Confucius is a figure that has achieved legendary status not only in China but the entire world. A renowned philosopher, his thinking changed the way Chinese people lived their lives and it is for this reason that numerous monuments and temples were constructed in his memory.

The Temple of Confucius in Kong Miao is the second biggest temple constructed in honour of this legendary figure. The temple is an impressive 22,000 square metres of space and consists of four different courtyards. The temple was constructed inside a large walled enclosure around which the rest of the city of Qufu expanded.

Structures that can be found here include Xianshi Gate, Dacheng Hall, Chongshengci and Dacheng Gate. Dacehng Hall is the most important and tallest building in the temple. It was here that the memorial ceremony for Confucius was often held. All the structures provide a majestic insight in to the world of ancient Chinese architecture.

Other points of interest that can be found here include the 198 stone tablets that list out the 51,624 names of the Jinshi who became members during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. These tables are located on either side of the front courtyard, giving them a prominent position.

Another point of interest is the 700 year old tree that is known as Chujian Bai. The name actually means Touch Evil Cypress and was adopted during an incident where a ill-favoured official’s hat was removed by the tree. It was then said that the tree could sense the difference between good and evil.

The temple also has various pictures that are scattered throughout depicting various images such as two flying dragons playing with a pearl among the clouds. This is extremely significant as the Dragon symbol was reserved exclusively to mean Emperor in ancient China. This truly showcases the importance of Confucius in ancient China and even today.

When travelling to Beijing visitors should definitely not pass up the chance to visit this historic monument.

Staying in a Beijing hotel that is located close to this destination provides guests with convenient access to this destination. Raffles Beijing Hotel, China is a luxury hotel in Beijing that not only offers convenient access to this destination but is also replete with an array of services and facilities that ensure for a comfortable stay.

Chinese cuisine enjoys the same international reputation to that of France and Italy for its scent, taste, and design. When you are travelling in China or going for the beijing 2008 summer olympics, please don’t miss the Chinese gourmet. Maybe you will encounter a problem that the waiter or waitress can not understand what you said . Because they are not good at English. Please don’t worry. Following is a menu with Chinese “pinyin “and English. Just hold it and it’s ok to eat in any restaurant in Beijing or China.

Meat Dishes

Sliced pork with raddish (luo bo gan chao rou si )

Twice cooked pork (hui guo rou )

Spicy pepper with twice cooked pork (jian jiao hui guo rou )

Green pepper with pork slices (qing jiao rou si )

Sweet and spicy sliced pork (yu xiang rou si )

Pickled vegetables with meat (zha cai rou si )

Sweet and sour pork (tang cu li ji )

Sweet and spicy pork pieces (yu xiang xiao hua rou )

Boiled cow intestines (shui zhu niu bai yie )

Sweet and spicy sliced pork kidney(yu xiang yao si )

Boiled pork kidney slices (shui zhu yao pian )

Wild pepper pork intestines (yie shan jiao chao da chang )

Spicy stir-fried pork (gan bian da chang )

Boiled pork intestines (shui zhu da chang)

Pickled cabbage with twice cooked pork (pao cai hui guo rou)

Bamboo sprouts with pork slices (sun jian rou si)

Pickled cabbage with pork slices (suan cai rou si)

Hot and spicy pork slices (ma la rou si)

Bamboo sprouts with pieces of pork (zhu sun rou pian)

Mushroom with pork pieces (xiang gu rou pian)

Bamboo shoots with twice cooked pork (sun jian hui guo rou)

Stir-fried dried pork (gan zha li ji)

Sweet and spicy beef slices (yu xiang niu rou si)

Stir-fried pork intestines with potatoes (tu dou shao da chang)

Hot and spicy pork intestines with peppers (la chao da chang)

Stir-fried pork intestines with garlic (suan shao da chang)

House Specialties

Boiled carp with sour cabbage (suan cai li yu)

Boiled carp (shui zhu li yu)

Hot and spicy chicken (ma la ji)

Hot and spicy pork (ba shu kou rou)

Steamed pork ribs (fen zheng pai gu)

Stewed beef with sliced vegetables (luo bo gan hui guo niu rou)

Pig feet (bu yi zhou zi)

Hot and spicy bullfrog (ma po niu wa)

Dong Po’s ox tail (dong po niu wei) 

Boiled fish from northern Sichuan (shui zhu chuan bei yu)

Vegetable Dishes

Stir-fried potatoes and green peppers (qing jiao tu dou si)

Stir-fried potatoes (su chao tu dou si )

Stir-fried cabbage (gan bian tou cai)

Stir-fried green vegetables with garlic (suan rong you cai)

Sweet and sour cabbage (tang cu tou cai)

Stir -fried yams (su chao shan yao)

Fried white squash (bai you dong gua)

Fried white squash with salted shrimp (hai mi dong gua)

Stir fried mushrooms with green peppers (qing jiao chao xiang gu)

Spicy beancurd (ma po dou fu)

Hot and spicy beancurd (ma la dou fu)

Homestyle beancurd (jia chang dou fu)

