Xiangshan Park (xiāng shān gōng yuán 香山公园), also known as the Forest Park, is located on the eastern sides of the Western Hills, approximately 10 kilometers to the west of Beijing.Due to its high elevation and dense cover of trees, spring arrives late in the area and summer days are always pleasantly cool. The best time to visit the park is late fall, when the smoke tree leaves turn red. The trees make the grandest display of all. There are also groves of apricots, pears, peaches and lilacs adding their fragrance, and the more solemn evergreens, whose contribution to the local beauty is unrestricted by seasonal changes.

The Qianmen (Qiánmén 前门 literally "Front Gate") is the common name for the gateway known formally as Zhengyangmen (Zhèngyángmén 正阳门). It is a gate in Beijing. It stands at the south end of the Tiananmen Square (tiān ān mén guáng chǎng 天安门广场) precinct, and was formerly the front gate of the Inner City, a part of the ancient city of Beijing.

Nan Luo gu Xiang (nán luó gǔ xiàng 南锣鼓巷 South Gong and Drum Lane) is a place where you can see creative ways both to change and to preserve traditions.Walking into the lane, you will forget about the hustle and bustle outside immediately. The long, narrow lane is shaded by luxuriant tree under the early afternoon sun, where rows of Siheyuan, or quadrangle houses built in traditional Beijing local style, stretch far on both sides of the lane. At the entry of the lane, some old ladies are chatting with each other, while not far away some tourists are sitting here and there around some wooden tables in front of a bar house, bathing in the afternoon sun. Nan Luogu Xiang area was built in the Yuan Dynasty with more than 700 years of history. This area is very central, just to the north of the Forbidden City and on the east side of the axial line that runs through Beijing from North to South.

With the Forbidden City (gù gōng 故宫 ) and Jingshan (jǐngshān 景山) Park to its east, Zhong Nan Hai (Central and South Seas) to its south, Beihai (North Sea) Park (béihǎi gōng yuán 北海公园) is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved ancient imperial gardens in China located in the center of Beijing. This ancient garden, with over 1,000 years' history, is not only a classic combination of the grandiosity of the northern gardens and the refinement of the southern gardens in China, but also a perfect integration of magnificent imperial palaces and solemn religious constructions.