Beijing Private Tour: Explore More in Forbidden City and Hutong plus Kungfu Show
This is a tour that you can get an in-depth experience in Beijing. The itinerary includes visiting Forbidden City, walking into Hutong to visit a local home and gain insight into ancient Chinese customs, watching a cricket show and learning paper-cutting, having a bird’s eye view of Forbidden City from Jingshan and enjoying a Kungfu Show.
1.Visit the largest wooden architectural complex in the world - The Palace Museum 2.Walk into Hutong and gain insight into ancient Chinese customs 3.Enjoy delicious Lunch (Peking duck and vegetarian options are available) 4.Hassle-free pickup from most location within Beijing 5rd Ring Road 5.Get local tips and insights from your guide
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Beijing Private Tour: Explore More in Forbidden City and Hutong plus Kungfu Show
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What's included in Beijing Private Tour: Explore More in Forbidden City and Hutong plus Kungfu Show
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
Your tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel at 09:00 a.m.. Then, we will transfer to the Tiananmen Square and start the highlight tour. The solemn and respectful Tiananmen Square is the largest central city square in the world, which serves not only the city's symbol but also the whole of China. This immense courtyard is surrounded by a variety of significant edifices such as the Tiananmen Tower, Great Hall of the People, Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao, Monument to the People's Heroes and National Museum. It is the must place to visit in Beijing City.
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, is recognized as the largest wooden architectural complex in the world. Once served as the imperial palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has 9,999 rooms in flourishing period. For five centuries, this palace functioned as the administrative center of the country. Follow your tour guide to visit several palaces, including the lavish Antiquarian of the Palace Museum (Treasures Museum). The Treasure Gallery(珍宝馆) consists of six gallery rooms displaying pieces from the imperial collection and extant accoutrements for palace life. All of these exquisite items are made of precious materials, such as jade, jadeite, gold, silver, pearls and other precious and semi-precious stones. The superb craftsmanship and inestimable value of each piece is aptly summarized in the title of the gallery.
Hutong Tour
Hutong is the name given to a narrow lane, alley, or small street between rows of single-storey Siheyuan(四合院) 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. We will walk along Hutong, visit a local home and gain insight into ancient Chinese customs, watching a cricket show and learning paper-cutting. Cricket Show 蟋蟀表演 In Beijing, cricket refers to a kind of insect and its Chinese name is Qu Qu(蛐蛐). Keeping cricket has a history of more than 1500 years in China. People like to keep the cricket and watch the cricket fighting. The lifetime of the cricket is only 100 days. It may seem strange that such a little insect could bring great popularity to a place, but the crickets are indeed an extraordinary and indispensable feature. Paper-Cutting 中国剪纸 Paper-cutting(剪纸) is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. It originated from the 6th century when women used to paste golden and silver foil cuttings onto their hair at the temples, and men used them in sacred rituals. Today, paper-cuttings are chiefly decorative. They are pasted on the walls, windows, doors, columns and lanterns to express people’s hopes, gratitude and other emotions.
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Snacks
- Lunch
- Professional tour guide
- Dinner
- 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 can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We pick up from hotels within 5 Rings.
