soon be in Spring Festival fever again. As Chinese New Year is the time for family reunion in China, people living away will return home, just like Christmas in the West. Let’s take a look at the capital in Spring Festival fever — all around the city…
 Impression 1: Red lanterns Everywhere
During Chinese New Year, Beijing is definitely in Spring Festival mode. Everything red… fitting for the capital of China! Big Red Lanterns are hung from the trees or out of buildings during the Chinese New Year celebrations everywhere in Beijing.
Impression 2: Spring Festival Couplets & Chinese Character "Fu"
During the Spring Festival of every year, all families in both urban and rural areas traditionally handpick a pair of Spring Festival couplets to paste on the door, adding some joyous atmosphere to the festival.
During the Spring Festival, every household usually sticks posters of various sizes bearing the Chinese character "Fu"(fú 福 meaning "good fortune") on doors and walls. The character is a symbol of happiness, bliss and fortune. Sticking the poster upside down means the arrival of luck, happiness, and prosperity, because the Chinese word "Dao", or "upside down", sounds similar as "Dao", or "arrive". |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 April 2009 17:15 |
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The Central Television Tower is located in western Beijing San Huan mid Road (xī sān huán zhōng lù 西三环中路), near Yuyuan Tan Park (yù yuān tán gōng yuán 玉渊潭公园) and Diaoyutai State Guesthouse (diào yú tái guó bīn guǎn 钓鱼台国宾馆) from east, the new West Railway Station (běi jīng xī zhàn 北京西站) in the west, and the Summer Palace (yí hé yuán 颐和园) is in the north. It’s 405 meters high and covers an area of 15.4 hectares. It is the fifth highest tower in the world.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:42 |
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