Pleasant sounding Beijing opera, not accustomed to drinking bean juice, dense hutongs, and hutong walls within the quiet courtyard children....... These are probably my general impressions of Beijing.

In fact, the beginning of the favorite Beijing this place, more or less by the influence of the writer Lao She, "Camel Xiangzi", "Teahouse", "Four Together", to me depicted out of the old Beijing secular humane model, although with the current Beijing can not be compared to, but, does not prevent the attraction of me to come here to explore Beijing, the traces of the collision of tradition and modernity fusion.

A plane ticket to Beijing, which took nearly 3 hours, sent me to the land of Beijing.

Before I came, combined with the online guide, I drew up an itinerary plan for myself, the theme of the plan is "east of the Forbidden City", and I wanted to go to most of the places mainly concentrated in the eastern part of Beijing, that is, in the east of the Forbidden City. In order to play convenient, accommodation is also arranged in the east city. After settling down, we started our 4-day, 3-night trip.

Itinerary:

Day1: Arrive - Stay at Peace Hotel - The Forbidden City - Donghuamen - Wangfujing

Day2: Shi Jia Hutong - Guardian Art Center - 77 Cultural and Creative Park

Day3: Bell and Drum Tower - Fangjia Hutong - Jiao Lou Library

Day4: Check-in at Legendale Hotel - Afternoon Tea at Hotel - Departure

"Everywhere beside the seat, rate Chen Ruyi often", this is the poem made by Emperor Qianlong when he described the Forbidden City. I'm Repairing Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City" is a documentary that I really enjoyed and learned a lot about the Forbidden City from it. The Forbidden City is my first choice for a trip to Beijing, and I'm sure many of you, like me, can't wait to take a peek at this palace that has been around for hundreds of years and has witnessed the rise and fall of China's history.

The Forbidden City is not a stranger to me, and this is my second time to the Forbidden City. Located in the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City is also known as the Imperial Palace. The Forbidden City, where 24 emperors lived, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. As far as the eye can see, the entire complex of the Forbidden City is brilliant, solemn and gorgeous, magnificent, extremely spectacular.

A central axis through the entire Forbidden City, the three great halls, after the three palaces, the Imperial Garden are located on this axis. This axis is also in the central axis of Beijing, south to Yongdingmen, north to the Drum Tower, Bell Tower, Beijing will be divided into two symmetrical halves. The construction of the Forbidden City, which unites the wisdom and blood and sweat of the laboring people hundreds of years ago, is really an unparalleled masterpiece.

Because it is too big too big, an afternoon time simply can not finish, follow the footsteps of tourists, shallow viewing, but the shock brought to me is not shallow at all. In the camera's lens, a shot, presented is the age of the heavy feeling, very good out of the movie.

This year, the Forbidden City, many fewer tourists than in previous years, a rare quiet. Touring the Forbidden City can better feel every corner, slowly and leisurely stroll through the entire Palace.

From the Forbidden City's Donghuamen, I rode a bicycle to Wangfujing. As we all know, every city has its own commercial street, Chunxi Road in Chengdu, Jiefangbei in Chongqing, and then Wangfujing in Beijing.

Wangfujing history and novelty both, traditional and modern compatible. Ancient, with the passage of time, the vicissitudes of the day; trendy, chasing the speed of the times, the more show style. There are centuries-old stores such as "Rui Fu Xiang", as well as major luxury brands.

Central Plaza, now just like a new landmark of Wangfujing Street, is located in the west side of Wangfujing Street, covering a large area. Many world-famous brands have moved into Central Plaza Wangfujing, which can be said to be a collection of big brands.

A lot of fashionable young people walk through it, and there are a lot of brands I haven't seen before, which shows the inclusiveness and vigor of the capital city's development.

Tired of shopping in Wangfujing, next to the snack street is a very good place to fill your stomach, snacks from all over the country gathered here, did not eat a few on the brace, hate the stomach is not big enough.

Travelers do not want to be too uniform, like to find some of the more classic places to go, for the hotel is also so. In Beijing, I chose Novotel Peace Hotel, which is also a classic in the eyes of Beijingers. It is one of the eight hotels after the founding of the country, and one of the first hotels established after the founding of New China, and has witnessed many historical moments. Nowadays, the west building of the hotel built in the fifties has been remodeled with the times, and on the side is the main building of the hotel built later, which not only retains the classic but also absorbs more foreign styles.

The lobby of the hotel is located in the newly built part of the main building, and the European architectural style is also a very classic design. The style of the lobby is very suitable for taking photos. Pinfang Buffet Restaurant is just behind the lobby, which offers all-day Chinese and Western cuisine and buffet.

On the second floor, there are meeting rooms and a gym pool, so come and work out while you are traveling. The Executive Lounge is located on the top floor of the hotel with a clear view of the Forbidden City, Wangfujing and other areas.

