Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace Day Tour

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• 9:30-11:30 Visit the Temple of Heaven, including the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, Echo Wall and other attractions
• 11:30-13:30 Drive to Dashilan, guests can visit on their own and have lunch at Dashilan Snack Street
• 13:30-14:30 Drive to the Summer Palace
• 14:30-16:30 Visit the Happy Longevity Garden, Longevity Hill, Seventeen-Arch Bridge, Yulan Hall and other attractions. You can choose to take a cruise in the Summer Palace to deeply experience the royal garden
• 16:30-17:30 Drive back to the city and disperse near Nanluoguxiang
• The Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, two world cultural heritage sites, condense the ancient Chinese royal wisdom and natural beauty. The Summer Palace is built on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, integrating the elegance of Jiangnan gardens with the royal style of the north. You can stroll along the 728-meter painted corridor, go boating on the lake and overlook the gilded Buddhist Incense Pavilion, or stop at the Seventeen-Arch Bridge to experience the winter wonder of "golden light shining through the hole", which shows the oriental philosophy of "harmony between man and nature" everywhere. The Temple of Heaven is a sacred place for emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to offer sacrifices to heaven. The echo of the Circular Mound Altar is mysterious, the blue tile dome of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the 28 golden pillars of the constellations all coincide with the numbers of the universe. Walking through the thousand-year-old Berlin and walking slowly along the central axis of the Danbi Bridge, you can still feel the aftertaste of the solemn festivals of the past. The two ancient sites, one is a paradise on earth and the other is a path to heaven. They are must-visit places to understand the royal culture of Beijing.