Just north of the Birds Nest lies a huge park.
Don't forget to visit here this coming summer ...
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Just north of the Birds Nest lies a huge park.
Don't forget to visit here this coming summer ...
[video v=qfPVzANoB1o]With Wei's Travel ...
[video v=M-NjudH-7Bc]With Walk East ...
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Top videographers - bjKina, AnyuXu and DearNessie - take you on a tour of Beijing ...
First song : Going Home by Faye Wong, from the album To Love, 2003. Note : highly addictive music straight ahead ...
[video v=dMEUwcnH28M]A fantastic video film by AnYu Xu ...
Includes a great hyperlapse along Beijing's south-north axis, from Plus more videos ...
Summer is hotting up in BeiJing this week - into the high 30s C (90s F in old money).
Keep cool (keep hydrated), be cool (sensible, giving and creative), keep in touch (we love your feedback and input), and above all - love life (live more; BE love) ...
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A video treat !
Four films, starting with 'summer'.
Welcome, to the blue sky city of Beijing ...
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* University cultural festival; afternoon ...
[video v=tnpDo4xT3Ak]* QianHai and HouHai lakes and hutongs area, central Beijing; early evening ...
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Despite its northern location, Beijing, the blue sky city, is one of the sunniest places in China and, in summer, also one of the hottest.
Although around 1,000 miles north of Shanghai, and some 2,000 miles north of Hong Kong and tropical Hainan, Beijing is hotter through the summer months (mid-may to mid-September). Generally a dry heat, tropical thunderstorms can appear on occasion, and with night time temperatures in the 70s you'll be dancing in the rain ;)
Excursion ideas : the in-the-mountains Buddhist temples of JieTaiSi and TanZheSi (bus, from the western end of metro line 1), the coastal city of TianJin (train), the beach at BeiDaiHe (train) and the nearby eastern end of the Great Wall (QinHuangDao), the imperial summer resort of ChengDe (combine with a visit to Simatai / JinShanLing Great Wall; coach or train), LongQing Gorge (LongQing Xia), the Spirit Way and general countryside at the Ming Tombs.
TianJin can be a day trip as it is connected by high-speed rail, but two days would be great too. For ChengDe or BeiDaiHe, two or three days is best. Remember to take your passport in order to check in to a hotel.
Or (more locally) visit the beach / pool at ChaoYang Park. Also, consider the Summer Palace (YiHeYuan), YuanMingYuan (the 'old' / original Summer Palace), BeiHai and JingShan Parks, the Ethic Culture Park (MinZu), the Olympic Forest Park, and these places in the Western Hills: XiangShan Park, Beijing Botanical Garden, BaDaChu (Eight Great (Buddhist) Sites area).
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The blue sky city ...
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Summer scenes from BeiJing 北京 (2)
The 26th Summer Universiade in ShenZhen 深圳 - Opening Ceremony
August 12th, 2011.
Cooling down at the People's Square, ShangHai 上海 - video
Summer 2012.
ShenZhen 深圳 Summer Universiade 2011 highlights
August 2011.
A summer's evening in BeiJing 北京 - video
May / June 2012.
The ShenZhen Summer Universiade 2011 : highlights - video
The 26th Summer Universiade, in beautiful GuangDong province ...
The opening of the 26th Universiade in ShenZhen - video
Friday 12th August 2011. Highlights of the spectacular opening of the Summer Universiade, the world student Olympics. The cultural performances start just before halfway through the second video. The third shows the torch ceremony and innovative lighting of the flame.
Filmed in 2009. Students from Emory College in the US on an exchange program visit the sights ...
Summer in BeiJing 北京 (2) - video
A nicely compiled video; charming and shows quite a lot of Beijing too ... A group of students study and travel in Beijing (May - July '09); at Beijing Normal University (LiYun apartotel - I've stayed there too :) Part 2 : A different group staying at ZheJiang University (HangZhou and ShangHai area) :