The hotel's rooms also follow the popular trends of the times with a lot of innovations. I stayed in the hotel's parent-child suite, which consists of a living room and room. Parent-child room is the most indispensable is the warm cartoon elements, this should be very popular with children's favorite. The living room is decorated with children's tents and slides, and on the bed in the room are cartoon dolls, so if children stay in this room, it will be a very happy thing. Push open the window to see Beijing's Jingshan and the Forbidden City, near the hutongs full of life.

The garden restaurant courtyard retains the rockery and pavilion of the garden of the Yehnala Natong royal residence. Walking into the courtyard will be quiet at once. The food is also very authentic, with a variety of Beijing-style dishes and snacks. Not only the hotel guests even the Beijing locals also like to come here to entertain their friends.

Next to the hotel is the authentic old Hutongs, and a few steps away is the famous Shi Jia Hutong, so don't forget to visit the Hutongs when you come to Beijing. It is recommended to get up early from the hotel and take a bike ride towards the Forbidden City and through the parks of Beijing to experience the morning of an authentic Beijinger.

Hutong culture is unique to Beijing, unlike the alleyways of Shanghai and the streets of Suzhou. Some people say that the essence of Beijing's hutong culture is "patience", being peaceful and obedient. I don't quite agree. In my opinion, Beijing's hutong culture embodies more of a kind of peace and quiet, a kind of neighborly harmony, and a kind of old memories that can't be cut off.

Shijia Hutong is one of the well-preserved old Beijing hutong cultural neighborhoods in Beijing, belonging to the White Banner in Qing Dynasty, and the elementary school of Shijia Hutong used to be the ancestral hall of Shi Kefa, and Zhang Shizhao also used to live there. The dormitory of the Beijing People's Art Theater is also here. Shijia Hutong has a good garden inscribed by Deng Yingchao, Shijia Hutong Museum, the All-China Women's Federation Senior Citizens' Home, China Women's Publishing House, and so on, which give Shijia Hutong an intriguing landscape with its deep cultural heritage. Taking pictures in the morning light in the hutong to keep as a souvenir.

The Guardian Art Center is located at No. 1 Wangfujing Street in Beijing. When I first saw it, I was already shocked by its appearance, a huge silver gray irregular building, what kind of fairy designers can create such a beautiful building ah.

The architectural style is bold, striking a delicate balance between the old and the new, placing the new building into the fabric of the ancient city of Beijing while harmonizing with its surroundings. The stone-stacked rockery below the building echoes the scale and feel of the adjacent traditional Hutong Courtyard, while the suspended glass quadrangle above the building reflects Beijing's modernization as a global metropolis.

It is a flexible and rich cultural space integrated with restaurants, hotels, and public transportation infrastructure. The first floor of the building is a 1,700-square-meter column-free exhibition space is very well-designed, with a strong post-modern style that makes for a premium photo op.

With the rise of innovation consciousness, more and more old factory buildings, have been transformed into cultural and creative parks, whether it is Taiwan's Songshan and Huashan Cultural and Creative Park, Chengdu's Dongjiao Memory, as well as Beijing's 77 Cultural and Creative Park, after renovation, have been given new vitality and vigor.

Beijing 77 Cultural and Creative Industry Park, which is only one street away from the National Art Museum of China, is located at the back street of the museum in the east, and at the hutong of Xiaodengdeng in the west, one street away from the National Art Museum of China. 2012 years ago, it was still the old site of the Beijing Offset Printing Factory, but it has been transformed from 2014 to the present day, which attracted a number of famous cultural enterprises to move in, and gradually formed a thematic cultural park with film and television and theatre as the core content, which has realized the gorgeous transformation and rebirth of the cocoon. .

Here you can enjoy the traditional theater performances of course, you can also take beautiful photos of the industrial style, light, is enough to attract people.

Because of Liu Xinwu's novel "Bell and Drum Tower", I know the bell and drum tower building in Beijing. Drum tower beat the drums to set the time, bell tower hit the bell to report the time, evening drums and morning bells from this, this is the ancient inherited timekeeping methods and city management methods, to the people to provide the people with the time to live and work reference basis.

Bell Tower and Drum Tower a front and a back, separated by only 100 meters, is the country's existing bell and drum tower in the best preserved, the largest volume, but also the highest group of ancient buildings.

Standing on the top of the Drum Tower, overlooking the Beijing hutongs and courtyards gathered around it, it seems that the sound of the drums is being heard in a melodious manner, spreading to the four directions of Beijing.

Due to the epidemic prevention and control reasons, the Bell Tower is not open to tourists, did not see the king of the ancient bells Yongle bells, is a bit of a pity.

From the Bell and Drum Tower, the next destination is Fangjia Hutong. If Shijia Hutong is the gathering place of literature and art, then Fangjia Hutong is the important "machine tool hutong" in Beijing's industrial history, the 46th house in the hutong is the former site of China Machine Tool Factory.

