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Beijing |
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Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, Lama Temple, Confucius Temple, Olympic Village, Nationalities Park |
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Overnight: |
Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel
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Breakfast, Lunch |
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Nationalities Park
also called Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, is situated south of the Bird's Nest and within the Olympic Green. The huge park has been a labor of love and precisely re-creates life in all 56 of Chin...
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Today you will first visit the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall. Then move on to the Lama Temple and the Confucius Temple. After lunch, drive to the Olympic Village to pay a visit to the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube nearby for outside look. Lastly you will visit the Nationalities Park (Chinese Ethnic Culture Park), a focus on traditional architecture, music and dance. |
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Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall (Details/Hidden)
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Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, located close to Tian`anmen Square and the city's old railway station, exhibits the history and future plan of the city. In this impressive building tourists can view different displays and photographs tracing the city's development, enhanced with light and sound effects. Tourists will undoubtedly find the place interesting, but it is particularly fascinating for those interested in architecture. Here one can get an idea of how the city is changing with time and what the city will look like in the future. Bronze reliefs lining the stairway between the second and the third floors show Beijing in 1949. The city's focal point, the gilded Forbidden City can be easily spotted from the impressive ten-meter high and nine-meter wide reliefs. |
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Lama Temple (Details/Hidden)
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Lama Temple, located in central Beijing, is the largest lamasery in China. The building, with its unique blend of Chinese and Tibetan architecture, was originally constructed in 1694 as a home for court eunuchs. Once completed, however, it served as a court for Prince Yong, who later became Emperor Yongzheng. In 1744 the palace was converted into a lamasery and quickly became the national center of Lama administration. The temples most prominent feature is the 18-meter high statue of Buddha in the last building. Unbelievable though it sounds, the enormous statue (and its base, buried beneath the ground) was carved from a single piece of sandalwood, given to Emperor Qianlong by the Dalai Lama in 1750. It took three years just to ship the giant tree from Nepal to Beijing. |
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Confucius Temple (Details/Hidden)
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Confucius Temple was a place where people could pay homage to Confucius during the last three dynasties (1271--1911) and still today. It is the second largest temple constructed for Confucius, ranking second only the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius. Today, the temple is a haven of tranquility with ancient cypress and juniper trees, halls, pavilions and stone steles. The temple is connected with the Imperial College next door. |
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Olympic Village (Details/Hidden)
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Olympic Village is also called Olympic Green for the Beijing Olympic Summer Games 2008 is energy-saving and environmentally friendly. Apartments in the Olympic Village have a total floor area of 370,000 square meters. All the apartments are permanent structures of similar architectural style, including 22 six-storey buildings and 20 nine-storey buildings. The residential area of the Olympic Village has a clinic, dining halls, a multi-functional library, an entertainment center and a recreational sports zone, as well as apartments for athletes. The recreational sports zone includes the Bird’s Nest, Water Cube, National Indoor Stadium, Olympic Green Convention Center, etc. The international area is the place where sports delegations hold welcoming ceremonies, receptions and other activities. The Olympic Village will be modified to become residential area in 2009. |
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Nationalities Park (Details/Hidden)
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Nationalities Park located near the Olympic Sports Centre in the northern part of the city of Beijing. Culture shows, such as special dances, wedding ceremonies, songs, festival celebrations of different ethnic groups, are given in the park regularly. The park is a large cultural venue featuring traditional architecture of various ethnic groups, folklore, singing and dancing performance, handicraft works and national food. It is composed of 37ethnic group villages and some 40 ethnic group scenic spots including the Bai, Tibetan, Naxi, Mosu, Dulong and Nu minorities. China is home to 55 ethnic groups (minority nationalities), and each with a diverse cultural heritage, different customs and costumes, and unique arts and crafts. |
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