Hot Pot

Clam (ga)

hairtail fish (dao yu)

cow intestines (niu bai ye)

pork (zhu rou)

ham (huo tui chang)

chopped kidney (yao pian)

fresh shrimp (bao xian xia)

chicken stomach (ji zhen)

cabbage (bai cai)

bamboo shoot (zhu sun)

potato noodles (fen si)

fungus (mu er)

mushroom (xiang gu)

Chinese yam (shan yao)

Oyster (hai li zi)

Finless (shan yu)

Squid (xian you)

Mutton (yang rou)

Sliced beef (wu can rou)

Chicken heart (ji xin)

Intestines (fei chang)

Sausage xiang chang)

Parsley (tong hao)

Spinach (bo cai)

Bean curd (dou fu)

Pickled Chinese cabbage (suan cai)

Slices of wax gourd (dong gua pian)

Kelp (hai dai)

Daylily flower (jin zhen gu)

Garlic bolt (suan miao)

Loach (ni qiu)

Chicken wings (ji chi)

Fat (bai rou)

Rape (rou cai)

romaine/lettuce (sheng cai)

frozen bean curd (dong dou fu)

coagulated pig blood (zhu xie)

potato chips (tu dou pian)

coriander (xiang cai)

bean sprouts (lv dou ya)

General Travel China by english.51766.com

Spending yearly vacation in a fantastic country would be the dream of every vacationer. But, for an enjoyable vacation, an effective plan must be devised, which should include everything vital to make a vacation memorable. In other words, you should ask yourself a number of questions before devising an effective plan for vacation, such as which destination would you like to go for vacation, what are the activities you are planning during your vacation, whether you are interested in exploring new places or culture of a place, or would you like to enjoy adventure trips, and so on. However, it would be quite confusing for a common man to plan a vacation. Here comes the importance of tour agents. No matter what your tastes are, they will take all steps to make your vacation an enjoyable as well as a wonderful experience.

With umpteen destinations to choose from, one of the best destinations preferred by most of the people across the globe is Hong Kong/China destination. China is the world’s third largest country, with great cultural and ethnic diversities. As per the records of the World Tourism Organization, China is the fifth most popular tourist destination in the world, and is estimated to become the first in the next 15 years.

In addition to being home to the Great Wall – one of the Seven Wonders of the World, China has to its credit a continuum of tourist attractions, with 23 provinces, four municipalities, five autonomous region, and two administrative regions. Beijing – the capital city of China – comes with such renowned attractions as Temple of Heaven Park, the Summer Palace, and the Imperial Palace Museum within the Forbidden City, which in turn is the world’s largest palace complex. Along with cities such as Macau, Shanghai, and Lhasa – Hong Kong is also one of the much famed tourist places in China.

Now we will discuss some of the top attractions in the city of Hong Kong. The city boasts of such a great number of attractions that it takes months to explore all of them. Just few among the Hong Kong attractions are the peak tower with Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum and rooftop observation area; Man Mo Temple; Wong Tai Sin Temple, an ancient shrine famed for its fortune-tellers; the Bank of China Tower, one of the tallest building in the world that is noted for its architecture; the Avenue of Stars, which is graced and illuminated with tons of twinkling lights; the Clock Tower – one of the oldest landmarks that is situated on the site of the old Kowloon Station; Hong Kong Park, featuring a 1400 sq mt conservatory, air-conditioned sports center, and Olympic Square; and Statue Square, a popular pedestrian in the central district. Equally important are such attractions of Hong Kong as Hong Kong Disneyland, Central District that is home to many government buildings, Ladies Market, Repulse Bay, and Mongkok that is much favored for its teaming activities.

Hong Kong also offers excellent opportunities to enjoy a range of activities. Taking a helicopter ride, riding the peak tram, riding the cable car, riding the century-old tram, and taking a harbor cruise are just few among them. In addition, superb facilities are made available to enjoy exciting and interesting sport activities like sedan chair race, horse racing, swimming, and wind surfing. Also, worth mentioning is the night life in Hong Kong, with its British as well as Irish themed bars, dance clubs, and modern bars offering live music shows and fun. Nightlife in Hong Kong is mainly spread throughout three areas in Kowloon: cocktail bars in Tsim Sha Tsui, pubs on the Ashley Road, and clubs on the Prat and Chatham Roads. Apart from this, Hong Kong boasts of a chain of music clubs and theaters, each of them ensuring fun and entertainment in a relaxing environment.

Above all, Hong Kong hosts a great number of festivals and events, such as Chinese New Year; Birthday of Che Kung, dedicated to Che Kung – the general of the Sung Dynasty; Spring Lantern Festival; and Hong Kong International Film Festival, which is to honor Asian film festivals as well as eminent film makers. Also, great is the gastronomy of Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s hall mark is perhaps its world-class cuisine, covering regional, English, continental, and western. An array of restaurants, pubs, bars, and eateries can be seen here.

So what all to dream? Just plan your vacation with us and feel relaxed. All you have to do is to logon to our website and share your interests and likes and dislikes with us.

When you said that you have been to China as a sight seeing tourist, invariably people will ask you whether you have you visited The Great Wall Of China.

Why are people so obsessed with this ancient fortress monument? Well, as someone who have taken a sightseeing tour of the Great Wall, I can sum it up in one word. The Great Wall of China is awesome!

