Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) Beijing

Tim says:
Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City

Let me just start out by saying that I cannot possibly remember all of the details that we heard on our first day of our trip. I do know a couple of facts that are conclusive: Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City are truly amazing. I would do it a great injustice in trying to …

Spinning out that you can fit so much in to a 24 hour period and still sleep, shower and sit down to a long Chinese meal! 9 from our tour went and saw the Kung fu show last night which was definitely worth the 150cny! A very impressive display of athleticism and dedication along with some very bad acting reminiscent of shaolin soccer (for the Kung …

Glörgh...
Första dygnet så är vi förvirrade, hostiga och sura p.g.a sömnbortfall och hunger, Aeroflot var kanske inte bästa flygupplevelsen. Obenad torsk, luftgropar och flygvärdinnor som ej var kommunikativa. Väl i Peking leder jag oss in i fel tunnelbana och är allmänt förvirrad i min sömnbristfylla, trots min dåliga vägvisningsförmåga kommer …

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We just returned from a much-needed trip to Beijing with good friends. We had 8 days off from teaching for the May 1 Chinese holiday (Labour Day) so we took the …

We had 2 action packed sightseeing days and I am lumping them together!

First, we went to see the Great Wall at Mutianyu and the Summer Palace on the same day. We were lucky and the beginning of the day while we were on the wall was very clear and bright. At 8 AM, we piled in a bus in the hopes of finding it. I say "hopes" because at some …

Today we visited the Summer Palace. It was huge. We didn't have enough time to walk the whole way around. We managed to see the majority of it. Another beautiful park.

We got the sub up to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. this was about 5pm. It was dark, windy and absolutely freezing. This was probably the coldest day here so far. My face …

Nihauuu (oder so aehnlich bedeutet Hallo auf chinesisch)

Wir schreiben den 14. Oktober 2012. Simi und ich befinden uns in den unendlichen Weiten dieser Welt und melden uns diesmal aus ... Beijing!! tadaa! Unser drittes Land auf unserer Weltreise fuehrt uns nach China, in das Reich der Mitte. Mit 1,35 Milliarden Menschen das …

Hier weer een berichtje uit Beijing! We vermaken ons hier prima, het weer is goed en de mensen zijn aardig. Ze vinden ons ook erg bijzonder, aangezien ze ons elke keer nakijken, kleine kindjes naar ons wijzen en schreeuwen en oude mannetjes hun cameratelefoon erbij pakken om een foto van ons te maken. Bijzonder om te ervaren, maar dat zullen ze dan …

Finally, it's time to play the tourist!

Again, the day started early in the morning for Chinese language lessons and a lecture given on Chinese culture, education, traditions, and social customs. After a quick lunch, we were off to the Summer Palace.

The Summer Palace in Beijing has a long and complicated history but in short, the …

Our next journey was to the Temple of Heaven. We through the entrance to walk onto beautiful landscape. The trees and benches were perfectly placed. People were under some kind of gazebo having some type of service. There were people on the far distance doing exercises. We made our way further to another entrance. It was almost like climbing on a …

... taxi fare was almost 75 Yuan.  We got dropped off at the North gate and bought our tickets to visit the site. The Summer Palace is a massive complex designed to be the summer home of the emperors.  It took a 100000 laborers, for example, just ...

... on my own for this one.  Now, if you thought yesterday's names were intriguing, todays were downright impressive!  The Summer Palace may have been the imperial retreat of the Qing dynasty, but it will always be known for the following names ...

... version back home!! Although neither of us were too struck on the ox soup... On Sunday we visited the Summer Palace, which was a vast and beautiful park containing stunning architecture.The surrounding lake was frozen solid and littered with ...

... and Longevity, the Cloud Dispelling Hall, the Buddhist Fragrance Pavillion and Buddhist Temple of the Sea of Wisdom. The Summer Palace was where Emperess Dowager Cixi entertained and she imprisoned the Emperor here while she reigned. She had a ...

... took the money from and Navy and defense to build the luxury palace. She built a token marble boat as part of the summer palace. China's defense from foreigners was week because of this. Back in 1989 I was able to go on the marble boat but too many ...

... . My favorite clothing store in Beijing: "That Person Is According to the Clothing." Just before leaving Beijing, I visited the Old Imperial Summer Palace with Yael from Israel. One of the major attractions was the "Sea of Happiness" just beyond ...

... , now a solace from urban heat, was once the retreat of the emperor. At the foot of the Summer Palace is Kunming Lake, with the skyline of Beijing in the background. The Long Corridor and its 8,000 paintings snake along the shorefront, telling the story ...

... , remarkable in the way that such a heavy stone can float let alone be crafted into a huge boat (PIC).   Throughout the Summer Palace we consistently passed massive tour groups of Chinese people. It amused them no end to see us turn the tables on ...

... the battle to get down the mountain and checking out the Azure Clouds Temple at the base, Ben and I headed off to the Summer Palace.  It was incredibly relaxing after the mountain experience because by the time we got there it was evening so it ...

... paparatzi. Situated in the western outskirts of Haidian District, the Summer Palace is 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from central Beijing. Having the largest royal park and being well preserved, it ...