Travel and Vacation

Six years ago, an early summer dawn, I’m writing something, and suddenly heard the cuckoo’s call. The direction of the sound coming from the North Sea, are gradually becoming known far left toward the northeast, about half a minute has disappeared in the distant horizon. This is my first 40 years living in Beijing to hear the cuckoo. I’m excited. Made me excited is that this time almost every year after, I can hear the cuckoo, is still in that direction, still only so few times, I really can not think my ears have been violated with forty years of the cuckoo’s call sound, now it has again in the bustling metropolis like Beijing center heard.

I grew to like the cuckoo. In the countryside, the cuckoo called to listen to every summer is a very unusual Read more:

According to a text to test history, the Beijing Urban Construction city for 3040 years, the vicissitudes of history, its name was called thistle, is a packet of one of the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhujun Sui legacy for the city to thistle, Tang collectively Youzhou. Liao Ji are all in Capital, renamed Nanjing, also known as Yanjing, Jin, after following the formal relocation of the capital of Liaoning here, both named to the Yuan Dynasty, also created in the outskirts of town are called the most. Converted most of the Ming Dynasty, said before Beijing. Qing capital Beijing to continue until the final collapse of the feudal dynasty.

“Thistle” growth “thistle” is the name, first seen in “Book of Rites” in the “Music” chapter: Read more:

“Thirteen banner drum Qi moving files” as the Beijing traditional folk meet the important part is the “military will” in the Representative Council file. Mainly in the temple, festivals performed show, the performance characteristics of set dance, drama, martial arts, acrobatics, folk art, music, and various folk arts in one, highly entertaining and ornamental, is a valuable non-material cultural heritage. In the Council Regulation, there is a jingle that describes the image of thirteen files are: “open (playing fork) fight in the van, followed by Fab Five Shaolin line, in front of them the warrior wood (Younger), shaking power and prestige in the banner, monkeys squatting the door at around. subglottic double stone rows, Stone Lock (throw a) the door Read more:

Fragrant Hills Park is ideally located at the inviting hills in the northwestern suburbs, roughly 20 kilometers to Beijing. The fabulous park is in royal garden style and covers an area of approximately 1,600,000 square meters. Fragrant Hills Park is well integrated with the landscape.

Fragrant Hills Park was originally built in 1186 BC during the Jin Dynasty. During the past 800 years, a large number of graceful pavilions, famous temples, magnificent halls, beautiful villas, impressive towers, tranquil lakes, inviting bridges were build in the park. Fragrant Hills is roughly 557 meters high. During the ancient times, Fragrant Hills was covered with verdant wild apricot trees. In springs, the apricot trees were fully blooming, which made the air sweet and Read more:

Beijing Palace engagement

Palace at the West Fourth engagement Gangwashi South Street, east of the south park awarded Hu tours. Prince set, Gaozong first child, name of John Huang, who died fifteen years of Qianlong (1750), to be bestowed on Prince. Full House area of ??40 acres. Western Wall is a restaurant in this casserole living area, east to the location of the Central Committee of Jiu San Society, housing more than 400 rooms. House features a steward Department, comprador Department, Manor Office, never complained Department, going on at the other, is responsible for managing finance, rent and other matters attendant. In addition, there Maquan (now Fuchengmen). Jiu San Society and office space is the only part of the palace buildings.

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Beijing Hongluo Lake Bird Island is watching all kinds of rare birds as the main content; to leisure, environmental protection, science, sports theme; to participate in, fun, eat, live, play for the characteristics of the tourist resort leisure facilities. Bird Island accounts for 200 acres of land, water surface of 100 acres, located in the foothills of the famous Hongluo, nearly 1,000 acres of Hongluo Lake on three sides surrounded by water on the one hand close to the tourist railway. It is 1.3 km north of Huairou District, 1.7 km south of Hongluo, 52 kilometers away from Beijing City. Here the water waves, trees, mountains and rivers, birds contention. There are many countries in the first and second wild animal protection, even thousands of miles from the Black Swan, the Australian ostrich, flamingos in Europe, as well as vultures, steppe eagles, ducks, geese, cranes, storks and other yellow near the mouth hundreds, thousands of treasure birds.

Flowers, peaceful and Read more: