6 Days Beijing New Year Culture Tour from $824
Tian'anmen Square, Temple of Heaven , Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches), Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip), Ding Tomb(about 1 hour drive, be careful of the slippery steps), Mutianyu Great Wall(less crownded, about 2.5 hours drive, comfort for seniors by taking cable car up and down), Peking Duck, Hutong Tour, Chinese New Year's Eve, The First Day Of Chinese New Year, Temple Fairs, Ditan Park Fair, Changdian Temple Fair and more.
Tour Code: BJ-NYT-1 Commencement Date: At your discretion Tour Type: Private & Customizable
Day 1 Arrive at Beijing (D)
Today’s Tour: Wangfujing Street, Nanluoguxiang Hutong, Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer Accommodation: Sunworld Hotel Beijing
Detailed Description- Sunworld Hotel Beijing:
With 308 luxuriant rooms and suites of various kinds Superior Rooms, which feature tasteful decor, enhanced by elegant furnishings, including one double bed or twin beds. Amenities include coffee/tea maker, international direct phone calls, voicemail, cable TV, hairdryer, and refrigerator.
- Wangfujing Street:
Stretching from Dongan Street in the south to the Chinese Art Gallery in the north, Wangfujing Street is the most famous shopping center in Beijing. This 810-meter long street is called “China No.1 Street” due to the large number of shops and the large flow of customers. It is well-known all over China for its comprehensiveness, fashion, high quality and sophisticated cultural activities.
- Nanluoguxiang Hutong:
Nanluogu Xiang (South Gong and Drum Lane, Nanluogu Alley) is among one of the oldest hutongs around and has a history of over 800 years. This 800-meter long North-South alleyway is filled with bars, cafes, restaurants, artsy little shops, souvenir shops and cute boutiques. It's worth to spend an hour or two walking through the little alley ways and hutongs around it.
- Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer:
You will be met by your English-speaking guide and escorted to your hotel. Have a welcome dinner and get to know your guide and the city, check your itinerary with the guide, and begin your wonderful journey!
- Sunworld Hotel Beijing:
Day 2 Beijing (B,L,D)
Today’s Tour: Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven , Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches) Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at Donglaishun Restaurant
Detailed Description-
Donglaishun Restaurant: Mongolian Hot Pot at Donglaishun Restaurant is a must. The dishes are Islamic dishes, which are mainly cooked by instant-boiling, frying, quick-frying and roasting.
- Tiananmen Square:
The heart of urban Beijing and large enough to accommodate an assembly of one million people. It stands in front of the Forbidden City, at its north the Tiananmen Rostrum, from which imperial decrees were promulgated.
- Temple of Heaven :
a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations, and had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries. You can see lots of Beijingers practicing Taichi in the morning and you can join them.
- Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches):
Built between 1406 and 1420, the Forbidden City was the palace of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, a period extending over 500 years. The atmosphere created by the many temples, halls and courtyards - not to mention the colors of the tiles, roofs and painted wood - is unique, leaving you with a lasting impression of imperial China. The palace has over 9000 rooms. Treasure Houses takes up about 220 square metres. There are more than 440 treasures on display belonged to Qing dynasty royalty,most of which have not never been on display in the past time. Hall of Clocks and Wathches: It is located in the east of the Inner Court outside the Gate of Respect Movement (Jing Yun Men). This exhibition hall houses about 200 clocks and watches from the imperial collection. Those watches and clocks are mostly made in Switzerland, England, France, the U.S and Japan, with some Chinese made timepieces on display as well.
- Tiananmen Square:
Day 3 Beijing (B,L,D)
Today’s Tour: Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip), Ding Tomb(about 1 hour drive, be careful of the slippery steps), Mutianyu Great Wall Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at Peking Duck
Detailed Description-
Peking Duck: Have a your dinner at Fangzhuan or Bianyifang Peking Duck Restaurant. Peking Roast Duck (Beijing kao ya) is considered to be one of the most delicious dishes all over China. It is famous for its brown color, tender meat, mellow taste, and agreeable fatness. It’d be a great loss for visitors to Beijing if they miss to taste it.
- Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip):
You can take cable car up and down to experience a birdview of the less untouched Great Wall at Mutianyu section.
- Ding Tomb(about 1 hour drive, be careful of the slippery steps):
Also known as the “13 Tombs”, this is the burial site of 13 Emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The tombs are located at the Tianshou Mountain of Changping District. From 1409, the first tomb called “Changling Tomb” was built and the last tomb called “Siling Tomb” was constructed in 1644. Altogether, there are now 13 tombs of Emperors, 23 of Empresses, 2 of Princes, about 30 concubines, and eunuch.
