Introduction to the Forbidden City

Going to the Forbidden City tour, a few must-see attractions Taihe Gate, the three main halls, the Noon Gate, Lungzong Gate, Jingyunmen, Arrowhead Pavilion, Yangxin Hall, Shenning Palace, Shenning Palace, Shenning Palace, where there is a restaurant, you can eat at noon in the meal here, ate lunch in the afternoon to continue to visit the Palace of Wuyin Hall, the Hall of Culture, King's Runner Gate, the Hall of Nourishment, the Qianqing Palace, Crossing Qin Hall, the Royal Palace, the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty, and the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty. Qing Palace, Jiaqin Hall, the Imperial Garden, Qianlong Garden, the Imperial Palace, Kunning Palace.

Tips:

One, the problem of tickets, the Forbidden City tickets, need to buy tickets online, recommended Ctrip or the official website of the Forbidden City tickets, tickets need to be purchased ten days in advance, the Forbidden City site scenic area is not ticketed, so all the need to buy tickets online and and real-name tickets.

Second, visit the basic route planning is this, usually from the south into the north, that is, from the Forbidden City into the afternoon gate, from the Shenwu Gate or Donghuamen out.

Three, if you carry any items, are not allowed to enter the scenic area, you can be in the Forbidden City parcel storage, usually this way, in the noon gate parcel storage, and then out of the Forbidden City, in the Shenwumen parcel storage to pick up the parcel, the Forbidden City, here to provide package delivery service, hosting parcels from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m..

Four, if you play from the Forbidden City out of time is still early, when you come out of the Shenwumen, you can go across the Jingshan Park, you can also go west about a kilometer, you can reach the Beihai Park.

Personal Play Experience:

2022 August went to Beijing, that night in downtown Beijing to find a hotel to stay, the next day to the Forbidden City, in fact, the tickets are not expensive, plus two museums, a **** 80, minors are free of charge, ten days ahead of time to buy tickets online, but also in the Forbidden City small program can buy tickets directly.

The most familiar is the Reservoir Palace, Yanxi Palace, in many palace fighting TV series in the side of the introduction, walk through the three palaces and six courtyards, then to the Imperial Garden, and then is the Office of Military Affairs, just now is to see the end of the West Sixth Palace, the next step is to go to the East Sixth Palace, to see the Treasure Museum, and finally from the north door out of the Forbidden City, because of the reason of the time, but also only strolling through the Forbidden City, eighty percent of the attractions.

Note: to play the little ones, you can choose to take a taxi or take the subway bus to go, in Tiananmen East Station or West Station off, because the Palace Museum, there is no parking lot, so they drive to, bad parking is a problem.

The Forbidden City visit line: Noon Gate is the only visitor entrance, Shenwu Gate is the only exit.

Opening time: 830am-17:00pm. closed all day every Monday.

So it's not a special national holiday, don't go on Monday.

Second, Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square, the two most important card points, the first is to see the hoisting of the national flag, the second is to go to the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao, but also Beijing travel must be to the two card points.

The main attractions Tiananmen Square, Monument to the People's Heroes, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Great Hall of the People, National Museum of China.

Suggested Playing Time

Out-of-towners coming to Tiananmen Square need to leave from their hotels at four in the morning, and try to get to Tiananmen Square before five to see the national flag being raised, and then visit Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall, followed by the museum.

Ticket price: Free

Opening time

I. Flag-raising time in Tiananmen Square:

September 12 (Monday): Flag-raising time 05:52; Flag-lowering time 18:28.

September 13 (Tuesday)

September 14 (Wednesday): Flag raising time 05:54; flag lowering time 18:25.

September 15 (Thursday): Flag raising time 05:55; flag lowering time 18:24.

September 16 (Friday): Flag raising time 05:56; flag lowering time 18:22.

September 16 (Friday): Flag raising time 05:56; flag lowering time 18:22.

September 16 (Friday): Flag raising time 05:56; flag lowering time 18:22.

Flag lowering time 18:22 18:22.

Saturday, September 17: Flag Raising 05:57; Flag Lowering 18:20.

Sunday, September 18: Flag Raising 05:58; Flag Lowering 18:19.