There are historical relics such as Nanxue, Baoquan Bureau Beisuo Factory, Baiyian Temple, the Palace of the King of Methodist County, the Horse Factory of the Inner Firearms Battalion of the Qing Dynasty, and the First Library of the Beijing Master, revealing a deep cultural heritage; there are also old people enjoying the coolness under the shade of the green, and kittens snoozing on the eaves of the houses, exuding a charming atmosphere of life.

Some people worry that the hutong culture will disappear one day, but in the present time, when traditional culture is highly valued, people will only take care of it more attentively, and take care of these visible and tangible historical vicissitudes and human memories.

I don't know when, visit the library has become my habit to go to every new city, because here, not only can see the young people for the dream of hard work, but also can see the old age is still unchanged, sink down to read a book of the old man. The beautiful face of the world, in the library are looking for visible. Zuoanmen Corner Tower, one of the landmarks of Beijing, has witnessed the historical changes of the capital since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has experienced extinction and rebirth. In the process of transformation of the old city, surrounded by modern buildings, Zuoanmen Corner Tower has not been engulfed, but has been reborn, and the natural advantages of the ancient built here have made the Corner Tower Library's special positioning.

Who would have guessed that a block of ancient brick piling, but inside is a library covering five thousand years of Chinese civilization and Beijing's distinctive culture? The new use of the ancient building has become a good place for people to relax and cultivate their bodies and minds, and has become synonymous with a kind of attitude and lifestyle, which has slowed down the fast-paced urban life. But I may not have picked a good time, because the epidemic prevention period is not open, had to be outside the rough viewing, it is difficult to go in to get a glimpse of the "face".

Nowadays, in addition to location and service, we pay more attention to the value of the hotel. Before I went to Beijing, I had been told about the Legendale Hotel, both the exterior and interior are in European style, which attracted a lot of young girls to go to the hotel.

The moment I stepped into the hotel, I was attracted by the strong European style of the lobby, looking up at the roof of the hexagonal floors cascading up, very grand atmosphere. Later, I learned that as the reception hotel for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, it received many VIPs from home and abroad. I always do not advocate poor travel, travel itself is a happy thing, if because of poor travel, let their own safety, enjoy a big discount, not worth the loss. So, in their own capacity to give themselves a good, this is the posture of the travel should have.

Starting from the lobby is a very gorgeous decoration, cascading floors formed by the shock of the end of the landscape. From the lobby you can find many sculptures and works of art, adding to the artistic connotation of the hotel. The staircases on both sides of the lobby are one of the most popular spots to visit, and it's even more beautiful on the ground when you compare it with the pictures on the internet. On the second floor is the cafe, which is also the photo area than the card, where you can take photos of the floor and the first floor lobby.

This time, I experienced the Reed Suite, which is a work of art in the foyer as soon as you enter. In the oversized living room area, the sofa, dining table and desk are placed with great care, and the living room area alone can capture the feeling of a European palace. The room is full of sophistication in both the decor and each of the decorations.

The welcome fruits when you just arrive and the thoughtful little cards make the strange feeling of tourists just arriving in Beijing disappear at once. The big bed and big bathtub are the most attractive to me here, the desk, the lamp, the TV cabinet, and all the corners are good places for taking pictures. It feels a bit of a waste for a big boy to stay in such a suite.

After a good night's sleep, I slept directly until noon, and after packing and organizing, I went directly to the 16th floor executive lounge to enjoy afternoon tea. The hottest thing in Legendale Hotel should be afternoon tea, in the 16th floor of the executive floor not only can see the Forbidden City, Wangfujing shopping district and other places, but also can enjoy the Legendale Hotel's unique afternoon tea, each kind of desserts are carefully made, with tea, this kind of afternoon is too cozy.

Because you are staying on the executive floor, you can enjoy the breakfast, lunch and dinner in the executive lounge. Dining in the hotel is not as expensive as expected, and the food is also very exquisite, Chinese and foreign dishes can be enjoyed here. You can spend a lot of time here even if you don't go out of the hotel.

It's time to head back, the hotel shuttle service is so sweet, from the hotel out directly to the airport. I hate that time passes too fast, haven't strolled enough old Beijing hutongs; I hate that time passes too fast, haven't eaten enough old Beijing snacks; I hate that time passes too fast, haven't learned one or two sentences of authentic Beijing dialect ......

Hai Zi once said, "If I can, I want to be a man who travels the mountains and plays in the water, not caring about the past, not worrying about the future, only afraid of not being able to travel all over the world in my lifetime, that's what makes me sad."

This sentence is written to my heart. Life is just a few dozen years, do everything you can to make it bloom, travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, experience the human condition, overview of the city style, and return to still a teenager.