China's Beijing
Beijing
Frenetic, feverish and ready to combust, Beijing is the perfect catalyst to ignite your journey through the country. Resonating a special variety of bustle and energy, one cannot help get swept away in Beijing’s vigor. Cars, pedicabs and rickshaws race in fits, kicking up dust as they fight for control of the streets. Hutongs spit out cyclists, while the happy songs of playing children meld with the earthy sweet aroma of Chinese food, to create a intoxicating introduction to this capital city.
The imperious seat of political power, proud capital of the Middle Kingdom and China’s showcase to the world, Beijing possesses a power to hypnotize all its own. In its entirety and beneath its commercial veil, Beijing is a splendid microcosm of the China of today. It retains powerful displays of its ancient heritage abreast the impressive structures of tomorrow, where skyscrapers tower above low lying districts of crumbling alleyways, and cloth shoed yellow helmeted construction workers color the background of hurried professionals, long haired students and a tapestry of out of towners.
Explore the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven for a spectacular glimpse into the ancient heritage of this great city, witness one of man’s most magnificent structures in history, as well as one of his most defensive, at the Great Wall, or retreat to the Summer Palace, to wander one of China’s most extravagant. Or, simply stroll the busy streets of Beijing, or rather, try to keep up with the locals on the chaotic streets of Beijing.
