Beijing Botanical Garden is established in 1955, situated in the northwestern outskirts of Beijing city. It covers an area of 564,000 square meters, just between Fragrant Hills Park and Jade Spring Mountain. With about 6,000 different plant species, with about 6,000 different plant species, many famous and rare plant specimens are on display. Amang them, there are about 2,000 kinds of trees and bu...

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By:china tour | Beijing Tours | 2009-12-17 17:22:00

Huilongguan is a place on northern outskirt of Beijing City, on the way to Badaling Great Wall, 16 kilometers from Desheng Gate to south, 18 Kilometers from Changping Distict to north. The name Huilongguan is from Huilong Village which can trace back to Ming Dynasty, 600 years ago. At this time, this place was a large pasture. Later, in order to learn Taoism, Emperor Hongzhi ordered people to buil...

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By:china tour | Beijing Tours | 2009-12-17 17:22:00

Sanlitun is a famous foreigners area located in Chaoyang District, Beijing. There located different countries' Embassies, bars, clubs, Yashow market, and many international brand-name stores. After the People's Republic of China was founded, the government chose Sanlitun as the area for the foreign legation and embassies. in the late 1950s. The area was called Sanlitun to designate its location fr...

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By:china tour | Beijing Tours | 2009-12-17 17:21:00

As the name shows, Wangfujing Snack Street is located in the Wangfujing Pedestrian Street. The Wangfujing Street is named after a well in front of the Foreign Language Bookstore. The well was dug during the Ming Dynasty, and called Wangfujing which means the well of residence.
Wangfujing Snack Street is located behind Beijing Hotel in the Wangfujing Shopping Street. It serves all kinds of weir...

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By:china tour | Beijing Tours | 2009-12-17 17:20:00

Beijing National Theatre, formerly known as the National Grand Theatre, the nickname The Egg, is situated on the west of Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People in Xicheng District. It is an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake. Occupying an area of 200,000 square meters, it can seat 6,500 people in three halls. It was designed by French architect Paul An...

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By:china tour | Beijing Tours | 2009-12-17 17:20:00