The first of the month is the Big Flag Raising, and there will be more people in the honor guard! Usually there are fewer!

Two, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

Opening time: throughout the year Tuesday to Sunday 08:00-12:00 Monday is not open; national holidays, the relevant commemorative days will be open.

Location and Transportation

Address: East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

Transportation: Bus 1, 120, 2, 52, 82, Night 1, Sightseeing Line 1, Sightseeing Line 2 Tiananmen East Station, Metro Line 1 Tiananmen East Station.

Reservation method

One, first of all, is to follow the requirements of the epidemic prevention, with a 48-hour nucleic acid negative certificate and green code.

Two, Tiananmen Square security check is very strict, knives, sharp objects and so on may be prohibited to bring, so do not bring packages a little faster.

Three, ten days in advance to make a reservation to visit, must be a real name reservation. Visitors who have made reservations for the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao, the National Museum, the Forbidden City Museum, Zhongshan Park, the Beijing Municipal Labor People's Cultural Palace and other units open to the public will be able to enter by presenting a valid reservation record to the staff at the site.

Tian'anmen Introduction

Tian'anmen Square is located directly south of Tian'anmen Square, the center of the square is the Monument to the People's Heroes and the solemn Chairman's Memorial Hall, the west side of the square is the Great Hall of the People, the east side of the National Museum of China, and on the south side of the square are the two ancient citadel buildings, the Zhengyangmen Gate and the Qianmen Wrigley Tower.

There are a few things to keep in mind, you need to dress in formal attire, dress appropriately, wearing an undershirt and slippers will be refused entry to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, in addition to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is not allowed to take pictures, not allowed to raise their voices, the atmosphere inside the hall is very solemn.

Going to a lot of people, so often need to queue up, if the body has sharp objects and fruit knives and other short folding knife, must not take, like lighters and so on, do not bring, in advance, make an appointment online.

After arriving in Beijing, you can live in Tiananmen next to the Hanting Hotel (Beijing Tiananmen Store) is also very affordable, good service, and it's convenient to watch the flag-raising in the morning.

Three, the Summer Palace

Recommended reasons

The Summer Palace is a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty, basically modeled after the style of the Jiangnan gardens, the address is in the western outskirts of Beijing, 15 kilometers away from the city of Beijing, the park has a rockery artificial lakes, as well as Many garden buildings, there are also stores and cafes, teahouses, you can play in the inside leisure tea and coffee, can be said to come to Beijing must be a hit point.

Suggested Playing Time

Opening time

Opening time: peak season (April 1-October 31): 06:00 opening, 19:00 stop entering the park, 20:00 closing: off-season (November 1-March 31): 06:30 opening, 18:00 stop entering the park, 19:00 closing.

Address: 19 New Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing.

Transportation: Xiyuan Station, Metro Line 4, Bus 331, 332, 346, 303, 584, Night 8, Beigongmen Station, Metro Line 4.

Buses 303, 331, 332, 346, 384, 394, 563, 584, 594, 601, Night 8, Sightseeing Line 3.

Bus lines: 74, 374, 437.

South Ruyimen Bus Line: 374, 74, 437.

West Suburb Line Summer Palace West Gate Station; Bus No. 469, 539.

Reservation Methods

As long as you have a 72-hour negative nucleic acid certificate and a green code, you can buy tickets on site, or you can buy tickets online.

Since June 6, 2022, the proportion of the Summer Palace's restricted flow has been adjusted to 75%, and the admission to the garden must be checked with a 72-hour negative proof of nucleic acid. Various types of indoor exhibitions in the garden, scenic compound in accordance with 75% of the flow restriction ratio gradually resumed opening; self-propelled boat (ferry class) not more than 75% of the authorized number of passengers; commercial cultural and creative, catering and other business places in accordance with 75% of the flow restriction ratio to resume business, maintain a safety distance of more than 1 meter, catering establishments to restore the dine-in, increase the distance between the table, advocate seating in alternate places.

Visitors touring the park in advance of the appointment, with the staff to do a good job of checking the nucleic acid negative certificate, temperature scanning registration and other epidemic prevention work, scientific wear a good mask, to maintain more than 1 meter safe touring distance, do not pile up, do not gather, safe and civilized touring the park.

