Beijing, the Imperial Capital! An ancient capital with a history of more than 3,000 years, the vicissitudes of life and dynasties have given you a profound historical heritage. Every Chinese has a complex for the imperial capital and believes that they will set foot on this land in their life. Those who have come here firmly believe that they will one day visit the old place again. Taste the capital and taste the flavor of Beijing, just as Cai Qin sang in "Reading You": I will never get tired of reading you a thousand times. Reading you feels like March, a romantic season, an intoxicating poem...

In Beijing, more than 3,000 years of great changes in the sea have given birth to rich cultural heritage: the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Badaling Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Yuanmingyuan, the Ming Tombs, the Yonghegong Palace, the Gong Palace, the Olympic Park and so on! Every landscape is breathtaking, and every landscape tells the story of its past. All you have to do is slow down and savor it.

Not much to say, the journey begins ~

The main route of the plan this time:

Day 1: Shenzhen-Beijing Tiananmen Square Wangfujing (Sanlitun) Snack Street

Day 2: Forbidden City (Jingshan Park) Temple of Heaven Nanluogu Lane Shichahai

Day 3: Summer Palace Yuanmingyuan

Day 4: Ming Tombs Badaling, Great Wall Bird's Nest, Water Cube, Olympic Park, Guijie Street

Day 5: Beijing-Shenzhen

the first day

Wangfujing pedestrian street

Flight in the morning, leaving for the airport early in the morning

The round-trip air ticket is about 1,400 - 1,500 per person. The round-trip air ticket is booked in advance. The price is not cheap or very high.

But timing is good.

Arriving in Beijing is T2, which is relatively small. When I returned to Shenzhen, I was in T3 in Beijing

There are three airports in Beijing, Nanyuan T2 T3, so be sure to see clearly and not go wrong.

The hotel we stayed in is in a very good location, about ten minutes 'walk from Tiananmen Wangfujing, and about ten minutes' walk from Tiananmen Wangfujing.

The price of the hotel is worthy of the location, but the interior of the room is average and the decoration is simple.

It was confirmed the next day that it was actually not enough. When there were more people there the next day, the security check line took more than ten minutes.

I am very fond of that kind of red wall. When I saw the red wall on the way to Tiananmen Square, I couldn't help but ask Fat Hu to take two pictures for me.

At this time, I could only take a photo of Tiananmen Square outside Tiananmen Square because the tower was closed and I couldn't walk through it because the fences were blocked.

The soldiers standing guard stood tall and straight, and they had watched for a long time without slacking up. Salute!

The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall was not completed either. I heard that it would be maintained and would not open again until September and October.

I have the impression in Beijing that most scenic spots require security checks.

Therefore, it is recommended that boys not bring lighters when traveling, since they have to turn them in anyway.

Tiananmen Square

I am very happy that the weather has been very good these days. The sky is very blue and there is no haze. The photo shoot is really beautiful.

Opposite the Tiananmen Gate is the Great Hall of the People of China, the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the flag-raising platform and so on

Across Chang 'an Street, you can reach it through an underground tunnel.

As expected of being the largest square in the world, it is endless at a glance.

Qianmen Street

We wanted to eat something delicious at night, so we took a taxi to the front door. I wanted to take me to Qianmen to eat at a noodle restaurant that was said to be very delicious, but maybe it was too late, and the restaurant was closed.

So I followed my good friend to an old Beijing hot-pot shop that Qianmen liked more, called Xiyuanju Old Beijing hot-pot, at No. 2A, Qianmen Street (my good friend only eats halal restaurants for personal reasons, so basically I ate halal restaurants for a few days in Beijing)

As soon as I got off the bus and arrived at Qianmen, I felt like I was really in the north, haha

I originally planned to eat this restaurant, but it closed. However, it was precisely because of this that I had the honor to eat the authentic Old Beijing Shabu Meat Shop, which is on the second floor upstairs, called Xiyuanju Old Beijing Shabu Meat

Take Beijingers for example. They pay attention to not eating from time to time, that is, they have to eat what kind of food at any time. For example, in the autumn and winter seasons every year, Beijingers start to eat hot-boiled mutton. It is not only delicious, but also has a nourishing effect. I heard from the clerk that all the raw materials for fresh mutton in their family come from pastures in the north, and the mutton is very good.

The store is just past 6 o'clock in the afternoon and it is already full. If you come later, you may have to take more photos.

The tableware and tea sets here are all bright yellow ancient porcelain, which is still very stylish.

We ordered many specialty mutton, including our own Baitian sheep, fresh mutton, fresh melon strips, freshly cut beef, prawns, and various vegetables.

I also ordered two cold dishes.

This is the most authentic hot-boiled mutton in the eyes of old Beijingers. It is different from hot pot, and it is more particular about eating.