I was awestruck by the spectacular scenery and its courageous history. This gigantic monument is considered by many people as one of the wonders of the world. Any tourist traveling to China must definitely make visit the Chinese tourist attraction.

The Great Wall of China is over 2,000 years old and it is a monument rich in history. It was first conceived and constructed by Qin Shi Huang or also known as Shi Huang Ti, who was the first emperor of China. The wall is called “Wan-Li Qang-Qeng” in Chinese when translated literally means 10,000 li long wall which is equivalent to about 5,000 km or 2,272 miles long.

The Great Wall Of China was constructed as a military fortification against intrusion by invading normadic ancient tribes. The Chinese people at that time called these tribes barbarians since the Chinese royalties were living in sprawling palaces and these tribes were living in tents.

After the emperor Qin unified China in 214 BC, he ordered the construction of the wall. It took more than a decade to construct and the great wall stretched from Lintao in the eastern part of Gansu province in the west to Liaodong in Jilin province in the east. The wall not only served as a defensive bastien against invaders in the northern parts of China, it is also a symbol of power for the proud emperor.

From the Qin Dynasty onwards, Xiongnu (translated from Chinese as fierce anger), which was an ancient tribe that roamed Northern China, frequently make incursions and plunder towns and villages along the northern border.

During the Han Dynasty in and around 121 BC, emperor Han Wu Di, ordered three military expeditions to repel and quash the Xiongnu tribe. The military expeditions successfully pushed the Xiongnu tribe into the far north of the Gobi desert, which is a tundra.

In order to secure the safety of the Hexi Corridor (now Gansu province), the emperor also ordered the construction of the extension of the Great Wall westward into the Hexi Corridor and Xinjiang region. The ruins of the tower beacons and debris of the Han Wall are still preserved in Dunhuang, Yumen and Yangguan districts and provinces. There is also a report that more ruins of the Han Wall have recently been discovered near Lopnur in Xinjiang province.

The present day Great Wall Of China in Beijing is mainly the remains from the Ming Dynasty era. During this golden era of Chinese culture, bricks and granite were used when the workers laid the foundation of the wall. Sophisticated designs and passes were also constructed in places of strategic military importance.

To further empower the military’s control of China’s northern frontiers, the Ming Dynasty government divided the Great Wall into nine zones and placed each zone under the command and control of a Zhen, which is a military garrison headquarter.

The Ming Wall begins at Yalujiang River in what is now in Heilongjiang province, through Liaoning, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia provinces, to Gansu reaching a length of about 12,700 li (about 5,200 km or 2,400 miles).

Although The Great Wall served succeeding dynasties very well for a few hundred years as a defence bastion against invading forces, the invaders from the north in the end were able to advance and conquer China in succeeding dynasties such as Mongolians (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368) and the Manchus (Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911) did.

With such splendidly rich history and panoramic views, is it any wonder why the Great Wall Of China is one of the most visited tourist attraction in the world?

An African Magician performs in Beijing PILIPILI Night-club.

In August 1992, myself and my wife, Caroline, arranged a trip to post-Tiananmen China. It was in the days when the London China Travel office was on Cambridge Circus, opposite the Palace Theatre on Charing Cross Road. It took me at least twenty books, a late-night Japanese television series and several months to plan and arrange the trip from what was then our base in Balham, south London. In those days, you could arrange the visit via China Travel and then, as long as the itinerary was lodged in advance, you could travel absolutely independently. Everything was pre-paid, but on setting off, we had no tickets or confirmed reservations apart from our air tickets in and out of Beijing. As ever, I kept a journal of the trip, which ran to more than fifty pages. A few years later, I condensed the experience to two sides of A4, ignoring rules of grammar and syntax, and produced the following ramble, a perhaps poetic impression of nearly a month of travel.

Ex-London while the Sun dissected Michael Jackson’s nose and praised Boardman’s hooterless gold-medal bicycle. Air China to Beijing, where taxis cost more than Lonely Planet predicts. A Chinese character itinerary from one Tim Han of China Travel whilst fellow workers drool over televised lithe Afro-American sprinters at the Olympics. Then to the no-longer Forbidden City. Piles of local tourists to negotiate.

Four hours of Xinjiang Airlines to Urumqi. Signs in Chinese and Russian plus Uigur written in Arab script (a recent innovation). Land lines across Inner Mongolia. Why and how so straight? Urumqi multiple-peaked. Piles of coal, scruffy high rise, snow-capped Bogda Shen at street-end. Pavement fortune tellers, traders. Food stalls. Women washing sheeps’ stomachs in a stream, tripe kebabs. Uigur town now Han Chinese, populated by Shanghai overspill, over 2000 miles from ‘home’. The second long march.

Uigur breakfast. Hot sheep’s milk, Chinese tea, flat tomato bread, sugared tomato and cucumber, pickled cabbage, thin congee, sheep’s milk butter, two giant sugar lumps. Uigur market. Fruits amid a forest of hanging lamb. Chinese market. Live vegetables and meats. Tank over-spilling with energetic eels (unit price). Self-knotting spaghetti.

Woman losing her gold watch at an illegal ‘find the lady’. Policeman looking on. Tears when the loss hits home. Renmin Park for noodles and rocket-fuel chili sauce. Bag slashers with finger-ring knives on a crowded bus. Care needed.

