The Ming Tombs – Witnesses of a Bygone Dynasty
The journey is quick and easy: from Beijing city center you take the Badaling Expressway towards the northwest. Halfway to the Great Wall at Badaling, less than 40 kilometers…
The Diabolo Museum – A Hidden Gem
The Diabolo Museum in Beijing is located in Xicheng district, not far from the Baoguo Temple. Three or four hundred meters must be covered from the main street to its…
Chenjiagou – Home of Taijiquan
It is dusty when you approach the village; the landscape is flat, fields can be seen, a few trees criss-cross the corridors, a canal crosses the main road. Finally a…
The Confucius Temple in Beijing
It's probably the silence, this almost unexpected, surprising tranquility that captures the visitor first. As it happens, only a few birds dare to pierce this acoustic void with their twittering.…
„As Precious as Gold…“ – At the Red Sandalwood Museum
"Sandalwood is as precious as gold" - according to this Chinese saying, the visitor is in a veritable treasury when entering the "Red Sandalwood Museum" in the East of Beijing.…
The Ancient Observatory – Tracking the Future
There are certainly more famous attractions in Beijing, too dense is the wealth of cultural heritage that makes a visit or even a longer stay in the Chinese capital so…