The 2024 "Beijing Under the Moonlight" night tour recommendation list has been released, with 60 night cultural and tourism projects on the list, providing citizens and tourists with a detailed and rich night cultural and tourism guide, and offering more travel options for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays.
Ancient charm and modern style, night attractions illuminate the new charm of the ancient capital.
When the lights come on and the night falls, the Great Wall hides its daytime grandeur and begins to reveal its gentle and gorgeous night side. According to this list, many Great Wall scenic spots such as Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Juyongguan Great Wall, and Simatai Great Wall have all opened night tour services. The ancient bricks of the Great Wall emit a soft and warm light under the reflection of the lights, and the beacon towers on the city walls appear more solemn and mysterious in the night. The scenic spots create a unique visual feast on the Great Wall by carefully creating an atmosphere, and tourists can not only enjoy the beautiful scenery but also watch various forms of performances. These performances combine traditional culture and contemporary art, and even innovative activities such as drones, making these "giant dragons" carrying thousands of years of history shine with a different vitality at night.
Qianmen Street, Longfu Temple Cultural District, White Dagoba Temple Palace Gate East and West Fork Street District, Nanluogu Xiang and other streets and districts with both "ancient capital memories" and new faces have made the list. Tourists can not only feel the unique and complete historical style but also drink coffee, taste desserts, and buy cultural and creative products. The old streets have become "new internet celebrities", connecting old Beijing culture and new urban life. The alleys and streets that can touch history, feel the fireworks, and taste the cultural charm are shining with new vitality.
Shougang Park, 798·751 Park, Beijing Ocean Aquarium, and Light Technology Museum have extremely high "technological content" and use advanced technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality to create immersive night cultural and tourism spaces, fully mobilizing tourists' comprehensive perception and enhancing their sense of participation and experience. Here, citizens and tourists can travel through the past and present, touch the future, and explore the unknown world.
The night market is bustling, and the whole chain tastes authentic Beijing flavors.
Gui Street, Beijing Fun, Wudaoying Hutong, etc. have always been brightly lit and bustling with people at night. After continuous development and upgrading, tourists can not only taste Beijing-style specialties such as roast duck, fried sauce noodles, and douzhi er jiaoquan, but also experience the higher quality and more diversified nightlife in Beijing. From traditional night markets to new night markets and commercial districts, these "night economy" formats are constantly enriching and gradually upgrading to "eat, stay, travel, shop, and entertain" full-service functions, becoming popular attractions for more citizens and tourists to visit.
The Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival, the 27th Beijing International Music Festival, and the recently launched "Jingcai Lantern Festival - 2024 Beijing Mid-Autumn National Day Lantern Garden Party" and other special festival projects have entered the list, allowing people to feel the new charm added to Beijing's nightlife.
Decoding "fashion trend", creating a colorful night city for leisure and entertainment.
With the continuous improvement of people's consumption demand and the changes in the lifestyle of "Generation Z" as the main consumer group, urban consumption scenes are also constantly developing and upgrading. In this list, there are not only popular theme park-style tourist destinations such as Universal Beijing Resort and Beijing Happy Valley, but also commercial complexes such as Chaoyang Joy City and Hua Xi LIVE · Wukesong. There are also creative parks such as 798·751 Park and Shouchuang Langyuan, and innovative commercial formats such as THE BOX Chaowai | Young Power Center are also included. It can be said that the list brings together various new trends in Beijing's nightlife, exuding the charming charm of "Night Beijing".
Some projects in the list also reflect the characteristics of composite art space and consumption space. Art museums, concert halls, fashion shows, innovative retail, sports venues, and trendy nightclubs allow citizens and tourists to experience the infinite possibilities of urban life.
Never-ending, artistic performances release new vitality.
The list continues to introduce night performance venues with brand effects. The Beijing People's Art Theater, Beijing Tianqiao Art Center's "Nan Zhongzhou Night Tianqiao" series, Beijing Art Center, Beijing Huguang Guild Hall, Beijing Print Guild Hall, and other venues are all on the list. Various types of art performances such as concerts, music festivals, dramas, Peking Opera, and cross-talk performances take turns to perform here. The tension of drama, the agility of dance, the rhythm of music, the magic of lighting, and the fantasy of images are intertwined here, bringing tourists a viewing experience full of empathy and participation.
