Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
For most Chinese people, the dinner on Chinese new year’s eve is the most important one in a year, which is nicknamed “Family Reunion Dinner”. People...
In China, younger generations seldom cook at home. Old people still stick to the tradition of home cooking. Cooking and eating at home generate more f...
Chinese flowering crabs or crab apples, as their name suggests, are the unique specie of crabapple trees growing in China. The crab-flowers are borne...
Jiankou Great Wall is one of the most ruined and treacherous sections of the Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty ( 1368 - 1644). It meanders along the mo...
Temple of Heaven was once the imperial place where the worship for the god of heaven was held by emperors in Ming and Qing dynasties. Today Temple of...
Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall is located at the south of Tian'anmen Square between the Monument to the People's Heroes in the center of Tiananmen...
The Divine Music Administration was the highest academy of Zhonghe Shaoyue. It was located in the northwest of Temple of Heaven. It went through a 2-y...
ABC of Shichahai "Shichahai", literally "Ten Temple Lake", actually refers to a large historical area (147 hectares) including the present three lakes...
Meaning of "Tanzhe Temple" “Tanzhe Temple 潭柘寺” literally means “Temple of Pool and Zhe Tree”. There used to be a pool behind the temple and a lot of Z...
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