Beijing Travel > Longqing Valley Scenic Area

Introduction Longqing Valley Scenic Area is located to north of Yanqing County,about 85 kilometers from the downtown. Opened in 1987, it now receives about 800,000 tourists annually. The scenic spot stretches for seven kilometers, with the...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Miyun Reservoir

Introduction Miyun Reservoir, located 100 km northeast of Beijing City, is a mountain valley reservoir. It was built in September,1960, and is the largest reservoir in Beijing area. Two main rivers, Chaohe and Baihe, flow into Miyun Reservo...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Heilongtan

Introduction Heilongtan is located in Shicheng Village, Miyun County, Beijing, west of Miyun reservoir, 25 km to Miyun County, 100 km to center of Beijing city, and it takes 2 hours to drive there. The scenic spot is 4000m in length, with m...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Huanghuachengshui Great Wall

Introduction Huanghuachengshui Great Wall is also well worth visiting. It was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), located at Jiuduhe Town, Huairou District, 65 kilometers (40.39 miles) from Beijing City. This section of the Great Wall at...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Jinhai Lake

Introduction Jinhai lake is located in the Jinhai Lake Town in the east part of Pinggu District of Beijing, about 85 kilometers away from the Beijing Second Ring Road. Route: Go along the airport expressway to Shunping Road, or go from Jing...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Old Beijing Mini Landscape Park

Introduction The Old Beijing Mini Landscape Park located at Nankou some 40 kilometres away from the city the Old Beijing Mini Landscape Park is a joint venture of the America Shi Tai Group Stock Co. Ltd Changping Foreign Economic Relations...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Thirteen Ming Tombs

Introduction The Thirteen Ming Tombs is situated at the foot of Heavenly Longevity Mountain, Changping, northwest of Beijing, 50 kilometers far away from Beijing city. The tombs cover 40 square kilometers. There are 13 Ming emperors, 23 emp...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Great Wall of China at Gubeikou

Sublimely beautiful in the way only undisturbed ancient ruins can be, Gubeikou is perhaps the most pristine and enjoyable sections of the Great Wall of Chinawithin day-trip reach ofBeijing. Peaceful and free of the touristy trappings of the...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Great Wall of China at Jiankou

Jiankou, for the right type of trekker, is the tops as far as the Great Wall goes. It's not as accessible or manageable as group-tour magnets like Badaling, but for anyone willing to hike and climb over some rough patches, the payoff is hug...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Peking Man Site,Zhoukoudian

Though it sparked an as-of-yet unresolved paleoanthropological debate about whether man first appeared in China or East Africa millions of years ago, the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian , about 50 kilometers southwest of Beijing, is responsi...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Beijing Art Museum

The Beijing Art Museum is, fittingly, housed in the Temple of Longevity (Wanshou Si), a remarkable complex that has survived neglect and desecration at the hands of Red Guards, invasion and occupation by the Japanese and European colonial p...  [Read more]

Beijing Travel > Houhai Hutong

Dating back to the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), h utong are traditional Beijing lanes that served as passageways between various siheyuan (courtyard houses). Over time, the name has come to refer more broadly to the style of housing and...  [Read more]