Code PEKS001 --- Forbidden City & Temple of Heaven

This Day Tour can be done from 3 hours to 7 hours in total, depending on how much time you have.

Typical Tour would be: 0830am - 0900pm

Tour starts 0830am today. Visit will be first made to the Pearl Market, where the interpreters will explain how to tell the authentic water pearls favored and valued by most Chinese.

Our guide then will lead you to the Temple Of Heaven where the Chinese emperors will approach every year to pray for good harvest for the whole nation. The Hall of Praying for Good Harvest inside has become the official symbol of Chinese tourism. Lunch will be at the Imperial Restaurant inside, followed by the visit to the largest square in the world - the Tian'anmen Square covering a total area of 44 hectares and could hold minimum 3 million people each time. The first leg of the pretty long walk will pass the Tian'anmen Square, the Heavenly Peace Rostrum, the Duan Gate till the entrance of the Forbidden City - the Meridian Gate.

The second leg will pass most of the major buildings inside the Forbidden City including the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Middle Harmony, the Hall of Preserving Harmony, the three halls in
the rear yard, the Inner Imperial Garden, till the appearance of the Martial Gate, out of our bus is parked. Forbidden City is the largest palatial museum in the world and cover a vast area with 9999.5 rooms inside. If ever get lost inside, remember to go straight ahead, never return. No guide would venture to
find anyone lost in the city.

Transfer will be made back to the hotel around 0430 for a short rest before the dinner which is followed by the spectacular Chinese acrobatic Show in the evening.

How many Chinese Emperors ever lived inside the Forbidden City?

Answer is with your Regent Beijing Guide -:)

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