Beijing, Jing for short, the capital of modern China, is the nation's political, economic, cultural and educational center as well as China's most important center for international trade and communications.

Beijing hosts a collection of amazing cultural sites. Most obvious are the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, The Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, Lama Temple, Tiananmen Square, and so on. As the saying goes, one who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a true hero. Without visiting the Great Wall, no trip to this city or the country is complete. With the biggest central square in the world - Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City that is the largest and best-preserved imperial palace complex, a superbly preserved section of the Great Wall, as well as the largest sacrificial complex in the world - the Temple of Heaven, Beijing attracts both domestic and foreign visitors who all come to wonder at its century-old history and unique cultural relics. The Forbidden City also hosts the Palace Museum with imperial collections of Chinese art.

Also you can experience authentic Beijing life and become acquainted with 'old Beijing' by exploring its many teahouses, temple fairs, Beijing's hutongs and siheyuans and enjoy the Peking Opera. Courtyard houses are typical of houses of northern China, hutong is the most typical type of old lanes. More than 7,000 alleys are scattered throughout the city, each has a story to tell. Those narrow lanes twist through older sections and form an open-air museum where you can happily wander aimlessly for hours. To experience the old Beijing, a Hutong tour is a must.

Old Beijing is wonderful and amazing while New Beijing is fantastic and exciting. Economic reform and the preparation of the 29t Olympic Games have accelerated the pace and scale of change and outfitted the city with a sense of modernity. Present-day Beijing offers an endless mixture of theatres,discos, bars, business centers, all kinds of restaurants and shopping malls. The city is a gallery of impressive modern architecture such as the Bird’s Nest Stadium, the Water Cube Building and the imposing Soviet style administrative buildings lining Tiananmen Square.For more modern arts the 789 Art Zone is an exhibition center that displays China’s contemporary talent, also hosting an annual festival.

Food is a highlight of a visit to Beijing. Specialties include Peking Duck, Mongolian Hotpot, and noodles with meat sauce (zhajiang mian) served up in numerous Old Beijing restaurants. Many people will also enjoy homestyle cooking, dumplings (jiaozi or guotie), and Xinjiang cooking from China's far northwest.

Beijing is a city with four distinct seasons. Its best is late spring and autumn. But autumn is taken as the golden tourist season of the year since there is sometimes in the spring of recent years, a yellow wind. The best time to visit Beijing is the months of May, September, and October when people can enjoy bright sunshine and blue skies. If you like winter, you will have other chances to appreciate another landscape of Beijing. After skiing in Beihai and viewing the snowy sights on West Hill, enjoying the steaming hotpot is the best choice, which is really the fun of tour in Beijing.

Mandarin Chinese is the language of Beijing, often spoken with a heavy and distinctive Beijing accent. Although most Chinese do not speak English, including taxi drivers, tourist sites and the subway have many English signs, and hotel staff in major hotels speak enough English that most travellers will have little trouble getting around even without a guide. Local people in Beijing are warm, friendly and used to receiving and entertaining foreigners from abroad. Many people who travel to the city for either business or tourism leave having made lasting connections and friendships. Whatever their reasons to visit this incredible and unique capital, visitors are guaranteed an exceptional and unforgettable stay.

A dynamic city where the old and new intermingle, remains a magnet for visitors from inside and outside China. Beijing reasons enough to be a must and worthy destination to go!