Beijing, the capital of China, is a city where ancient culture and modern living merge together. Each year its rich culture and wonderful scenery attract millions of visitors and tourists both from home and abroad. Changes have been taking place rapidly in Beijing as result of China's deepening reform and opening-up. As a popular saying goes around here: “Beijing is growing taller with more massive buildings springing up, greener with trees and grass covered all over the city and younger with people leading a richer and more colorful life in Beijing. It has full confidence to advance at a greater pace in the 21st century. This is Beijing, old as well as young, full of charm.”

Experience Beijing –7 days is NOT enough!

Tour & Sightseeing
Beijing is one of the top tourist destinations in the world and home to some of China’s most outstanding sights and rich cultural heritage. In a buzzing city where there is always plenty of action, teams can look forward to visiting the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Drum and Bell Tower and one of the seven wonders of the world: The Great Wall. Everyone will also have a chance to practice their bargaining skills at some of the famous shopping areas: Silk Market and Pearl Markets.

The Great Wall (长城)
Mutianyu Great Wall is situated in Huairou County, about 80 kilometers northeast of Beijing. One of the best-preserved sections of the Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall stretches from Juyongguan Pass in the west to Gubeikou Gateway in the east. In its day, Mutianyu Great Wall served as the northern barrier that defended the capital city and the Imperial Tombs from the heathen tribes to the north which, prior to the erection of the Great Wall, had instigated numerous raids on Imperial China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is 22 kilometers long and has 22 watchtowers - the highest of which reaches an altitude of 540 meters above sea level, thanks to the mountain peak on which it is erected - making it the most densely packed section of the Great Wall with greatest amounts of watch towers.

Like other sections of the Great Wall, Mutianyu has a superstructure in the form of a rampart, or a protected parapet with crenellated walls that reach about 5 feet above the height of the parapet (a crenellated wall consists of solid sections (merlons) that alternate with gaps (crenelles) for firing a weapon). The usual crenelle is rectangular, while some of the crenelles of the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall are of a saw-toothed shape. Mutianyu Great Wall averages an own-height of 78 meters, with a width of some 45 meters.

Forbidden City (故宫)
The Forbidden City (also known officially as the Imperial Palace Museum) was commissioned by the third Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yong Le. The palace was built between 1406 and 1420, but was burnt down, rebuilt, sacked and renovated countless times, so most of the architecture you can see today dates from the 1700’s and on wards. The Forbidden City was the seat of Imperial power for 500 years, and is now a major tourist attraction in China. The total area of the complex is 183 acres, so it takes quite a while to walk through, especially if you want to have a close look at everything. All together there are 9,999 1/2 rooms in the Museum, not all of which can be visited

The Imperial Palace is rectangle architecture. It is 961 meters long from south to north and 753 meters wide. There is city wall with 10 meters height around and the moat outside of city wall is 52 meters wide. The Imperial Palace has 4 gates. The Gate of Divine Prowess(Shenwumen) on the north, Merdian Gate(Wumen) on the south, the Eestern Flowry Gate (Donghuamen) on the east, and the Western Flowery Gate (Xinhuamen) on the south, the Eestem Folwery Gate (Donghuamen) on the east, and the Western Flowery Gate (xinhuamen) on the west. There are 4 corner towers at the 4 coners of city wall and the whole area is 724.250 square meters.