The rich meat aroma is matched with the simple and elegant dipping ingredients. Be sure to cook it in clear soup. The so-called clear soup is boiling water with a little onion, ginger, and wolfberry. If you use a spicy soup base, it will cover up the original meat aroma.

Moreover, this old Beijing hotpot mutton is very different from hot pot. The hotpot mutton tastes much more particular than hot pot. The sauce alone is very particular. The secret sesame sauce is made of 31 seasonings. It really tastes very different and tastes delicious.

When the dipping sauce is prepared, the eating method is also very particular. Generally speaking, the boiled meat is directly put into the dipping sauce, but this is not the way old Beijingers eat it. They have to put the boiled mutton on a small plate, spoon the dipping sauce according to their own mouth, and place it on the meat, so that the mutton soup will not drip into the sesame sauce. Even if it is eaten at the end, the taste will still be the same as the first bite. I have to say that this eating method is very reasonable. It is really knowledgeable.

The food is a hi.

A piece of meat needs to be fished out in more than ten seconds after it is put into the pan. This is the best taste.

This kind of slicing is the superb cutting skills of the old master. It is cut piece by piece with uniform thickness. If it were not for the experienced old master, it would not be possible to do it.

There are also many side dishes for hot-boiled mutton, but the traditional three things in Beijing are frozen tofu, cabbage and vermicelli. Cooking these side dishes in the soup of hot-boiled mutton can absorb the mutton oil and mutton flavor in the soup. It is naturally delicious. Therefore, old Beijingers are not "poor and meticulous" when eating hotpot mutton. These traditional rules are very reasonable and will taste very different.

You must also try shrimp slides and fungi.

Hahahaha Xinhua Bookstore welcomes you ~

This is an old theater inside

Great view of Qianmen ~

the next day

Qingfeng Steamed Bun Shop (Qianmen Store)

Because I didn't go to see the national flag raising, I slept late

Then I had this Qingfeng Steamed Bun Shop for breakfast. I don't have to say more about this, do I?

Forbidden City

Beijing has five world cultural heritage sites

They are the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Great Wall. We all plan to visit.

Then we decided to go to the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, two famous places the next day.

This is a map of the scenic spots near Tiananmen Square. Yes, we came to Tiananmen Square again and passed through the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Gate Tower.

The general attractions are all here. You can find out by looking at the picture when you come here in the morning.

After passing the security check at Tiananmen Square, you can walk into the Tiananmen passage, and behind it is the Forbidden City

Below are pictures and tickets to the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is very big. The map of the Forbidden City can be downloaded and saved. Follow the map.

Next to it are small palaces, or palaces where the concubines live. At that time, I wanted to see if there was Shufangzhai, hahaha.

If you are interested, you can also go for a walk. Large troops usually end up in the imperial garden.

This is the place where the emperor usually works in court. Many people are taking pictures outside with cameras, and there are also many foreigners.

I also squeezed my head into the middle and took a perfect picture.

However, this ceiling is very exquisite. In the past, it should take a long time to build

This is just in front of one of the palaces, and almost every palace is so far away.

This is the Imperial Garden. I guess the concubines used to walk here when they had nothing to do, and then all kinds of palace battles hahahaha

Compared with the Summer Palace and Yuanmingyuan, the Imperial Garden is pitifully small

The Forbidden City can be considered a walk and rest. It's really tiring. We walked straight down

I feel that if the ministers living outside the palace go to court, the transportation is inconvenient, how much time should they get up in advance?

Temple of Heaven

After eating our fill, we took a rest and found that it was a bit far to get to the Temple of Heaven.

I was planning to take the subway next door... Turning on your mobile phone is a taxi, and you are not afraid to go anywhere you want.

This is also the advantage of traveling to big cities.

We took a taxi directly to Tiantan Park.

The most important attraction here is the Hall of Praying for Good Years. If you don't go, you won't come to the Temple of Heaven.

Of course, there are also Echo Wall, Circular Mound and the like, which are all to go for a stroll.

Therefore, it is recommended that everyone buy a coupon directly at the door. Including all tickets, there are only 34 people per person, which is still in the peak season.

This is the Hall of Prayer for Good Years, which is the core architectural attraction of the Temple of Heaven.

There is a venue next to it, which contains illustrations and explanations of the entire sacrifice, which are very detailed. You can roughly know the process of offering sacrifices to ancient kings. The Hall of Praying for New Years is very beautiful on the outside. The inside is the picture below. The inside is not so luxurious, but very cold. Anyway, the outside is much more beautiful than the inside.

This is behind the Hall of Praying for Good Years. It is so big and spacious, and it is very windy. Looking down from there, you feel like you can see a great Beijing.

