Beijing (Beijing), although not the oldest city in the country, but one of the most interesting. The 2008 Olympics has changed the local landscape globally: Tiananmen Square has giant flower balls, and the Olympic mascots Fuwa are in the Forbidden City. Those who saw this first hand, enough impressions for a long time.
And Beijing is a big symmetrical metropolis, the headquarters of the Communist Party of China, a city of mixed architecture: from the usual Russian square and boring Soviet-style monuments to the ancient graceful pagodas - the quintessence of the mysterious and insidious Asia.
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How to get
As the capital, Beijing boasts excellent rail, bus and air links to every point of the country, so this makes it a convenient starting point for traveling around China. In addition, Beijing International Airport accepts flights from almost all major cities of the world.
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By train
Travelers often arrive and depart from the Beijing train station (Běijīng Huǒchēzhàn) station, which is located to the southeast of the Abandoned city. Another huge railway station - Beijing West train station (Běijīng Xīzhàn) is located in the south-west of Beijing. It is from these international trains stop from Moscow, North Korea, Ulan Bator and Vietnam. Between the stations run a bus number 122 and number 721.
You can get to Shanghai 12 hours before Lhasa (Tibet) T27 train takes 48 hours from Beijing West station.
By bus
Buses from the bus station Bawangfen (Bāwángfén Chángtú Kèyùnzhàn), which is in the east of the city, go to Tianjin (Y35-Y40), Changchun (Y291, 12 hours, 4 per day), Shenyang (Y199, 7½ hours), Dalian (Y276, 8½ hours), Harbin (Y341, 14 hours, two departures a day - at 6 and 8 pm) and some other cities.
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The climate of Beijing is
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| The weather in Beijing for 10 days is | ||
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| in the daytime | + 1 | + 3 | + 11 | + 19 | + 25 | + 29 | + 30 | + 29 | + 25 | + 18 | + 9 | + 2 |
| night | -8 | -5 | + 0 | + 8 | + 13 | + 18 | + 22 | + 20 | + 15 | + 8 | + 0 | -5 |
Autumn (September-November) is the optimal time for a visit to Beijing .Local people describe these months with romantic "days of pure sky and fresh wind" .In winter, it's slippery on the street, the temperature is low (around -20 ° C) and the north wind cuts like a knife .Spring is good, but sand storms and high humidity often come from Mongolia, the air around it seems electrified .Since May, the temperature gradually begins to rise above +30 ° C .In the summer, Beijing is almost unbearable because of its heat, and towards the end of the season, the likely threat of hurricanes and heavy rain is not the best way to the mood of tourists..See also the current weather in Beijing for 10 days .
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Shopping
The best purchases can be made in local markets: Malyandao Tea, Antique Pangjiyuan, Silk Shushui and Pearl Chuanwan. In addition to the markets, the hearts of "shopaholics" will be forced to beat faster store "Friendship" in Yanghuamenway, the department store "Lufthansa" and hundreds of outlets on the "main street of China" Chanantsze.
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Entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing in Beijing
The main tourist "point" of the city is the giant five-hundred-year palace complex of Gugun (aka the Forbidden City) .No less interesting are the huge Tian'anmen Square ("Gateway of Heavenly Peace", 880x500 m), the "Front Gate" Jiangmen and the Tiananmen Gate, the Summer Palace (12 km from Beijing), the Temple of Heaven "Tiantan" with the famous Huyingbi ("The Wall of the Return Sound ») .A walk along the Great Wall of China - another mandatory item of the program is .There are options: you can walk around its restored and kishaschim sellers sites, and you can - on the "original", located in Gubeykou or Simatae .Take a walk and in the "hutuns" - the old blocks of the city .
Also interesting are the Buddhist temple of Yonghegong, the "Confucius temple" of Kunmiao, the Taoist temple of Baiyunguang, the mausoleum of Mao Zedong, the museum of the Chinese revolution, one of the oldest bridges in China, Lugouqiao ("Marco Polo Bridge"), the National Gallery, the Qiang Tang Park with the tombs of 13 emperors Ming Dynasty and the "Animal Alley" (50 km from Beijing).
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