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The Pictorial Beijing Guide
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Beijing is the capital of the most populous country in the world - the People's Republic of China. With a population of 15 million, and a high proportion of green space, Beijing is one of the world's most monumental cities - a place of superlatives, ... |
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Primarily sells traditional visual art (particularly painting and calligraphy), art books and art materials. |
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Just south of TianAnMen Square, the reconstructed QianMen Street, in the style of turn-of-the-century Qing architecture, is a pedestrianised shopping steet that runs south from QianMen gateway. The City Planning Exhibition Hall and LaoShe TeaHouse ... |
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Comes alive at dusk with red lanterns; a restaurant street specialising in hot-pot. |
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Funfair with a big wheel. |
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One of the world's largest LED screens runs though this high-end shopping and bars street. European classical style meets the ultra-modern |
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Includes the Imperial Ancestral Temple (TaiMiao). The central walled section consists of three magnificent halls, each with its own auxiliary halls, and with the entrance at the south as was the tradition. Surrounding this inner section are many pine ... |
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If you only go to a market once in Beijing, take a trip to this colorful outdoor bazaar that sells all kinds of antiques, arts and crafts. Although open everyday, it is most lively at weekends when more stalls are open. Once known as the 'ghost market' ... |
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The White Dagoba Temple (BaiTa Si) has a history of over 700 years. This temple features the largest Tibetan dagoba in China, towering over the neighborhood at 51m (167 ft.) in height and has a diameter of over 30 meters at its base. It is one of two ... |
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The White Cloud Taoist Temple is perhaps the world's foremost Taoist temple and has a long history, first built to house a statue of LaoTse in the 8th century. Today, it is more or less the same as after a major renovation in 1706. This Taoist temple ... |
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 The Drum and Bell Towers (GuLou & ZhongLou) are situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Inner City, to the east of HouHai (and just south of GuLou DaJie subway station). Drum and Bell Towers are a common feature of chinese cities - ... |
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A small, beautiful park, between WangFuJing (south end) and TianAnMen Square, that runs along part of the Outer Golden River that flows in from of the TianAnMen Gate (the Imperial City). Originating as they did in south China, the Ming emperors had ... |
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Site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, includes the Birds Nest stadium, Water Cube aquatics center and surrounding area. A large park lies at the north end of the central north-south axis. |
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Built starting in 1368 during the Ming dynasty, it is one of the most picturesque sections of the Great Wall near Beijing; it connects with MuTianYu Great Wall 10 km to the east and with HuangHua Great Wall to the west. The main section of JianKou ... |
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A former industrial area, most of the original buildings have been converted internally to galleries, workshops and cafes. |
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 Set deep in forested mountains to the west of Beijing, JieTai Temple is a tranquil retreat in fresh mountain air, scented with burning incence. JieTai takes its name from its famous Ming marble ordination altar, built some 1,300 years ago. This altar ... |
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 Set deep in forested mountains to the west of Beijing, TanZheSi is a tranquil retreat in fresh mountain air, scented with burning incence. One of the largest and one oldest temples in the area. The greenery of the surroundings is spectacular, especially ... |
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 LongQing Xia Scenic Area is located 90km northwest of Beijing. Includes a lake behind northern China's highest dam. A beautiful area for boating and hiking. |
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 The Ming Tombs are located about 48 km (31 miles) northwest of Beijing at a carefully selected site partly encircled by hills. The Ming Tombs site was chosen by the third Ming Dynasty emperor YongLe (1402 - 1424), who moved the capital city of China ... |
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This park includes a small section of the original Ming city wall. |
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