Car to Turfan. Fertile valleys. Barren mountains. Occasional snow. Road ploughed. Kazak yurts. Semi-sunken shade-making rammed-earth Uigur villages, invisible at a distance save for chimney smoke. Steep downhill gorge, spectacular river, rocks, white water and slate-grey hills. Into Turfan depression, snow-capped distance surrounding grey stone pit 100 miles across. 42 degrees at its base, 200 metres below sea level. Car ahead leaving tracks on molten road. A hefty gob from the driver irrigates. Gobi means stones. Plenty here. And then green. An oasis. A giant mirage?

Turfan. Latticed vines for street-shade. Hanging raisin grapes. 15 yuan fine for casual picking. Hotel tea in galvanised buckets. Turkish-style dancing and music. Genghiz-sacked rammed-earth cities of Goachang and Jiaohe. Painted tombs and brick minarets. Flaming mountains. Karez underground irrigation system. 3000 kilometres of channels. 1500 years old, gravity-fed from mountains at the depression-edge. Uigur culture’s greatest feat, and in full working order.

Bus to Daheyan. Two hours over bumpy stones to depression-edge. Dump of a railway town. Coal heaps, box buildings, waste land. Two women at war on station forecourt. Ramming victim’s head onto the ground. Blood. Onlookers. Inaction. A tense town of resentful postees.

500 miles to Liuyuan in Gansu. Featureless flat grey shale stone. Spectacularly unique. Snow mountains to the north. Utterly empty, save for smoking coal towns. 40 above in summer, 30 below in winter. Overnight by train. Dawn reveals same massive scene, now in brown.

Arrive Liuyuan. Daheyan writ similar. 120 miles south across the desert (black at first!), past remnant ramparts of Han Dynasty Greater-Great Wall. Camels and dunes of Taklimakan, world’s largest sand desert. Near Dunhuang oasis blossoms again. Sand and scree suddenly crop and tree. Feitian Hotel, with complimentary toiletries labelled Sham Poo and Foam Poo. Lunch. Fourteen dishes. Duck, foo-yong, cucumber, cabbage, oyster mushroom chicken, coriander pork, steamed buns, steamed bread, rice, beef broth and noodles, pork and green beans, pork and sweet chili, chicken and squash, plain noodles, water melon. Then to get the essential torch for the caves. Houses huddled together. Wood stores for winter piled on top. View across the roofs like a scrap heap. Ground level claustrophobic stoneware maze.

Cave day. Mogao Buddhist caves – closed from 12 to 2, full day needed for perhaps the most stunning sight on earth. 400 ‘caves’ (some cathedral size) in a sandstone gorge, between 400 AD to 1100 AD. Utterly dry, always dark, perfectly preserved. Everything painted. Tang period complex and colourful. A world of scenes by torchlight. Buddhas reclining, sitting, standing, posing. Thirty metre seated figure with thousands of unsmoked cigarettes and coins on his lap as offerings. Shock of Qing-renovated cave with Taoist figures. Ghoulish features, contorted, and a face in the groin. 40 caves seen in the day, archaeologist as a personal guide. Stunning. Fourteen dishes for dinner.

Desert bus back to Liuyuan. Always a fight for seats. Three dusty hours. Train to Lanzhou. 800 miles along Gansu-Qinghai mountainous border. More black desert, then yellow earth. Jaiyaguan fort at the limit of the Ming empire. Overnight by train. Country changed. Mountain pass, green rolling hills and stepped fields. Wheat harvest in. Straw dollies like children at assembly. Houses still of rammed earth. Lanzhou a thriving industrial city. Thirty hours of travel. Walk by Yellow River.

Fish in hotel restaurant tank all dead. Lanzhou bus expensive. 50 fen per trip. Radios and knitting banned. Han dynasty flying horse and bronze warriors. Steamed carp with rape on menu. The fish comes first. Train to Xian through yellow loess country. Deep furrows and gorges. All flat land cropped. 500 miles overnight.

Terra cotta warriors facing east to guard Qin Shihuang’s tomb. Made in pieces. Assembled in situ. Partly excavated section where piles of dismembered limbs emerge from the earth. New terra cotta warriors for sale from the factory behind the museum. Exact replicas of originals. Wheeze at the thought of the whole thing as a sham for the tourist trade.

Xian, like all Chinese cities, a square. Roads straight, intersecting always at right angles. Ancient centre walled, Ming rebuilt. Old mosque exquisite. Xianyang nearby, with Seventh century Qian tombs, museum with another 3000 Han terra cottas like a football crowd. Train to Beijing. 800 miles, 26 hours. Houses often caves in valley side. Later immense flat land, maize everywhere.

Temple of Heaven, Tiantan, and then Beijing Opera. Pause for beer at wayside stall. Served by moonlighting trainee stockbroker! Breakfast pickle amazing, like four year old camembert out of a shotgun. Takes the head off. Great Wall. Mucho touristico, but still stunning. Like climbing a giant ladder in places. “I climbed the Great Wall” T-shirts, prices lower the further you climb. Must be the air. Ming tombs dismissed by guide-book. Wrong. Amazing barrel vaulted rooms nine stories underground. Jade doors, carved thrones, marble, marble, marvel. Reminiscent of renaissance Italy. Everlasting bricks etched with names of their makers. Souvenir jade boat for 55000 pounds.