This is also the highest place in the Temple of Heaven, which is why it is called the Temple of Heaven.

We sat and rested for a while, blowing in the Beijing wind, and then left the Hall of Praying for New Year and followed it to several other attractions

The circular mound, the imperial dome, and the echoing wall.

The above is the Circular Mound, which is the place where the sacrificial ceremony is held, a high round platform. Very big, it feels like you can talk to the sky

This is the exit of the Temple of Heaven. The sky is getting a little dark, reminding us that it is time to eat.

It's been a long journey, but the scenery is still beautiful.

shichahai

After dinner, we came to Shichahai for a stroll. Take a photo. Colorful clouds are very beautiful

day 4

summer Palace

After we got off from the Summer Palace Station on the subway, we asked the staff for the exit of the Summer Palace. It took a few hundred meters to get there.

But I am super invincible here and I don't recommend that you enter the Summer Palace from this entrance!!! This is not the main entrance!!!

It took us a long, long time to climb that very boring mountain, and we were tired before we saw the beautiful Kunming Lake and the landmark "Seventeen-Arch Bridge" in the distance. Because the Summer Palace is very big, there is a shortage of time to visit the main beautiful scenery

So it's best for everyone to enter through the main entrance with the three characters "Summer Palace". It is directly to Kunming Lake, and you can walk to the Seventeen-Arch Bridge.

See the stairs on both sides, it's time to start climbing the mountain.

To go up from here, you have to go to the top and turn over to the opposite side to get to the Kunming Lake.

We're almost at the top of the mountain

This is the famous 17-hole bridge. This is the effect after the camera zooms in.

In fact, I almost couldn't see it. It was very far and huge. I didn't even go there and spent most of my time climbing the mountain!!!!! Angry.

But the Summer Palace is really too big for a park

Seeing that these three words are the main entrance, everyone should choose here to enter.

We came from here... I cried, I cried.

yuanmingyuan

Everyone knows that it was a place invaded by the Anglo-French coalition forces and the Eight-Power Allied Forces

We walked all the way to the Xiyanglou Ruins. By this time, there were very few people

We watched and walked for a long time. Yuanmingyuan was really big, big, beautiful

While taking photos, I strolled. After walking for an unknown amount of time, I arrived at a place where there was a sightseeing bus to the Xiyanglou Ruins

We bought tickets and got on the sightseeing bus. We forgot how much it cost. Anyway, we only drove for two or three minutes. It was very expensive.

They sent us to the entrance of the ruins. You need to buy tickets separately for the Xiyanglou Ruins.

There are many broken walls and ruins at the Xiyanglou site. There are introductions and general restoration maps of each place next to it.

I can only sigh, don't forget the national humiliation. The country must be strong to protect its people.

The most famous one should be the Da Shui Law shown in the figure below

I thought of taking the sightseeing bus at the door again, but the sightseeing bus was already closed. It's very late.

It took us a long, long time to walk out of Yuanmingyuan.

Planning tomorrow's trip

I plan to climb the Great Wall. There are two ways. One is to go by yourself and take a bus to Deshengmen.

The other is to sign up for a one-day tour on Taobao, but the prices are actually similar.

After final discussion, we decided to avoid the trouble and sign up for a group online, let's say more than a hundred people

Including the Badaling Great Wall and the Ming Tombs, we can pick them up for free in the morning in the Third Ring Road. We live in the First Ring Road, so we can avoid other transportation considerations.

We can rest in peace and recuperate.

the fourth day

the Ming Tombs

I went to the Ming Tombs first. The Ming Tombs are said to have thirteen tombs, but in fact only two tombs are open. Of the two open mausoleum, only Ding Mausoleum has an underground palace. So the only place you can basically go to Dingling. After all, it was a tomb, so I didn't take photos.

I am on the Great Wall

After visiting Dingling, we set off for dinner. After dinner, we went to the Badaling Great Wall.

The Great Wall is really steep. Even with sneakers, you can't walk in some places without climbing the handrail.

It is indeed a miracle of the world. In the past, such a majestic and extremely dangerous Great Wall could be built under such backward conditions

This is the peak. Stand high and look far away. Many people will not go down to the peak and then take photos.

So there are many people here.

bird's nest

After coming down from the Great Wall, it was already afternoon and the return journey began. On the way back, there are many drop-off points, such as the Olympic Park (also known as the Bird's Nest Water Cube) or Wangfujing, or places that I don't remember

There was also a security check and you could buy tickets to enter, but there was nothing to see inside, so we didn't go in

I took a stroll outside. The Bird's Nest is right opposite the Water Cube, all together.

I heard that at night, the Water Cube will turn on and it will be more beautiful. We didn't wait until night

Interested friends can see it.

This was the end of my trip to Beijing

I hope I can help everyone go to Beijing