The Summer Palace was built by Emperor Qianlong, because Emperor Qianlong liked to go to the south of the Yangtze River to play, so he repaired this imitation of the Jiangnan style of royal garden in Beijing, the Summer Palace scenic area, there are a few small attractions need to be purchased separately, so in the scenic area, direct purchase of a joint ticket is more cost-effective.

Tour guide:

Scenic spot of the Summer Palace, can be divided into three areas, the first is centered on the Hall of Renshou where Emperor Qianlong handled official business, the second area is to Yu Lantang, Leshou Tang as the main body of the emperor's recreation and entertainment area, the third area is the promenade and the back of the mountain, flowers, grass, lakes and mountains. The overall building is counted to have more than three hundred rooms, in addition to garden buildings, is also well worth viewing the attractions.

You can take a cruise in the scenic area and enjoy swinging on the Kunming Lake.

There are 8 boat piers***: Bafang Pavilion, Wenchang Pavilion, Yulan Hall, Paiyun Hall, Shizhang Pavilion, Copper Ox, Stone Boat and South Lake Island.

There are 5 kinds of boat cruises*** available: pedal boat, hand rowing boat, battery boat, dragon boat and large painting boat.

The Summer Palace is very wide, and the tour basically takes a whole day, so it is recommended to enter the scenic spot in the morning and eat in the park at noon, and there are three fast-food pavilions in the park***, which are located at Zhichun Pavilion, Paiyun Hall East Nine Rooms, and Shijiao Pavilion.

These three restaurants meal prices are quite affordable, basically the public taste, if the partners want to eat a big meal, you can go to the park to listen to the Oriole Pavilion here is specializing in the operation of the palace dishes, the price belongs to the high-grade consumption.

Four, Beihai Park

To ask where to go to see the lotus, the Beihai Park waiting for you! If you want to see the lotus, and see the most complete lotus, have to go to Beijing's Beihai Park can not, Beihai Park has more than 100 varieties of lotus, it can be said that the existing world as long as there are varieties of lotus, Beihai Park, so go to Beihai Park, the best season is June to the end of October, the time is exactly the season of the lotus in full bloom, of course, Beihai Park, as a royal garden, but also not only lotus, but also many garden buildings are also a good place to see the lotus, and also a good place to see the lotus, and also a good place to see the lotus. The best time to go to Beihai Park is from June to the end of October, when it is in full bloom.

Suggested Playing Time

Suggested Playing Time One Day.

Admission Price

Admission Price: High Season (April 1-October 31): 10 RMB for admission, 20 RMB for joint ticket: Low Season (November 1-March 31): 5 RMB for admission, 15 RMB for joint ticket.

Opening time: High season (April 1-October 31): 06:00-21:00, admission stops at 20:30: Low season (November 1-March 31): 06:30-20:00, admission stops at 19:30.

Address: No.1 Wenjin Street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Transportation: Beimen: Bus No.13, 42, 107, 111, 118, 612, 701 at the Beihai Park Beimen Station; Subway No.6 Beihai Bei Station.

East Gate: No. 5 at Xibanqiao Station.

South Gate and Southwest Gate: Bus No. 5, 101, 103, 109, 124, 128, Special No. 1 and Special No. 2 at Beihai Station.

Reservation Methods

Visitors must bring a certificate of a negative nucleic acid test within 72 hours and scan the green code of "Beijing Health Treasure".

It is recommended to book tickets online in advance, Ctrip, Meituan, etc.

Beihai Park Introduction

Beihai Park is divided into the entire North Shore Scenic Area, East Shore Scenic Area, Qiongdao Scenic Area, Tuancheng Scenic Area, North Shore Scenic Area within the main attractions of the fast snow Hall, five dragon Pavilion and the small West Heaven, Jingxinzhai, Expound the blessing of the temple and the West Heaven Brahma, and one of the biggest highlights of the Nine Dragons Wall is a must-go to hit the card point.

The main attractions of the east coast scenic area are the Painted Boat Zhai, Hao Pu inter, the main attractions of the Qiongdao scenic area are the Yongan Temple, Ripple Hall, Yuexin Hall, read the ancient building. There is also a must-visit card point, is the center point of the Qiongdao scenic area, the White Pagoda, the White Pagoda is 36 meters high is the symbol of the Beihai Park, in addition to the Tuancheng scenic area, the main attractions of the main attractions of the Chengguang Hall.

