Beijing Travel Guide: Have Fun in This City!
It's the capital of our country, so of course, you have to bring your kids to check in! However, most attractions require advance reservations.
📍Attractions
The Palace Museum: This is the Ming and Qing imperial palace complex, with amazing architecture and cultural relics.
Tiananmen Square: One of the largest city squares in the world, where you can watch the flag-raising ceremony and pay respects at the Monument to the People's Heroes.
Temple of Heaven: The place where emperors in ancient times offered sacrifices to Heaven and prayed for good harvests, with unique architecture.
The Summer Palace: The largest and most completely preserved existing imperial garden.
Badaling Great Wall: A representative section of the Ming Great Wall, majestic and magnificent, with the saying, "He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man."
Bird's Nest (National Stadium): The main stadium of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, with unique and magnificent architecture.
National Museum of China: The largest comprehensive museum in China, with a rich collection.
📍Food Recommendations
Famous Dishes: Peking duck with crispy skin and tender meat. Quanjude, Bianyifang, and Da Dong are all good choices. Copper pot hot pot, fresh and tender lamb with sesame sauce, Niujie Muslim Man Heng Ji, and Ju Bao Yuan are worth trying. Old Beijing barbecue, lamb or beef grilled on a griddle until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Snacks: Zhajiangmian, handmade noodles with rich zhajiang sauce and vegetable toppings. Donkey rolls, bean paste wrapped in glutinous rice balls, sprinkled with soybean flour, soft, glutinous, and sweet. Fried liver, made with pig liver, large intestine, etc., with a rich soup.
Food Streets: Niujie Street has a variety of Muslim food, where you can taste authentic old Beijing flavors. Guijie Street mainly features spicy and savory food and is a good place for late-night snacks.
📍Accommodation Suggestions
Beijing Railway Station/Jianguomen Area: Close to Tiananmen Square, convenient for watching the flag-raising ceremony, and not far from Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, with abundant shopping and dining options.
Guomao Area: The core area of Beijing's CBD, with many star-rated hotels, a good environment, and convenient transportation and shopping.
Xidan Area: A blend of commerce and entertainment, with numerous shopping malls and restaurants, and convenient subway access.
Xizhimen Area: Close to Beijing North Railway Station, convenient for transfers, suitable for tourists traveling by train.