Full-Day Beijing Lama Temple, Hutong & Paper-Cut Walking Tour
What is Beijing really like in your opinion? Have you ever tried to explore this ancient city by foot? If the answer is “No”... This trip is for you! Walking is a good way if you want to truly feel the charm of the city. Every piece of land you step on and every place you go has its own story. This full-day trip will show you countless amazing sights and historic stories with traditional culture inside the old city center. It features a magnificent Lama Temple, a Prince’s mansion with elegant ancient buildings, a special narrow lane called “Hutong”, a Chinese traditional handicraft, and more!
- Visit a magnificent temple of tranquil atmosphere & a mini Forbidden City
- Explore local life in Beijing Hutong
- Experience paper-cutting in a local family
- Stroll in Yandai Xie Street
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Full-Day Beijing Lama Temple, Hutong & Paper-Cut Walking Tour
What's included in Full-Day Beijing Lama Temple, Hutong & Paper-Cut Walking Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Lama Temple (Yonghegong)
Lama Temple, literally Yonghegong, is the largest monastery of the Gelu School of Tibetan Buddhism in Beijing, which features an impressive fifty-four-foot high Buddha carved from one piece of Tibetan sandalwood. It originally served as an official residence for court eunuchs, and was later converted into a monastery for monks of Tibetan Buddhism, under the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.
Gong Wang Fu
Gong Wang Fu, also called Prince Kung’s Mansion, the Mansion is endowed with elegant ancient buildings, beautiful gardens as well as rich culture and history. The residences of the Mansion are neat courtyards with three main roads and multiple entries while the garden creates three distinctive lines of landscape on the east, middle and west roads based on its conditions. Thus, the scenery changes at every step and boasts different styles.
Hutong is the name given to a narrow lane, alley, or small street between rows of single-storey Siheyuan dwelled by Beijingers in the past. People say that the real culture of Beijing lies in the culture of Hutong and Siheyuan. They give an insight to the old lifestyle of ordinary Beijingers and have special appeal to tourists.
Inclusions
- Admission to the indicated attractions
- Professional tour leader
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Public Transportation(Metro/Subway)
- Lunch
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- You will meet your tour leader at Exit C, Yonghegong Lama Temple Station in Beijing.
