Travel Guide East Asia China

Overview:
The Mutianyu Section of the Great Wall of China is easily reached from Beijing City center and is good for a day-trip combined with a visit to the Ming Tombs. The Mutianyu Section is a little farther away than other sections of the Great Wall and is therefore less crowded with tourists. It offers beautiful [...]

Shi Cha Hai is located situated in the west of old Beijing. It used to be part of the old Grand Canal of the Yuan Dynasty 600 years ago. And now it is a place with old Beijing traditional scenic spot and resident area with original folk culture in inner Beijing city.
Shi Cha Hai was [...]

Introduction:
The Great Wall is one of the country’s most enduring symbols but the history of the Great Wall of China is more convoluted than most people realize.

What is the Great Wall?:
It is commonly thought that the Great Wall is one long wall that runs along the mountains north of Beijing. In fact, the Great Wall [...]

Like the Chinese knots the bell is considered as an auspicious article in the Chinese tradition. On the grand ceremonies, people usually ring the bells 108 times to begin the celebration. It is said that there are 12 months, 24 solar terms and 72 hou (5 days a hou) on the Chinese lunar calendar, 108 [...]

Situated in the east part of western hills, 28 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of the Beijing City, Fragrant Hills Park is a large park of hills and forest covering 160 hectares (395.4 acres). Both its natural sceneries and cultural relics are abundant. Xianglu Peak (Incense Burner Peak), 557 meters (1827.4 feet) high, is its highest [...]

Now start your tour in the Forbidden City from Wumen, called Meridian Gate in English. It is also named Five-Phoenix Tower, Wufenglou in Chinese, for it looks like a phoenix with five pavilion buildings up there. It’s the main gate and south gate of the Forbidden City. Inside the Meridian Gate, there appear Inner Golden [...]

Your trip to China will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Make sure you make the most of it!
1. Getting grossed out
Come on now, you’ve heard the saying, “the Chinese eat every part of the pig but the oink”. Well, there may be a seed of truth to every legend, but consider that with over a billion [...]

Maybe you are familiar with Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the four ancient Chinese classic masterpieces; if so you will have been impressed by the description of the luxuriant grandeur of the Grand View Garden. This is the garden in which Grandma Liu, a character in the story, becomes dizzy and staggers on [...]

Situated between the China People’s Revolution Military Museum and China Central Television Station, China Century Monument was built to welcome the 21st century’s coming. Facing south, it encompasses an area of about 4.5 hectares (11 acres). This structure consists of the main building, the World Art Museum, the Holy Fire Square and the Bronze Thoroughfare.
The [...]

The bell and drum were originally used as musical instruments in China. Afterward, however, they were used for telling time. As early as in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220), there was ‘a morning bell and a dusk drum’. Telling the time by bell and drum played an important role in helping people live and [...]