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Glimpse of Beijing Folk Culture 1-Day Tour

 

Our Price: from $119 (per person, based on double occupancy) Available: Daily Depart from: Beijing Highlights:  You can visit: Local residence district, Old shopping street, Antique market. You can enjoy: Acrobatic Show. You can taste: Chinese dumpling

Day 1 :

Within 3000 years, Beijing has fostered its rich folk culture. To experience that, we invite you to stroll along the Da-zha-lan historic street where full of old-brand shops of hundred years' history, to roam at the antique market, or buy some curio wares, to enjoy unique Beijing food as well as Acrobatic shows. If you encounter the Spring Festival (Chinese lunar New Year), you can't miss the temple fairs where having more traditional folk stuff such as be sugar figures, the old toys, and old puppet shows or traditional wrestling performance.

In the morning, you will sit on tricycle to explore the traditional living style of Beijing local people. The tour includes the visit of a local family, playing with the children in a kindergarten, climbing on the Bell Tower, which was the only time counter 500 years ago and rang only at morning. Near the lake, local people do sports exercises and you are welcomed to join them. This tour will give you a deep impression of the local people's daily life.

You will have Chinese dumpling lunch with other local dishes cooked by the housewife at a quadrangle.

After lunch, you will be driven to Da Zha Lan Old Street which has 580 years' history. This old street was the busiest market in the past. Even now, the well-known old brands with hundred year's history are still open, who used to serve the imperial family exclusively. Besides, countless small souvenir stores are filled with various gifts.

And then, you will explore another culture street Liu Li Chang, which was the gathering venue for literatis in the old time. Some shops were famous for the fidelity of copy editions of famous picture and calligraphy masterpieces. So it is the most popular place to buy the old books, maps, brushes, and paintings.

At night, you can relax yourself and enjoy the exciting Acrobatic Show in the most popular theater in Beijing (optional).

 

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