Tour: Forbidden City, Temple of heaven Summer Palace

Durations: 1
Departure: Daily
Type: private tour
Visit Locations: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace

Itinerary Details:

1.Pick you up from your hotel on departure time,and then drive to the famous Tiananmen Square,

2.From the north end of Tiananmen Square, we will enter the Forbidden City

3. luch

4. After lunch, go to visit pearl factory to enjoy pearl history of China and learn how to distinguish real pearl with fake pearl.

5. Driving to Summer Palace.

Tianmen Square Introduction:

Tianmen Square is the spiritual heart of the world's most populous country, occupy an area of 44 hectares (440,000 square meters), big enough to hold (half) a million people.On October 1st,1949,Mao climbed atop the 'gate of Heavenly Peace'. which gives the square it's name, to proclaim the foundation of the people's Republic of China. Tiananmen (translated from Chinese: The Gate of Heavenly Peace) is the original gate of the Imperial Palace, commonly known as the Forbidden City. It is now one of the entrances for tourists visiting the Forbidden City.  On the square's north end is the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which leads towards the Forbidden City .in the centre of the square is the 40m-high Monument to the People's Heroes., chairman mao's mausoleum, on the square's east side house is Chinese history and revolution Museum, on the west is the Great Hall of the People.

Forbidden City Introduction:

From the north end of Tiananmen Square, we will enter the Forbidden City, which was built in 1420. It is the abode of total 24 Ming and Qing emperors of the Celestial Empire. Enclosed behind its moat and 9.9m high walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and long corridors that occupy a total area of 720,000 square meters. Besides its massive scale and historical significance, the Forbidden City strikes the imagination by its design. Its dramatic color scheme of vermilion wallls, white marble terraces and staircases and brilliant yellowtiled roofs create one of the world's most beautiful architectural complexes.The last emperor Puyi left the Forbidden city in 1924, 11 years after his abdication and the establishment of the Republic of China, after Puyi's departure, the Forbidden city, which had long been off-limits to most mortals, was opened to the public, hence, its current Chinese name, gugong bowuyuan, meaning 'the palace Museum'.

Summer Palace Introduction:

The Summer palace is a wonderful place to explore, as long ago as the Yuan dynasty, officials set up their private gardens in the scenic area, but the summer palace didn't take on its present appearance until the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty. He deepened the park's manmade lake and added building to serve as a "country home" for his mother, though it would be the Empress Dowager Cixi who would have the biggest impact on the palace's appearance.

Meal: Lunch

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Forbidden city 2008-03-17 21:35:43

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