White drapes over erotic statues in Tibetan Lama Temple. Same bestial content in wall paintings. 24 metre gold Buddha through the incense-blur. No smoking signs everywhere.

Mao’s Maosoleum an emperor’s tomb. Lines for queues painted across the square. Feet pointing north towards Tiananmen Gate, upside-down feng shui. He is shiny, waxy and painted about the face. Moving lines file past on either side. No pausing. Outside, stalls with Mao T-shirts, Mao key rings, cuddly toys, post cards, magic lantern shows. Mao Zedong candy floss by the armful. Then Great Hall of the People. Dining room for 5000. Now fast food for tourists. Great Hall chop sticks, cigarettes, T-shirts. Great Hall of the People cuddly toys.

2500 miles. Three and a half weeks. 5 destinations. 50 caves. 6000 terra cotta warriors. 1 each Great Wall, Forbidden City, Beijing Opera, Mao Zedong. Hundreds of tombs, temples, pagodas, parks, bendi-buses and bicycles. 3 silk shirts on the Silk Road. One amazing trip.

Beijing air quality has been the focus of foreign reporters since a long time ago. Even though Chinese government has tried every means possible to make the air clearer and better, some people still don’t show any trust due to their deep prejudice about the air quality in Beijing. One athlete even declared to wear mask when coming to Beijing in order to protect his lung.

 

Beijing air been a focus and debate

 

Just before the Olympic begins, images of the Beijing skyline seemingly bathed smog and haze. The air have been a common sight on the world’s TV screens in recent days and weeks. Foreign journalists with handheld air pollution detectors have been popping up on street corners checking levels of soot and dust. Everyone seems keen to prove that the city’s air will be a decisive and debilitating factor for one of the world’s most high-profile sporting events.

 

The debate about the Beijing games deserves more fair play than it has received. Indeed, real and, one hopes, long-lasting achievements have been made by the Beijing organising committee for the Olympic games, the city as a whole, the government, and the six provinces concerned. This is all the more remarkable when set against the city’s double-digit economic growth and the fact that the games are being staged in a developing country, with all the social, economic, health, and environmental challenges this entails.

 

Other things to be considered about besides the Beijing air

 

There is lots of sports related stuff for people to care about like how the Olympic game opening ceremony is designed. We all fully aware that the Beijing Olympics pops up a lots brilliant design work that make the whole world surprise.  Fashion accessories and elements used in the Olympic design need to be studied. Decoration in the bird nest is amazing that we can bring a few elements into home decoration. The cloud torch is the best looking one to my point, as well as the Cotton Fabric with cloud on it. 

 

Beijing air quality getting better with more to be done

 

Beijing authorities have been keen to improve air quality by the Olympic year. In a bid to meet World Health Organization air pollution standards and live up to its “Green Olympics’” promises, the city implemented new vehicle emissions standards – equivalent to those applied by the European Union – on March 1, and from July, the number of cars allowed on the city’s streets will be reduced.

According to a blue paper on public services and development published in January by the Social Sciences Academic Press, Beijing has enjoyed success in reducing air pollution caused by industry. But to achieve further progress, authorities must now focus on curbing air pollution generated in areas surrounding the capital, an academic has said.

What they (China) have done is extraordinary: planting millions of trees between the Gobi Desert and Beijing, removing hundreds of thousands of polluting cars, closing polluting petrol stations I think they have done a commendable job. The statistics are very clear. The pollution levels are coming down. It is not yet perfect. (But) it is safe for the athletes.”

Rogge had a word of advice on the haze that shrouded Beijing a day before the start of the Olympics, too. There is a difference between the haze enveloping the city and damaging air pollution, he said, rubbishing claims to the contrary.

What you see is the result of “humidity and heat”, he said. It does not mean it “is the same as pollution”.

After winning the right in 2001 to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Beijing has made a lot of efforts to hold a “high-level Olympic Games with distinguishing features”.

Rogge is highly satisfied with the preparations. “We have worked very hard with BOCOG for seven years Let me say that we are extremely eager for the Games to start.”

 

If you are one of the lucky international visitors that will be staying in Beijing during the Olympic Games, there is a huge variety of accommodation available to you. Everything from super-luxury properties, to rock-bottom budget accommodation is available in Beijing -however if you don’t book your luxury hotel in China soon, you may not be left with a choice! In this article we look at some of the best of the best when it comes to luxury accommodation in Beijing.

There are some general accommodation guidelines that you can follow on your luxury travels in China, and more specifically, Beijing. If you are only staying for a short time, you will want to be close to the action, and we recommend staying in the city center of Beijing, close to Tian’an Men Square and also the Forbidden City. You will easily be able to find your way to the Olympic Complex, and transport fees and time will be drastically reduced.

If you are taking the opportunity of being in China to do some extra sightseeing and have a luxury holiday in China apart from the Olympic Games, you will have a greater choice of convenient places to stay. The southern half of Chaoyang, just outside the East Second Ring Road, is a hotbed of luxury. Shopping in this area is also excellent, and you are close to both the airport and the San Li Tun district, known for its nightlife and dining.