This list also has a "very Beijing" aspect, with cultural institutions such as museums, libraries, cultural centers, and bookstores extending their opening hours into the night. Places like the Beijing Book Building, Beijing City Library, and Sanlian Taofen Bookstore are creating new night-time exhibition and reading scenes. The Beijing Grand Canal Museum and the Light Technology Museum are creating museum-themed "cultural IPs" to meet people's night-time cultural consumption needs.
New forms of accommodation and tourism experiences offer a unique camping experience.
New forms of accommodation such as camping sites add a different kind of fun to Beijing's night tours. Places like the KuaiCamp Campsite, Chateau Lion City Campsite, Zigu Hunter's Lodge Flower Campsite, Jinhai Lake Bi Bo Island Campsite, and Xianhua Port Campsite not only offer picturesque scenery and fresh air, but also provide comfortable camping facilities and a variety of outdoor activities for tourists to participate in. At night, under the starry sky, visitors can gather around a fire for a barbecue and chat about life, enjoying the peace and comfort outside the city.
Leisurely night walks to appreciate the colorful urban night scenery.
The list also features night-time travel options such as sightseeing buses, boats, and cycling tours, allowing visitors to experience Beijing's night scenery from a new perspective.
On the sightseeing bus, visitors can sit around a table and interact with each other. Through the panoramic skylight, they can look up at the stars. The bus also provides food such as dried fruits, roast duck, and Western-style meals. The bus passes through many cultural and tourist landmarks and popular commercial areas, allowing visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenery while tasting delicious food. The Great Axis Line Night Tour Sightseeing Bus takes visitors through the old city area with its many historic buildings, allowing them to experience the cultural charm of the Great Axis Line after its successful inclusion on the World Heritage List. The Shichahai Night Tour allows visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenery where tradition and modernity, nature and culture blend together on the shimmering lake surface.
The many cycling routes on the list connect multiple night-time tourist spots and form "night-time" products in themselves, combining cultural experiences, leisure and fitness, and cultural tourism consumption in multiple dimensions, making it an innovative attempt.
In order to allow citizens and tourists to better experience Beijing's rich historical and cultural heritage and its lively atmosphere, the list also features a series of hutong tours using cycling and Citywalk as the tour modes. Visitors can learn about the history, culture, and architecture of the hutongs, listen to the stories behind every brick and tile, experience the authentic Beijing flavor and atmosphere, and enjoy a leisurely and slow-paced life in the bustling city, experiencing the charm and vitality of Beijing.
The 2024 "Beijing Under the Moonlight" Night Tour Recommendation List event is jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism and Beijing Gehua Media Group. Among the 60 recommended spots on the list, there are not only scenic spots, parks, cultural and creative parks, and theme parks that are open at night, but also characteristic leisure blocks and markets with a prosperous night economy, as well as theme performances, garden parties, light shows, and more. The list also includes urban slow travel methods that are currently popular on social media platforms, such as night cycling, night boating, and night sightseeing buses. The list comprehensively and multi-dimensionally showcases Beijing's rich tourism resources at night, inviting more citizens and tourists to explore this brilliant city that intertwines history and modernity.
The list covers diverse cultural and tourism resources and new formats and scenes for night activities in Beijing, providing citizens and tourists with rich and colorful new choices and experiences for night leisure. With the release of this night tour recommendation list, Beijing's night economy will also usher in new development opportunities, injecting new vitality into the city's development.
In addition, Meituan has specially launched a themed page for the 2024 "Beijing Under the Moonlight" series of activities. Citizens and tourists can also see more than 200 night cultural and tourism projects in the Meituan theme page - "Moonlight Beijing Night Tour Recommendation Guide", and directly conduct information inquiries, ticket purchases, ratings, and more on the page. The relevant information of the night tour recommendation list will also be released on the official website of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, as well as on the "Cultural Tourism Beijing" Weibo and WeChat official accounts and other new media accounts. Citizens and tourists are welcome to collect, check-in, and experience.
In this autumn, let us enter "Beijing Under the Moonlight" together, explore the treasures hidden under the night, and feel the unique charm and infinite possibilities of this city.
