Qianmen Street

Take a bell car 

Qianmen Street is a great place to feel the old Beijing style. The houses there are all antique buildings, and the statues on both sides of the street reflect the scene of Qianmen Street in the late Qing Dynasty. There are many time-honored shops, such as Shengxifumao, Liubiju pickles, Ruifuxiang silk cloth shop, Zhang Yiyuan tea house, Duyichu, etc. While walking around the ancient street and tasting the time-honored food along the road, visitors can have a real good time. 

After visiting Qianmen Street, you can go to take the bell car. Also known as the "Beijing City Sightseeing Tour" route, the car has a large copper bell hung under the driver's feet, and the sound of "bells" will be made when stepped on with his feet. The bell car runs about 15 kilometers in a circle, the running time is about 40 minutes, and the fare is 30 yuan. The vehicle passes by a series of famous attractions and buildings such as the China Railway Museum, Tiananmen Square, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Forbidden City, Beihai Park and so on.

Recommended attractions nearby:

Laoshe Tea House

China Railway Museum

Beijing Square

Dazhalan

Xianyukou Street

West Damochang Street

Sanlihe Park

Liulichang Culture Street

Reservation method:

No appointment required

Transportation:

Qianmen Station of Metro Line 2

Metro Line 7 Zhushikou Station

Beihai Park

Visit the royal gardens 

"Let's swing our oars, the boat pushes the waves, the sea reflects the beautiful white tower, surrounded by green trees and red walls..." Many people have sung this classic nursery rhyme in childhood, and the white tower in Beihai Park has become the purest feeling of many people's childhood. 

Beihai Park is the earliest, most completely preserved classical royal garden with the deepest cultural deposition in China's existing history. The formation and development of Beihai, through several dynasties of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing, carries the history and culture of China for nearly a thousand years and forms the art style of gardening represented by the royal garden. It is a masterpiece that embodies the greatness of garden culture and art of previous generations. 

Around the spring equinox, the mountain peach blossoms next to the White Pagoda of Qionghua Island bloom wildly. 

Recommended attractions nearby:

Shichahai

Beijing Gongwangfu Museum

Yandaixie Street

Bell Tower, Drum Tower

Nanluoguxiang

Reservation method:

WeChat public account of “Wander the Park”

Transportation:

Beihai North Station of Metro Line 6

Translator: BAO Minmin

Reviewer: WANG Yiwen