Tour of Beijing Central Axis

Culture

  • Best Time:

    All year round

  • Recommended:

    2 days

  • Admission:

    200-300 RMB 200-300 RMB

Features

The 144-hour visa-free transit has been extended to 240 hours, allowing China Travel's popularity to soar in Beijing. This ancient city, which exudes unique charm, is warmly welcoming foreign friends who love to travel and do business in China. For them, this super-detailed Spring Festival Beijing travel guide is definitely not to be missed.

D1
  • Bell and Drum Towers
  • Beihai Park
  • Jingshan Park
Stop 1 Bell and Drum Towers

The Bell Tower was an urban management facility telling time during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Like the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower was also a time-keeping facility during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. More

Address:
Zhonglouwan, Dongcheng, Beijing
Highlights:
Being the landmarks of the northern end of Beijing Central Axis in the commercial district of the old city. The magnificent statures of the Bell and Drum Towers contrast with the surrounding low-lying residential buildings with their gray walls and tiled roofs, presenting an important viewpoint of Beijing Central Axis. The towers were significant city management facilities for time keeping and announcing the time during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bearing witness to the traditional way of life.
Stop 2 Beihai Park

Located in the center of Beijing, Beihai Park covers an area of 690,000 square meters, including 390,000 square meters for water.

Address:
No.1 Wenjin Jie (St), Xicheng, Beijing
Highlights:
Located in the center of Beijing, Beihai Park covers an area of 690,000 square meters, including 390,000 square meters for water. It was called Yuanyu (literally the lsle of Precious Jade) in the Liao Dynasty. It used to be a royal place for sightseeing, government affairs handling and sacrifice by emperors and the imperial families of the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the warliest and best preserved imperial garden in the world.
Stop 3 Jingshan Park

The Jingshan Park is the tallest point and a key skyline node on Beijing Central Axis. More

Address:
No. 44 Jingshan Xijie (W. St), Xicheng, Beijing
Highlights:
The Jingshan Park is the tallest point and a key skyline node on Beijing Central Axis. Its position and relationship to the north of the Forbidden City demonstrate the planning concept of Chinese palaces and gardens. Its towering hill picturesque garden, and ornate buildings enrich the architectural sequence of the Axis. With its unique garden landscape, the Jingshan Park has dual functions for both sacrificial rituals and the artificially created mountain setting providing a high elevation from... View attractions guide
Eat

  • Laoxian Fanzhuang

D2
  • The Forbidden City
  • Tian'anmen
  • National Museum of China
Stop 1 The Forbidden City

Its location in relation with the old city of Beijing epitomizes the ancient Chinese concept of urban planning of "building the imperial palace at the central location". More

Address:
No.4 Jingshan Qianjie (St), Dongcheng, Beijing
Highlights:
Located on Beijing Central Axis, the Forbidden City was the palace city of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its location in relation with the old city of Beijing epitomizes the ancient Chinese concept of urban planning of building the imperial palace at the central location. The imperial court area formed by the Tian'anmen Gate, the Upright Gate, and the Forbidden City, together with the Bell and Drum Towers in the north exhibit the urban planning paradigm of court in the front, market in the back a... View attractions guide
Stop 2 Tian'anmen Gate

The Tian'anmen Gate was the main front gate of the imperial city during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Tickets:
Free
Address:
Dongchang'anjie (Ave), Dongcheng, Beijing
Highlights:
The Tian‘anmen Gate was the main front gate of the imperial city during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, leading to the palace city and forming a part of the imperial court area. It exhibits the ideal urban planning paradigm of court in the front and market in the back as prescribed in the Kaogongji. The Tian'anmen Gate was where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties issued their imperial edicts. It has become a venue for major national events and a carrier of national rituals and stood witnes... View attractions guide
Stop 3 National Museum of China

The National Museum of China (NMC) is China's supreme establishment that collects, researches, displays and interprets China's fine traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture.

Tickets:
Free
Address:
No. 16 Dongchang'anjie (Ave), Dongcheng, Beijing
Highlights:
The National Museum of China (NMC) is China's supreme establishment that collects, researches, displays and interprets China's fine traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture. The NMC holds permanent, special and temporary exhibitions which combine to form a multi-dimensional exhibition system. The ten-plus special exhibitions that mainly feature the NMC collection display Chinese ancient bronze ware, Buddhist statues, jade ware, porcelain, national gifts, modern c... View attractions guide
Stop 4 Qianmen Street Tourist Attraction

Famous for its architecture, business, folk-custom and operatic culture, Qianmen Street Tourist Attraction has been a distinctive street since the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Address:
No. 16 Qianmen Dajie (St), Dongcheng, Beijing
Highlights:
Being a famous commercial street of Beijing, Qianmen Street Tourist Attraction is located on the central axis of urban Beijing, spanning from the northern Qianmen Yueliangwan to the southern road junction of Beijing Bridge, connecting with Tianqiao Nanjie (S. St). The present shops with street frontage on Qianmen Dajie (St) were developed after the Qing Dynasty. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the period of the Republic of China, Qianmen Dajie (St), commonly known by the folk, was called Zhe... View attractions guide
Eat

  • Mass Foodise Roast Duck

  • Quanjude

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