People can take a cruise boat swinging on the lake, can let people relax physically and mentally, forget the trouble.

Five, Badaling Great Wall

To the Great Wall is not a good man, come to Beijing does not come to climb the Great Wall, it will be a lifetime of regrets, Badaling Great Wall is located in the Yanqing District of Beijing, Beijing, Jundu Mountain Guandou Guandao north mouth, 60 kilometers or so from downtown, the field to go! Small partners, recommended to live directly next to the scenic area, because the Badaling Great Wall scenic area is a national 5A level scenic area, scenic area within the hotel also has a restaurant, supporting facilities are very complete.

Suggested Play Time: Suggested play time is more appropriate for one day.

Opening time: Since April 6, 2021, daily 6:30-16:30 open.

Address: Exit 58 of G6 Beijing-Tibet Expressway, Yanqing District, Beijing.

Because during the epidemic, you need to have a forty-eight-hour nucleic acid negative certificate and a green code. Purchase tickets online in advance.

To Beijing's partners, you can through the Badaling Great Wall public number, advance online reservations, but also in Ctrip on the advance online ticket reservation, eight o'clock in the morning from Beijing to the scenic area, after checking the ticket to enter the scenic area, the Great Wall scenic area is divided into the North City and the South City, the first to climb the city, from the north of a city building to the north of a city building to the north of the eight city building, the first city building, from the north of a city building to boarding. Specifically according to their own physical strength to decide it, if the North City shopping, you still have enough physical strength can go to the South City around.

Personal experience:

Morning at the Beijing Municipal District North Station to take the train to the Great Wall ride 30 minutes or so, out of the station to walk three or four minutes to the cable car, cable car to 140, one-way 100, if you walk to walk a kilometer to the scenic area of the entrance, tickets can be booked in advance, but also can be purchased on-site, the price of 40 yuan, the recent crowd is not much I was to the site to buy, but if the peak season, it is recommended that you still online in advance to book to buy, after the ticket gate right is the North City, the left is the South City, most people choose the North City, I am also the first time to the Great Wall, a lot of people say that it is very costly to the body, fellow elderly and girls are taking the cable car up to wait for me on the seventh floor.

Here it should be noted that the ropeway can only go to the 7th floor, the highest point of the ropeway is the 8th floor, the 11th floor is the exit, I climbed from the north first floor to the 8th floor with half an hour, if you want to shop in the South City, do not go out from the exit, you can return to the first floor the same way to go to the South City.

Remember to bring your ID card, you can't get in without it.

Tips for playing

I recommended above these five scenic spots, especially to explain is that before the departure of the family, ten days in advance of the reservation of each attraction tickets, etc., but also pay attention to do nucleic acid during the tour, when going to scenic spots such as Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, don't bring parcels, folding fruit knives, lighters, and other items to wear clothes, to wear formal dress, do not wear an undershirt, slippers are absolutely not wear.

The elderly, to climb the Great Wall can prepare a hiking stick, wear sports shoes, sports pants, wear a sun hat.

Travel planning: the expected trip is about seven days from home to Beijing on the first day, the second day to go to the Forbidden City Museum, then the third day Tiananmen Square, the fourth day of the Summer Palace, the fifth day of the Beihai Park, the sixth day of the Great Wall of Badaling, the seventh day to return, so that the time is still a little bit tight, if the time is not sufficient, you can choose to go to a separate attraction.

Featured food:

One, the old Beijing shabu-shabu mutton

Two, popping tripe

Three, the old Beijing miscellaneous sauce noodle

Travel advice:

Going to the Great Wall, you should bring some mountaineering equipment, wearing clothes to sportswear-based, in addition, it is the problem of lodging, when you go to the Great Wall. You can choose to stay around the Great Wall scenic area, visit the Forbidden City and the attractions in the Beijing Municipal District can choose to find a hotel accommodation closer to Tiananmen Square, so that it is convenient to see the flag-raising, in addition, it is to pay attention to do the nucleic acid, and the scenic area to book the purchase of tickets for the thing.