WelcometoBeijing!•BeijingTourism•BeijingFacts•BeijingShoppingBeijingDiningBeijing,capitalofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaistheheartandsoulofpoliticsandsocietyisthenation'spolitical,economic,cultural,educationalandinternationaltradeandcommunicationcenter.Center•BeijinglocatedinnorthernChina,closetoTianjin,surroundedbyHebeiProvince.Located•BeijingalsoservesasthemostimportanttransportationhubandportofentryinChina.交通枢纽入境口岸。HistoryBeingthecapitalofChinaforabout850years,itisoneoftheFourGreatAncientCapitalsofChina.Withahistoryofmorethan3,000years,Beijinghasbeenanintegralpartofchinahistory.ThetrafficofBeijingInrecentyears,trafficjamsonmajorBeijingroadshavebeengettingmoreandmorefrequent.BirdsnestBeijingOlympicGamesBeijingOlympicGameshaveacceleratedthepaceandscaleofchangeandoutfittedthecitywithasenseofmodernity.•BeijingTourism•BeijingFacts•BeijingShoppingBeijingDiningTheGreatWallTheGreatWallinBeijingwasbuiltduringtheMingDynasty.isoneofthe'EightWondersoftheWorld'andisenlistedintheWorldHeritageDirectory.ThefamousGreatWallsectionsincludetheBadaling,Huanghuacheng,Mutianyu,Jiankou,Gubeikou,JinshanlingandSimataigreatwallForbiddenCitywastheimperialpalaceduringtheMingandQingdynasties.NowknownasthePalaceMuseum,itistothenorthofTiananmenSquare.LyingatthecenterofBeijing(GuGong)Itistheworld'slargestpalacecomplexandcovers74hectares.Subway:TakeSubwayLine1toTiananmenxiorTiananmenDongStation,thenwalktowardsTiananmenTowertoentertheForbiddenCity.Bus:Takebus101,103,109or658andgetoffatGugongStation.ForbiddenCityBeijingHutong•PeoplesaythattherealcultureofBeijingisthecultureofhutongandthecultureofcourtyard.•Howtruethatis.Often,itisBeijing'swindinghutongsthatattracttouristsfromhomeandabroadratherthanthehigh-risebuildingsandlargemansions.•AsthesymbolofBeijingCity,ahutonghasitsownlayoutandstructure,whichmakesitawonderintheworld.•Wherethereisahutong,thereisastory.•BeijingTourism•BeijingFacts•BeijingShoppingBeijingDiningBeijingShopping123•Weshouldhaveaguide!•WhattoBuy,WheretoShopWheretoBuy?Justflowalongwiththeflockstopedestrianstreets步行街FourlargestbusinesszonesinBeijing:WangfujingDajie,Qianmen,XidanCommercialStreetandDongsiXiushuiStreet•Itopensat9:00am,andclosesat11:pm.•Thebesttimetoshopingisinthemorning.•FeatureStoresSomefeatureshopsofhundredsyearsarereallyworthvisiting.Forexample,silkshopRuiFuXiangwasopenedin1893,shoestoresNeiLianShengbegan150yearsago.PrintsofoldBeijingarestillvisiblethroughthesetime-honoredbrandshops.•BeijingTourism•BeijingFacts•BeijingShoppingBeijingDiningBeijingDiningCuisinesfrommanydifferentculturespermeatetheBeijingdiningscene.Withliterallythousandsofrestaurantsavailable,diningchoicesarealmostunlimited.•ItissaidthattherearetwothingsthatyoumustdowhenvisitingBeijing:•OneistoenjoytheroastduckandtheotheristotakeastrollontheGreatWall.BeijingSpecialties:BeijingRoastDuck•Thereissimplyquitenothinglikeaperfectlyroastedduckwithcrispyskinandtender,succulentmeat.•Therearedozensofrestaurantsthatservethisfamousdish,butperhapsthebestknownareQuanjude(全聚德烤鸭店)andBianyifang(便宜坊烤鸭店).FancyBeijingsnackisamustintastingtheauthenticBeijingflavor.Thereareprobably200varietiesofsnacksinBeijing.Mostofthesnackscanbefoundthroughoutthecity.Here,letusbeginasnacktourtoseekmostdelicioussnacksofBeijing.BeijingSnackSnackStreetsWangfujingSnackStreetChinesename:王府井小吃街(wángfǔjǐngxiǎochījiē)ShichahaiSnackStreetChinesename:什刹海小吃一条街(shíchàhǎixiǎochīyītiáojiē)DonghuamenSnackNightMarketChinesename:东华门夜市(dōnghuáményèshì)RestaurantsRecommendations:1.ChineseCuisines&RestaurantsMostofregionsinChinaalsohavetheirownparticularcuisinesthatsupplycustomerswithmorechoices.Forexample,thedelicateShanghai,HuaiyangandChaozhoucuisinesaswellasShanxiandDongbeicuisines.2.Youcanbasicallygetanytypeoffoodyouwanthere,ifyouknowwheretofindit.3.AsianRestaurantsisabestchoice!Tosumup