Travel Guide in Beijing China

Beijing(Chinese: 北京, Pinyin: Beijing ), named as Peking, located in northern China,around 1950km from Yangshuo Guilin, as the capital of the People's Republic of China, as well as one of the Four oldest Great Ancient Capitals of China with a history of more than 3,000 years.Beijing is the most important political, economic, cultural, educational and international trade and communication center, close to the port city of Tianjin and partially surrounded by Hebei Province, Beijing is also the most important transportation hub and port of entry in China.

Climate in Beijing
Beijing features a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate. It’s hot & humid in summer, and generally cold, windy and dry in winter. Annual precipitation is around 580 mm (22.8 in), and it usually falls in the summer.  Beijing has clear distinction of four seasons. The hottest month in Beijing is July (high temperature in July is around 30.8 °C) and the coldest is January (high temperature in January is around 1.6 °C). Usually speaking, visiting Beijing in spring or autumn, people have to bring lightweight clothing such as long-sleeved shirts or T-shirts, plus one or two jackets and sweaters. Spring is rainy season in Beijing, with some rain in summer and between summer and autumn. Considering the frequent sandstorms in spring, September and October with their pleasant weather are considered as the best times to visit Beijing.

Beijing Culture
Architecture: Beijing has 2 ancient styles of architecture predominate. The traditional architecture of imperial China, perhaps best exemplified by the massive Tian'anmen (天安门), the Forbidden City, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven. The second style is the Siheyuan (四合院),most of them built between the 1950s and the 1970s, with structures tending to be boxy, bland, and poorly made. Siheyuans line hutongs (胡同), or alleys, which connect the interior of Beijing's old city. They are usually straight and run east to west so that doorways can face north and south for Feng Shui reasons. To experience the old Beijing, a Hutong tour is a must.
Opera : Beijing opera, or Peking opera (Jīngjù, 京剧), is well-known throughout the nation . As one of the highest achievements of Chinese culture, Beijing opera is performed through a combination of song, spoken dialogue. Much of Beijing opera is carried out in an archaic stage dialect quite different from modern Standard Mandarin and from the Beijing dialect.

Highlights in Beijing
Great Wall of China is a must see if you travel in Beijing.As the saying goes, one who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a true hero. The Great Wall is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders from Xiongnu attacks during various successive dynasties.
 
Forbidden City is at the heart of Beijing, home to the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the largest palace complex of the nation and the world. The Forbidden City also hosts the Palace Museum with imperial collections of Chinese art. The Forbidden City is, by any measure, a must-see site in Beijing.

Beijing 798 Art Zone is the exhibition center of modern Chinese art, hosts the annual 798 art festival. Beijing boasts more than a hundred shopping malls, including the traditional shopping areas such as Wangfujing, Qianmen Dazhalan, and Xidan and the newly emerged business areas like Guomao, Oriental Xin Tian Di and Zhongguancun Square.

Transports in Beijing
As Capital of China, Beijing is an important transportation hub. There are five ring roads, nine expressways and city express routes, eleven China National Highways, several railway routes, and an international airport, which make Beijing easy for visitors to reach the city.

Beijing's primary airport is the Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK; near Shunyi), which is about 20 km northeast of city centre. Other airports in the city include Liangxiang, Nanyuan, Xijiao, Shahe and Badaling. Nanyuan serves as the hub for only one passenger airline, and these airports are primarily for military use and less well-known to the public. Beijing Railway Station has 177 trains stopping daily, while Beijing West Railway Station has 220 trains. These two railway stations serve as major transportation nodes in the city. International trains to cities in Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and North Korea.

Recommended Tour Itinerary about Beijing:
Popular Tours Itinerary: Beijing (China's Capital)→Xian (Home of the Terracotta Warriors)→Guilin (Li River & Yangshuo)→Yangshuo (Backpackers paradise)→Longsheng ( Rice Terrace Fields)→Hong Kong (A Kaleidoscope of Culture, shopping heaven )