If business is part of your reason for being in Beijing during the Olympic Games, then the China World Beijing caters specifically to you. It is part of a shopping complex which offers a full scale business center, including conferencing facilities, free wireless connectivity and Beijing’s finest European restaurant.

The Kerry Centre hotel can also be found in this quite central location in Beijing. It has been named the most child-friendly hotel in the city, and also is known to have the most extensive fitness facilities. If you find yourself inspired usually by seeing others do things, then after watching the Olympic events you may want to stay at the Kerry Center Hotel. It has a running track as well as the usual fitness facilities, and courts for just about any sport you can imagine.

The southwestern part of the city is known as Xuanwu, and hotels here offer access to transport options like Beijing Railway Station and the metro line. Beijing Zoo is located in this quarter. There are some beautiful gardens here, notably Shangri-La Beijing’s traditional gardens that the hotel surrounds. This was named as the best hotel garden by Frommers, a travel site frequently quoted by NBC News in the US. Shangri-La in Beijing is quite a large hotel, with 528 rooms in the main complex, and 142 in the recently opened Valley Wing which houses the hotel’s state of the art health club, the Blu Lobster restaurant and lounge, and a rooftop garden as well as the gorgeous larger central one. Another luxury Chinese hotel in this district is the Bamboo Garden Hotel, with three courtyards filled with rockeries and bamboo stands.

There is a wide variety of accommodation in Beijing, much of it built especially for the Olympic Games. However, the already large city is expected to swell in size for the Olympics, and you would do well to book your luxury accommodation in China ahead of your departure!

Welcome to the Perfect Inn – The perfect place to stay

Extremely high quality service in an ancient palace of the 1500s with Boutique style furnishings and located in the heart of the historic center of Beijing, a stone’s throw from Bell Tower and all the most interesting places for art and culture.

An unforgettable stay in an elegant, welcoming and typically Beijinger environment, for a holiday dedicated to comfort and relaxation.

The Beijing Perfect Inn where comfort and service sit in perfect harmony to create a homely, very relaxed feel. Where service is determined by the customer rather than by the clock. Where the customer, not the shareholder or the balance sheet, is king!

And where conventional rules of departmentalisation, and standardisation so often found in large town and city hotels are transcended by a customer focused, service driven culture.

Our promise to you is a complete hospitality experience – a telling blend, a delicious balance of all that is good about food, drink, accommodation and comfort, skilfully and delicately fused by and nurtured by that most important factor, the personal touch. Creating synergy. A delicate yet very potent mix which is our hallmark.

The Perfect Inn characterizes the charming image of contemporary luxury living and legendary Chinese hospitality that showcase everything for a perfect stay today, tomorrow and beyond.

With a prestige location on Guloudong Dajie, Perfect Inn places residents in the heart of one of Beijing’s major business, shopping and entertainment districts.

All rooms command panoramic city views, Drum Tower views and are elegantly decorated in contemporary style and furnished for the utmost comfort. In addition, rooms are equipped with the internet, satellite TV and other high-tech amenities.

Daily American breakfast, daily newspaper and welcome drink and fruit basket, as well as impeccable service at all times, further ensure the perfect home in Beijing.

• ROOMS

• A harmonious blend of contemporary design, the hotel’s elegantly appointed guest accommodation in subtle terracotta and green hues combined with natural materials create a unique atmosphere and perfect balance between luxury and homely familiarity. Facilities in all rooms include a walk in Shower & separate bathtub, king-size or twin beds, individually controlled air conditioning / heating, satellite TV with pay movies and play-station (payable), broadband internet connection, safe, mini-bar, coffee & tea making facilities, baby monitoring service via the telephone. There are rooms for the disabled with roll-in showers and some for non-smokers

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• Superior room – Spruce Accommodation in the Eternal City

• A Superior Double Room recalls the time when luxury and courtesy were a way of life for wealthy Beijingers. This is a King-bedded room filled with fine fabrics and antique furnishings. Each welcomes you with the soft embrace of stylish individuality.

With king size beds. Real bathrooms , power showers , air conditioning , black-out curtains and Venetian Blinds , Satelite TV Channels, personal fridges with space for your own drinks and naughty nibbles , complimentary toiletries and bathroom accessories , phone line with automated wake up call , interesting and original furnishings and 18 hour room service. Interesting and Original Accommodation in Beijing – Perfect Inn

• 42” plasma television

• Direct dial telephones

• High speed broadband internet connection

• Large working desk

• CD player

• In house movies

• International News Service

• 4 foxtel channels

• Complimentary morning newspaper

• Bathrobes and slippers

• Fully stocked mini-bar

• In room safe

• Tea & Coffee making facilities

• Hair dryer

• Iron & Ironing board

• International Power points

• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning

• Valet dry cleaning and laundry service

• Voice mail messaging system

• In room facsimile on request

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• Executive room – Ideal for Friends

• For more room and even more of the Perfect Inn’s opulent fabrics and furnishings, choose a Executive Double, Twin, Triple, Family Room. We’ve created space for a desk and a small seating area and filled your luxurious bathroom with fragrant toiletries. If this feels like home, it’s because we’ve chosen the furniture and materials that we would choose to live with.

