Cishou Pagoda   Cishou Pagoda ,located in Beijing’s western suburbs, was originally named Yong’anwanshou Pagoda (永安万寿塔 Pagoda of Lasting Peace and Longevity).Later it was called Cishou Pagoda (慈寿塔 Pagoda of Benevolence and Longevity) . Cishou Temple was built in 1576 during the Ming Dynasty by decree of Empress Dowager Li, mother of Emperor Zhuyi. It [...]

How do you spend a sunny summer afternoon? While the outside is quiet hot, a leisure bookstore can be a best choice for you to enjoy your afternoon.  Here are some carefully selected bookstores for your book lovers in Beijing. You can not only enjoy reading there, but also make new friends!  Bookstores & cafes [...]

International Exhibition for Business and Leisure Tourism                                                                   one platform; many possibilities                                                                     17-19, June, 2011(Friday-Sunday) ，CNCC        As the grandest ceremony in Chinese tourism industry, Beijing International Tourism Expo, called for short BITE, comes to its eighth edition on 17-19, June, 2011, in the newly built China National Convention Centre (CNNC) which was also used as [...]

Are you bored with the Palace Museum and want to find something special to know? Here are four special museums in Beijing City. You may not only see something interesting, but also experience something unique.       Beijing Police Museum          Located in an antique Western-styled building, formerly a Citibank branch, the museum is home to [...]

The second Rape Flower Festival in Changgou is hold from May 28th to June 15th, 2011, in Changou Town, Fangshan district. The Beijing’s largest rape flower field, about 133.3 hectare (329.5 acre) ,  takes you only 1 hour to catch the spring from the city center.      The rape flower in north China always blossoms [...]

The Ministry of Railways will implement the real-name system for purchasing tickets for HSR trains starting from June 1, 2011. And from today, you need to use your identity card to buy the tickets of HSR which run after June, 1st. In order to help you get used to the new system as soon as [...]

 Did you see the spring is coming? There is an old saying in China that one can never know when spring is coming until seeing the kite in the sky. Kite flying is a traditional with nearly 3,000 years history and still plays an important role in Chinese culture today. Now, Chinese don’t only fly a kite in spring, but also [...]

The Beijing International Tourism Expo, popularly known as BITE, returns to the global stage for its eighth edition from June 17-19, 2011. It is Asia’s leading annual travel and tourism event and is being staged at a new venue – the China National Convention Centre (CNCC) – which was used as a communications center during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The nightlife in Beijing is very busy and having dinner in a good restaurant is part of a local daily life and traveler’s plans. The city offers plenty of good restaurants and there are several awards which tries with much effort list the best ones such as Time Out’s.
Check out the news about this year’s award!