Lama Temple, Summer Palace and Rickshaw Tour

Highlights / General details

Undoubtedly, Beijing is the cultural center of China. Beijing has endowed too many connotations for culture. Beijing is just like the thickest encyclopedia, containing the cultural heritage of 5,000 history of China, absorbing the exploding knowledge of the current society, and foretelling the scenarios of the future development. As the capital for several ancient dynasties, Beijing owns plenty of royal elements in its cultural system. Beijing people are elegant and proud, but they seldom look down upon people from other regions. Beijing has never repelled outside cultures and fashions. Beijing shows a patient and considerate attitude for any culture so long as it is logical or reasonable to some extent. So you can easily find the traces of a great variety of cultures nationwide or even worldwide. Nevertheless, Beijing has never given up its noble taste for elite culture. While the leaves on the trees in the Beihai Park are falling every year to record the fast-changing history, Beijing’s deposits of culture are getting more and more profound and charming. The process of merging into Beijing culture might be a slow process, however once your mindset mingles with some genuine element of Beijing culture, you will find that you can never separate your soul from this captivating metropolis.

Inclusion

Private car/coach for transfers service and sightseeing program. Meals as specified in the itinerary. Local English-speaking tour guide. Parking fee & toll fee wherever applicable.

Exclusion

Gratuities to the tour guide & driver.

Hours of operation

Available: Daily Tour Departs: Pick up from your hotel around 9am.

Duration

Approximately 8 hours.

Location Your private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel around 9am.

Itinerary This morning, our tour begins at the Lama Temple, a Buddhist lamasery of the Yellow Hat sect, a sect that's mainly associated with Tibet. Inside the temple, in the center of the Hall of Infinite Happiness, stands a grand statue, an 85-foot-tall Tathagagata (Maitreya) Buddha made from a single Tibetan sandalwood tree. Then we will continue to a visit to Hutong by rickshaw. Through the hutongs' teeming maze of alleys, you will see the old courtyard houses and learn about the daily life of ordinary Beijing citizens. After a stop for lunch, we will visit the emperor’s retreat, the Summer Palace. Used for eight centuries, the Empress Dowager Cixi had the estate renovated in the 19th century, including the manmade lake we see today. During the day, we will stop by the Chinese fresh-water pearl workshop, where you may see how they cultivate pearls and tailor-made your own jewelries. End the tour and transfer you to the hotel around 5pm.

Location

Your private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel around 9am.

Itinerary This morning, our tour begins at the Lama Temple, a Buddhist lamasery of the Yellow Hat sect, a sect that's mainly associated with Tibet. Inside the temple, in the center of the Hall of Infinite Happiness, stands a grand statue, an 85-foot-tall Tathagagata (Maitreya) Buddha made from a single Tibetan sandalwood tree. Then we will continue to a visit to Hutong by rickshaw. Through the hutongs' teeming maze of alleys, you will see the old courtyard houses and learn about the daily life of ordinary Beijing citizens. After a stop for lunch, we will visit the emperor’s retreat, the Summer Palace. Used for eight centuries, the Empress Dowager Cixi had the estate renovated in the 19th century, including the manmade lake we see today. During the day, we will stop by the Chinese fresh-water pearl workshop, where you may see how they cultivate pearls and tailor-made your own jewelries. End the tour and transfer you to the hotel around 5pm.

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