• Executive Double, Twin, Triple or Family Bedrooms in Beijing are the ideal type of accomodation for anybody looking to come to visit the Eternal city with a friend or business colleague. All of the Perfect Inn Executive Bedrooms contain King sige beds or 2 seperate beds or Three separate bed or one King and one single bed plus telephone, direct dial telephone, en suite bathroom (i.e. bathroom in the room), plus satelite tv. Please use our online booking system to book your room – All rates include breakfast.

• 42” plasma television

• Direct dial telephones

• High speed broadband internet connection

• Large working desk

• CD player

• In house movies

• International News Service

• 4 foxtel channels

• Complimentary morning newspaper

• Bathrobes and slippers

• In room safe

• Tea & Coffee making facilities

• Hair dryer

• Iron & Ironing board

• International Power points

• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning

• Valet dry cleaning and laundry service

• Voice mail messaging system

• In room facsimile on request

Deluxe room Hotel Double or Twin Bedroom Beijing

Hotel Deluxe Bedroom Beijing – Looking for a Double or Twin room in Beijing then the Perfect Inn Beijing is the only choice for you. Enjoying a super central downtown location the Perfect Inn could not be closer to the attractions if it tried

• Deluxe Double or Twin Bedrooms in Beijing are the ideal type of accomodation for anybody looking to come to visit the Eternal city with a friend or business colleague. All of the Perfect Inn Deluxe Bedrooms contain one Queen or 2 seperate beds plus telephone, direct dial telephone, en suite bathroom (i.e. bathroom in the room), plus satelite tv. Please use our online booking system to book your room – All rates include breakfast,

• Flood Screen Colour television

• Direct dial telephones

• High speed broadband internet connection

• Large working desk

• In house movies

• International News Service

• 4 foxtel channels

• Complimentary morning newspaper

• Bathrobes and slippers

• In room safe

• Tea & Coffee making facilities

• Hair dryer

• International Power points

• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning

• Valet dry cleaning and laundry service

• Voice mail messaging system

• In room facsimile on request

Location:

The Perfect Inn is in an extremely strategic position: Right in the Gulou Dong Dajie, a couple of steps from the Bell Tower and 5 minutes on foot from At, Drum Tower, where you can admire the architectural masterpieces.

It will take about 20 minutes to TianAnMen Square by subway, about 10 minutes to Bei Hai Park, Hou Hai bar street, the Palace Museum, JingShan park and Yong He Lamasery by bicycle.

How to get here:

From airport:

To reach the Perfect Inn from the Beijing Capital Airport,

Please take A line of the airport shuttle bus to DongZhiMen, and then change subway to the GuLouDaJie station, from exit B to south 500m walk you will arrive top of the road then turn left walking 100m you will see right site Diananmen street but not turn right walking straight more 100m left site you can find Beijing Perfect Inn.

From train station:

When you get to the Beijing railway station,

Please take subway line No.2 (circle line) from Beijing train station to the GuLouDaJie station, from exit B to south 500m walk you will arrive top of the road then turn left walking 100m you will see right site Diananmen street but not turn right walking straight more 100m left site you can find Beijing Perfect Inn.

More transportation details:

There are many bus lines around hotel, which includes 5,44,60,107, 204,380,721,800,809,820,839,834,909.

Address: No.281 Gulou Dong Dajie, Dongcheng District, 100009 Beijing, China

Phone:86-10-84020887

Fax: 86-10-84022832

Email?perfectinn@live.com

http://www.beijingperfectinn.com

Service:

-Stunning historical architecture.

-Welcome drink on arrive.

-Outstandingly Good Value.

-Excellent Location.

-Complimentary Breakfast.

-Walk up call on request.

-Room service.

-Superb Cleanliness.

-Internet Access.

-Ideal for small meetings, special events and memorable occasions.

-Travel information of Beijing and beyond

-General assistance in English

-Flight confirmation

-Postcards and letter sending

-Interpretation

-Bicycle hire

-Car hire

-C D burn

-Tours and activities

-Check-in 24 Hour

-Check-out 11.00am (late check out upon request)

-24 hour reception

-Concierge service

-Internet Point – Wi-Fi

-Courtesy bar

-Complimentary afternoon tea

-Bar service

-Laundry and ironing service

(from Monday to Saturday inclusive)

-Private car parking

-Chinese and international newspapers

available to guests

-Fax and printer service at the Reception

-Pets welcome

-Adjacent restaurant

Breakfast

We think we offer a good choice for breakfast and so do our customers.

Such an important meal oft forgotten in the incessant, relentless drive so prevalent nowadays, towards gourmet lunch and evening dining and complex gastronomy!

We learnt the importance of breakfast from our customers, not from the pundits and culinary press, and we treat it with great priority.

The feel good factor of a delicious, well presented freshly prepared breakfast presented with a smile each morning is immense, especially for those of us with a heavy day of work and challenge ahead. No travel inn stripped out service here.

