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Beijing in two days? Yes, please! This October, accompanied by my faithful Fuji Instax Wide, I set out on a frenzy around the Northern Capital. I had just started learning Chinese and thought that would be the best China: 101.
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Wangfujing Street is famous not only for shopping, but also for its snacks.
You can taste exotic weird eat items like scorpions, starfish, centipedes, beetles, silkworms, baby sharks all deep fried on a stick.
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I decided to end my summer trip in Beijing with a BANG! True enough, IT WAS! My friend and I decided to go to Mutianyu where the watchtowers and passes were built on the steep mountains (and what a climb it was!). Hiring a private taxi indeed was the best transport to take since it only took us a little over an hour. And it’s cheap! It’s a fast and easy way to get to the Great Wall if you want to spend a lot of time trekking the only man-made structure visible from space!
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In September 2011, I was lucky enough to visit a small part of China. This was an unforgettable adventure which, amongst other things, rewarded me with a century of lifespan. Read below to find out at what cost I got such reward.
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The 798 Art District is in northeastern Beijing. This place provides creative people with an opportunity and an outlet to enthusiastically pursue their artistic ideals. It has also given them a unique, spiritual homeland. China's artists have truly inspired new life into an area of Beijing, resurrecting the ghosts of the past while breathing in energy and innovation in the present. Indeed, China's vanguard has turned an industrial graveyard into an artistic paradise.
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One of China’s greatest historical treasures is the magnificent Summer Palace in Beijing. The Summer Palace is the largest and best-preserved imperial garden in China. Its Chinese name, YiHeYuan, translates as 'Garden of Nurtured Harmony' or 'Garden for Maintaining Health and Harmony'. If you go in the depths of winter, you’re in for a big surprise…
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"Whoever never been to the great wall, is not a hero". A translation of the slogan craving on the big rock.
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Beijing’s labyrinth of backstreets that’s home to “the city’s hardest bar to find”.
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The Juyongguan Pass is an entrance to a part of The Great Wall of China. If you're into trekking, it's a must visit in Beijing. If you're not a trekker (like me) it'll be a challenging climb, but it's worth it. The scenery is good, the breeze is perfect, and the wall itself is amazing.
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Temple of Heaven (Tiāntán) is one of the most famous symbols of Beijing and the only round-shaped temple in Chinese capital. Once in a year after three days of fasting Emperors were praying there for a good harvest for centuries.
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The Summer Palace in Beijing is one of the most famous gardens in the world.
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In the city of Beijing lies a place that's different from all the common tourist areas in China, The 798 Art District. Inside that district, one can see a wide array of exhibits and various art forms. There are also several souvenir and art shops within the district.
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The Forbidden City is located in the heart of Beijing with Tiananmen Square on the south side. For nearly 500 years, the Forbidden City had housed the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties up until 1911.
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The Forbidden City was an imperial complex for 5 centuries and now serves as a Palace Museum. More then million of workers were required to raise the structures during 15 years. It is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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Just want to share with you guys the joyous and artistic atmosphere that art masterpieces bring us - especially to our beloved stomach. DaDong is no ordinary roast duck restaurant but a living museum with edible masterpieces!
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Hutongs are lanes with courtyard houses and form a skeleton of old Beijing. Building of them was started during Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) as comfortable houses for the mandarins and other residents. But later on the VIPs moved to residences and gardens outside the city, and the courtyards are taken over by poorer people.
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A couple of days in the capital of China brings endless thrill and enchantment
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One of the seven wonders of the world!
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Beijing welcomes you! Let's take a tour of the Beijing Olympic Green! The largest venue at the Beijing Olympic Green in terms of seating capacity was the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It can hold up to 91,000 spectators and was the site for the 2008 Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies.
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Visiting the Summer Palace in the winter invokes a different feeling from when I visited it in the summer.