- Mutianyu Great Wall:
Located in Huairou County 70km northeast of Beijing, Mutianyu section of Great Wall is connected with Juyongguan Pass in the west and Gubeikou Gateway in the east. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu section of Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. First built in the mid-6th during the Northern Qi dynasty, Mutianyu Great Wall is older, less crowded, more original than Badaling Great Wall. (less crownded, about 2.5 hours drive, comfort for seniors by taking cable car up and down)
- Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip):
Day 4 Beijing (B,D)
Today’s Tour: Hutong Tour, Chinese New Year's Eve Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Detailed Description- Hutong Tour:
You will travel by taking a rickshaw or called pedicab, visit a local famliy in a traditional courtyard, talk to the host and hostess, perhaps on your are interested in topics such as a beijinger's daily life, etc. Finally we will climp up the Drum Tower where you can have a bird's eye view of the old Beijing city.
- Chinese New Year's Eve:
You will enjoy a Hutong tour in the morning. After lunch at a local resident, our guide will lead you to a local resident in Hutong. After the introduction, you can join them to prepare the coming of the New Year. Decorate the rooms with New Year’s paper cutting and paper banners of lucky Chinese words or paintings. A new tablecloth will be put on the dining table. New dishes and new chopsticks will be brought out. The beds will be made up with new sheets, new pillows and blanket covers. The sweetmeat and melon seed dishes will be filled. Fragrant Chinese narcissus plants with fresh blossoms and buds will be purchased from vendors and put in the rooms. A New Year big dinner will be served including the two main dishes served: Jiaozi and Fish. Jiaozi is shaped like shoe-shaped gold or silver ingot, used as money in feudal China. Fish in Chinese is the homophone of "surplus", meaning the family will have surplus fortune year by year. So fish symbols the luck and wealth of the coming year. The young members of the family will bow and pay their respects to the parents and elders. After the New Year eve's dinner, you will enjoy the firecrackers time. Starting from the New Year's Eve, people begin going out to visit friends and relatives, present them gifts such as fruits, wines, flowers, etc. The entire night will be a time for networking amusement. All locals will stay up for the night to welcome the coming of the New Year. You will be transferred to your hotel later in the evening.
- Hutong Tour:
Day 5 Beijing (B)
Today’s Tour: The First Day Of Chinese New Year, Temple Fairs, Ditan Park Fair, Changdian Temple Fair Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel
Detailed Description- The First Day Of Chinese New Year:
Our guide and car will pick you up from your hotel at 9:00 am. Our guide will lead you to some local markets and to see how local people spend their Chinese New Year Holiday. The most interesting thing is to put yourself in the Temple Fairs where you can enjoy a heavy traditional Chinese New Year and find lots of Chinese cultural traditions and customs such as the stilts-walking, local dance, imperial performance, etc. And have lunch with the locals in a courtyard, learning how to cook Chinese food. After lunch, you will be arranged to visit a famous Beijing temple fair. You can enjoy the folk performances such as stilt-walking and drum performances are regular activities at any temple fair, snacks are displayed in lines of booths, shop around as most of the temple fair places are full with booths providing various small cheap products from tea, pot flowers, paintings, ceramics, books, birds and toys; Shoot Opportunity, you can take your camera when you are in a temple fair trip in Beijing. It's a great insight into the lives of Beijing people in the past and present.
- Temple Fairs:
The "temple fair" (Miao Hui) began as groups of vendors who did business near temples when many pilgrims came to pay tribute to the gods during traditional festivals. The practice grew, gradually turning into a regular event. Now temple fairs are an important and joyful destination for Chinese people during festivals, most especially the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year.
- Ditan Park Fair:
One of the city's busiest temple fairs since 1985. Ditan Park is the site of the altar where sacrifices were formerly offered to the earth god. This year's fair will climax with a performance reenactment of a Qing Dynasty sacrificial ceremony.
- Changdian Temple Fair:
The Changdian Temple Fair is often a favorite outing for Beijing residents during the Lunar New Year. It is a particular draw for people to buy and sell paintings and calligraphic works, antiques, articles for daily use, children's toys, food products and seasonal fruit and vegetables. In addition, acrobatics, magic shows and opera are all provided for entertainment. This temple altfair is popular among foreigners.
- The First Day Of Chinese New Year:
Day 6 Departure Beijing (B)
Today’s Tour: Hotel to Airport/Train Station Transfer Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel
Detailed Description- Hotel to Airport/Train Station Transfer:
You will be escorted to the airport/train station for your flight/train to your next destination. Please double check your luggage, stuffs, visa and passport.
- Hotel to Airport/Train Station Transfer:
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| Your Group Size | Half Twin Price ( Low Seson) | Half Twin Price ( High Season) | Inquiry/Customize |
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| 1 Person | $ 1435 | $ 1435 | |
| 2 - 5 Persons | $ 824 | $ 824 | |
| 6 - 9 Persons | $ 646 | $ 646 | |
| 10 Up Persons | $ 574 | $ 574 | |
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