Beijing Spring Festival 6-Day Tour Package

Arrival at Beijing. Met and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. Free for the remainder of the day.

Feb 7

Beijing

After breakfast at your hotel, start your tour with the visit to Tiananmen Square (40 minutes), the largest public square in the world. Located in the heart of Beijing City, it is the site for massive parades and rallies, which is the largest square of this kind in the world. This was the site when in 1949, from a rostrum on Tiananmen (the Gate of Heavenly Peace), Chairman Mao proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Then move on to the Forbidden City (2 hours), the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. For almost 500 years, it served as the seat-bed of the Emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government.

After lunch , continue to the Temple of Heaven （1.5 hours), the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. It was first constructed in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of Ming emperor Yongle.

You will enjoy Beijing duck dinner in the evening. After dinner, you will be arranged to enjoy Peking Opera. Beijing ( Peking ) opera is a national treasure with a history of over 200 years. Beijing Opera is a number of stylized action, including singing, dancing, dialogue and acrobatic fighting to tell a story.

Feb 8

Beijing

After breakfast,take excursion to Mutianyu Great Wall . The ride The ride takes about one hour and half hours. The Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings - dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of the year. There are 23 towers on the Mutianyu Great Wall snaking the ridge for about 3000 meters. The watch towers at the Mutianyu Great Wall are distributed at short intervals. The 23 watch towers are numbered from right (east) to left (west). The or 23rd tower is highest point of the Mutianyu Great Wall.

After lunch, drive to Summer Palace for sightseeing, originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty. It is an imperial garden most completely reserved with richest landscapes and concentrated buildings. The Summer Palace was added to the world cultural heritage list in 1998.

Return to your hotel and dinner on your own.

Feb 9

Beijing ( Chinese New Year's Eve ) ( D )

After breakfast, our tour guide will take you to the Silk Market for the shopping just as locals do to buy the gifts and souvenirs and prepare for the new year. Return to your hotel and lunch on your own.

At 13:30 PM, our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel. You will be taken to the nearby Neighborhood. Then you will be assigned to stay with a hospitable family. You can join them to prepare the coming of the new year. After the new year eve's dinner, you will be taken out to fire firecrackers. Starting from the New Year's Eve, people begin going out to visit friends and relatives, taking with them gifts such as fruits, wines, flowers etc. The entire night will be a time for networking amusement. All locals will stay up for the night to welcome the new year. You will be transferred to your hotel around 9:30pm

Feb 10

Beijing ( the first day of the new year )

Pick from your midtown hotel in Beijing around 8:30am and have around 30 minutes private transfer to the old hutongs and caourtyards in the Shichahai area . You will have a detailed explanation of the old courtyard ( Siheyuan ) - its history, its layout, its Fengshui, and its traditional Chinese culture involved.

Then take a pedicab and drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs. Two people share one rickshaw. Drop off at the Silver Ingot Bridge ( Yinding Bridge ), a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichhai area with surrounding quiet hutongs. Walking along the Yandai Xiejie ( Tobacco Pipe Lean Street ), a quaint 800-year-old hutong located directly north of Yinding Bridge between Qianhai and Houhai and the south of the Drum Tower, used to be well-known for sellers of long-stemmed pipes, hence the name.

Ascending the 67-meter high and two-story Drum Tower dating from 1420 is sure to bring you back to the old Beijing by seeing the big drum tower and having bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of hutongs and siheyuan - existing traditional courtyards in Beijing.

After lunch, continue to visit Lama Temple , also called the Yonghe Lamasery, or Yonghegong. It is the most handsome and impressive Buddhist temple in the city. Lama Temple was built in the 33 Qing Kangxi year (1694) and it is now the largest and best-preserved Lamasery of Yellow Sect in Beijing.

Visit Ditan Park Temple Fair. This is one of the largest, most festive New Year celebrations in Beijing. The ancient temple fairs in Beijing now are only held during the Spring Festival, expanding the traditions of the past as well as being the opportunities for celebration and entertainment in the present day. Back to your lodging hotel in Beijing and the day trip ends.

Feb 11

Exit from Beijing

Transferred to the airport for departure or free on your own.