Tian’an Men Square (天安门广场)
Tiananmen Square is the heart and symbol of Beijing and is the biggest square in the world. Tiananmen (Gate of Heaven Peace), sits on the north of the square, is originally the frontpiece of the imperial city of Ming and Qing Dynasties, constructed in the fifteenth year of Ming Yong Le. The original it is called the Gate of Heavenly Succession (Chentianmen), which means shouldering the duty from the Heaven. In the eighth year of Emperor Shunzhi of Qing dynasty it was reconstructed and was blessed with the name: Tian An Men Rostrum. Tiananmen Rostrum is 33.7 meters high; it is a peak city gate tower with double eaves. The Rostrum is nine Ying wide and five rooms deep, numbers nine and five symbolize most superiority. There are 60 huge and towering columns on the rostrum where floor is paved with gold brick. There are chestnut lattice fan gate on south and north. There painted Chinese traditional auspicious picture and gold dragon colored painting on Tian Hua Gate and girder. There are five arch passages in the face of the Rostrum and the path in the centre is especially reserved for the Emperor himself. Tiananmen is the place of issuing imperial edict by emperors of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasties. It is used when there are important celebration activities, such as ascending the throng of new emperor, marriage and sacrifice, and the parents of the emperor come into the Palace. In addition, before the emperor personally lead his soldiers in a military operation or senior generals go out for a battle, they should hold sacrifice in front of Tian An Men and pray for victory. There is the outer golden water in front of city gate tower and seven jade stone bridges run across the river. The most spacious bridge in the middle called “Imperial Bridge” which is used by the Emperor exclusively. The “Royals’ Bridges” on the two sides of the “Royals’ Bridges” is used by officials above rank three. Officials and soldiers below rank four and servant could only use the “Common Bridge”..

Temple of Heaven (天坛)
Construction of the Temple of Heaven began during the reign of Emperor Yongle was completed in 1420. It was used by all subsequent Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In imperial China, the emperor was regarded as the Son of Heaven, the intermediary between Earth and Heaven. To be seen to be showing respect to the source of his authority, in the form of sacrifices to heaven, was extremely important. The Temple of Heaven was built for these ceremonies.
An important ceremony in the sacrifice calendar is the Winter Solstice. Upon arrival at Tian Tan, the emperor meditated in the Imperial Vault, ritually conversing with the gods on the details of government. He then spent the night in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The next day, the winter solstice, he performed animal sacrifices before the Throne of Heaven at the Round Altar. The rituals were planned to the smallest detail according to numerological theories. The ceremony had to be perfectly completed, for the smallest of mistakes would constitute a bad omen for the whole nation in the coming year.

Bird Nest Stadium (鸟巢) / National Aquatics Centre “Watercube” (水立方)
The Bird Nest Stadium and Watercube Aquatics Centre are two of the modern symbols of China. The purposes of both structures were designed with a focus to show China’s step into modern construction for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The Bird’s Nest Stadium was the designation of the opening ceremony during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One of the unique designs of this stadium is that the designers do not over-packaging the surface of the stadium but to expose its structure and therefore turns this stadium to be an outstanding one. The construction of National Stadium was started in December of 2003 and cost as much as 226.7 billion RMB. The outline of Bird’s Nest is basically made up of huge steel structure. The overhead design here is in a shape of saddle with size 332.3 meters and 296.4 meters. The highest point has reached 68.5 meters while the lowest point at 42.8 meters. Besides that, the outline of this stadium is filled with air-cushioned film which enables the whole building to be in a water-proof condition. At the same time, the landscape of grass in the stadium is still able to obtain enough sunshine to grow in a proper way

The National Aquatics Centre, also known as ''The Water Cube'', is one of the most dramatic and amazing venues to host Beijing Olympics in 2008, with the total construction area of 65, 000-80,000. It was completed in autumn 2007. The "Water Cube" was built in accordance with a water-saving design concept to be a gigantic green architectural wonder. According to statistics, the outer surface and roof facade can "collect" 10,000 tons of rain water, 70,000 tons of clean water and 60,000 tons of swimming pool water annually. And the venue can also save 140,000 tons of recycled water a year. The venue's membrane structure, covered by ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) air cushions, is not only the first of its kind in China and the world's largest and most complex ETFE project, but it is also an economical and water-saving creation.

Beijing Alleyways Tour “Hutong” (胡同)
Hutong is one of the unique special features in Beijing; in a degree, it could be simply defined as the old city alley that tend towards from east to west. There are thousands of Hutong here surrounded the Forbidden City, most of which were came into being in the dynasties Yuan, Ming, Qing. Old local residents have a saying: "There are 360 large hutongs and as many small hutongs as there are hairs on an ox." And with the development of the economy and city constructions, there are currently 4000 Hutongs in Beijing at present.