A fresh, crisp, relaxing and fulfilling experience to prepare and set you up for the day ahead

Food & Drink

Invites you to savour an interesting, lively and extensive range of bistro style menus, including light snacks, bar meals and a full dinner/evening menu. It has a really vibrant yet very relaxed, easy going contemporary atmosphere. Great food is served from 11 a.m. until mid night. every day, drinks till later, and residents till late.

A rather charming, soft, ambient restaurant offering international cuisine with a clear Scottish twist and bias, in impressive a la carte menus equalling those of the finest restaurants around, exquisitely complemented by a carefully chosen, comprehensive list of wines from all over the world. Enjoy informal evening dining 7 – 9.00 p.m. daily.

Perfect Coffee

our real ‘piece de resistance’ – an exciting street facing concept, classy, split level, deliciously ambient, light, bright and airy, and beautifully decorated. It features a wide and varied café bar style light bite and healthy snack menu complemented by speciality teas and coffees, liqueurs and liqueur coffees, beers, lagers and wonderful wines. Open from 7.30 am until mid night . this really is the ideal location to sit and watch the world go by. A real place to be in and be seen in – and wonderful for ladies especially ladies who lunch! There is such an easy relaxed feel you really want to linger on for hours here and soak in the atmosphere.

Beijing, Qingdao and Hong kong will be the three cities for the 2008 Olympics. The most Olympic events will be held in Beijing, the sailing Competition will be held in Qingdao and the Equestrian Competition will be in Hong kong. When you come to Olympic Games and visit these cities, you can find so many interesting things beside Olympics.

Beijing is a city of amazing contrasts – an ancient capital with some incredible historical sites, and a bustling modern metropolis getting ready to host the 2008 Olympics. In Beijing, those places you should not miss:

The Tiananmen Square- is the largest public square in the world.

Forbidden City-is the largest and the best preserved Imperial Palace in the world.

Temple of Heaven-was built specifically for worship of heaven and prayers for good harvests during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Badaling Great Wall-is China most spectacular sight extending more than 3,700 miles across China and most often visited for China tour. It is one of the best preserved sections and the highest point of the Great Wall;

Summer Palace-is the most splendid imperial garden in China built in 1750.

Hutong Trishaw Tour-you can take the rickshaw to drive through the old walking alleys to see the old living residence. You can also visit the local family to talk with them. This is a very good opportunity for you to have a real understanding of the local people life.

In Beijing, clusters of neighboring “Siheyuan”(Quadrangles), low and gray, make into many small alleys, most of which orderly laid out like a chessboard, running either from south to north or east to west. This sort of alleys is called “Hutong” in Peking dialect. All these alleys are the same. When you are in it, you will find and experience that every alley has something special to talk about, as it is full of life and stories.

While in Hong kong, you can relax and enjoy the peaceful environment of the spectacular islands and country parks. Walking the street here, you may know more about the culture of east and west combined. That is the reason why Hong kong is a city with nickname of Gourmets’ Paradise, City with a Passion, the City that Never Sleeps and Land of Limitless delights.

In Hong kong, these places you should not missed:

Victoria Peak- It is one of Hong Kong leading tour destinations, which has breathtaking views of city famous skyline, Victoria Harbour and as well as the romantic South China Sea.

Aberdeen- A harbor area crowded with junks and sampans, where 6,000 people live and work on junks. To get a close-up look at the Aberdeen way of life, you can take a sampan ride.

Repulse Bay- It is the most famous beach of having the highest representative characteristics in Hong Kong by its long and wide beach, clean water, calm tide and gentle wave.

 

When the lights go down, you head for Lan Kwai Fong, you will get a taste of Hong Kong unique nightlife.

Lan Kwai Fong is an L-shaped, cobble-stoned lane with numerous bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants. Visiting on a Friday or Saturday night, you may be overwhelmed by the enormous crowds that fill the streets, with all bars having only standing room. Most language you can hear here is English rather than Cantonese speaking.

The third city to talk about is Qingdao. As a sailing Olympic city, Qingdao is a beautiful seaside city in the southeast of Shandong Province. When you are here, never miss to go those places:

Mt. Laoshan- is different from many famous mountains in China. Lao Mountain rises from the sea level, and has a coast line of 87 kilometers, structuring a wonder on the sea. Take a walk around, with the sea on one side, and lofty stones and precipitous peaks on the other side, both majestic and elegant, you will enjoy those views without feeling to leave.

Taiqing Palace – As the birth place of Laozi, it has more than 140 rooms including Three Gods’ Hall, Three Purities’ Hall and Three Emperors’ Hall. There are five Taiji Palaces as the main buildings, a stone pillar with three cypresses around and many well preserved ancient articles.

The No. 1 Bathing Beach- is located at the Huiquan Beach, it is once the largest bathing beach in Asia. The surrounding mountains and green trees, modern building subtly combined traditional villas form a wonderful scene. The clear water and soft sands contribute to the superior natural conditions of the beach.

What’s more, every summer Qingdao hosts the Beer Festival. If you have an opportunity to attend it, you’ll see the best of Chinese beer drinking culture at the event. The many performances are sometimes hilarious, such as the beer drinking competition. Who is the fastest one to chug a bottle of Qingdao beer? You will be surprised that it’s the ladies who excel at this admirable skill at often times. There are large variety of beer to sample, from all over Asia and Europe, as well as our well known North American brands.