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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Yonghe Lamasery Introduction:
At the northeast corner of Beijing City, the traveler will find an elegant and ancient temple known as the Yonghe Lamasery, which is the largest and most perfectly preserved lamasery in present China. The total area of the compound calculated from the southernmost memorial archway to the lamasery’s northernmost point is 66,400 square meters.
The principal building in the rearmost courtyard and tallest building in the lamasery is the three-story Hall of Infinite Happiness (Wangfuge), also called the Hall of Great Buddha (Dafolou). Flanking it on both sides are two two-story pavilions-the Eternal Health Pavilion (Yongkangge) and the Perpetual Tranquility Pavilion (Yanningge), both connected to the central hall by overhead bridges. A huge statue of the Tathagata Buddha (Rulaifo) stands in the center of the hall. Made from the trunk of a single sandalwood tree, the standing statue is 26 meters in height (eight meters below the ground floor and 18 meters above) and eight meters in diameter. It is said that when this statue was first installed it was fitted with a yellow monk’s robe made of more than 1,800 meters of satin.
The lamaseries house a treasury of Buddhist art. To mention a few of the most interesting items: examples of the calligraphy of Qing emperors written on scrolls and inscribed on stelae, bronze lions and incense burners, sculptured images of gods, demons and Buddhas and Tibetan-style murals.
Address:
No. 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District
Opening Hours:
9:00 to 17:00
Admission Fee:
RMB 25
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Introduction:
Beihai Park, located in central Beijing, is one of the oldest and most authentically perserved imperial gardens in China. It has a history of 1000 years.
Beihai has existed throughout the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Most of the buildings now were constructed during Emperor Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 A.D.).
Beihai has been open to the public since 1925. The park occupies an area of 69 hectares including a 39-hectare lake. In the garden, pavilions and towers nestle amid the beautiful scenery of lakes and hills, grass and trees. Carrying on the traditions of garden landscaping of ancient China, Beihai Park is a gem of garden art.
Address:
No. 1 Wenjin Street, Xicheng District
Opening Hours:
6:00 to 22:00
Admission Fee:
RMB 10
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
The Summer Palace landscape, dominated mainly by Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, covers an area of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is under water. Its 70,000 square meters of building space features a variety of palaces, gardens and other ancient-style architectural structures. Well known for its large and priceless collection of cultural relics, it was among the first group of historical and cultural heritage sites in China to be placed under special state protection.
The Summer Palace, originally named Qingyi Yuan or the Garden of Clear Ripples, was first constructed in 1750. It was razed to the ground by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860. The Government of the Qing Dynasty started to rebuild it in 1886 with funds that it had misappropriated from the Imperial Navy and other sources. Renamed two years later as Yihe Yuan or the Garden of Health and Harmony, it was supposed to serve as a summer resort for the Empress Dowager Cixi. Known also as the Summer Palace, it was ravaged by the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers that invaded China in 1900.
Ticket Price
| Ticket Name |
Prices(RMB ¥) |
| Slack Season |
Busy Season |
| Entrance Ticket |
RMB ¥20 |
RMB ¥30 |
Note:These price do not include the admission to the following scenic spots inside the Summer Palace |
| Half Price Ticket |
RMB ¥10 |
RMB ¥15 |
| Through Ticket |
RMB ¥50 |
RMB ¥60 |
| Admissions to the following scenic spots inside the Summer Palace |
Garden of Virtue and Harmony |
RMB ¥5 |
RMB ¥5 |
| Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha |
RMB ¥10 |
RMB ¥10 |
| Wenchang Gallery |
RMB ¥20 |
RMB ¥20 |
| Suzhou Street&Hall of Serenity |
RMB ¥10 |
RMB ¥10 |
Opening Time
Busy season: from April 1 to October 31;
Gate：6：30-18：00
Parks Inside the Summer Palace：8：30——17：00
the following scenic spots inside the Summer Palace：8：30——17：00
Close: 20：00
Slack season: from November 1 to March 31;
Gate： 7：00-17：00，
Parks Inside the Summer Palace：9：00——16：00
the following scenic spots inside the Summer Palace：9：00——16：00
Close: 19：00
Traffic LineBuses via the East Gate of the Summer Palace (Dong-gong-men Stop):
Bus 330、331、332、346、394、712、718、726、732、737、801、808、817、826、
Buses via the North Gate of the Summer Palace (Bei-gong-men Stop):
Bus 303、330、331、346、375、384、393、634、716、718、737、801、808、817、834、Express 5
Buses via the South Gate of the Summer Palace ( Xin-jian-gong-men Stop):
Bus 374、437、481、952、704、992
Buses via the West Gate of the Summer Palace ( Xin-jian-gong-men Stop):
Bus 469
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