What are the most worthwhile places to visit during a day trip to Beijing?

There are many one-day tour routes in Beijing, and the destinations are all well-known scenic spots in Beijing. If you want to get to know Beijing in the shortest time, follow the classic one-day tour routes in Beijing. The editor will first introduce to you the best attractions for a day trip.

The Badaling Great Wall

is located at the north entrance of the Guangou Ancient Road in Jundushan, Yanqing District, Beijing. Known in history as one of the Nine Fortresses in the World, it is the essence of the Great Wall and is uniquely representative among the Great Walls of the Ming Dynasty. This section of the Great Wall is steep and condescending. It was an important military pass in the Ming Dynasty and an important barrier for the capital Beijing. Badaling has a superior geographical environment and has been an important transportation route to Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Zhangjiakou since ancient times. In 1998, the Badaling Expressway was completed and opened to traffic, making transportation very convenient. Moreover, Badaling's annual average temperature is more than 3°C lower than Beijing, making it the tourism leader of Yanqing, the "summer capital". The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, China's first main line railway built under the leadership of the patriotic engineer Mr. Zhan Tianyou, passes through here and sets up a station here. Existing Beijing suburban tourist trains stop at Badaling Railway Station. The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Highway passes through the city gate and is the throat to Beijing. From the left and right sides of the "North Gate Lock and Key" tower, the Great Wall stretches out with ups and downs, twists and turns. The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty is 6,700 kilometers long and is one of the great ancient buildings in the world.

Dingling

It is the mausoleum of Emperor Shenzongxian Zhu Yijun (era Wanli), the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Two of his queens (Xiao Duan and Xiao Jing) are also buried here. Dingling is located at the foot of Dayu Mountain and southwest of Changling. It was built from 1584 to 1590 (from the 12th year of Wanli to the 18th year of Wanli). The main buildings of Dingling include Lin'en Gate, Lin'en Hall, Baocheng, Minglou and underground palace. Covering an area of ??182,000 square meters. It is the only tomb among the Ming Tombs that has been excavated.

Tiananmen

Tiananmen was the main entrance to the imperial city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was built in the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417) and was originally named "Chengtianmen". It means to inherit destiny and receive orders from heaven. The designer was Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1651), it was renamed Tiananmen Square. It consists of two parts: the city platform and the city tower. It has a white marble Xumizuo with a total height of 34.7 meters. Tiananmen Gate Tower is 66 meters long and 37 meters wide. There are five gates under the city platform. The middle gate is the largest and is located on the central axis of the Imperial City of Beijing. In the past, only the emperor could enter and exit through this gate. A portrait of Chairman Mao hangs above the central doorway. On both sides are large slogans "Long live the Republic of China" and "Long live the great unity of the people of the world."

The Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is a national cultural heritage site. It is located in the northwest of Beijing, west of the Old Summer Palace, and east of Yuquan Mountain. The entire garden covers an area of ??about 290 hectares, with Wengshan Mountain in the north (later renamed Wanshou Mountain) accounts for about one-third of the total. It is a natural landscape garden that combines mountains and rivers and is dominated by water. Construction began in the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750) and was completed in the twenty-ninth year (1764). Wanshou Mountain in the north is shaped like a single peak, and a large number of point-of-view buildings are concentrated on the mountain; in the south is Kunming Lake, forming a broad viewing area in front of the mountain.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Qingyi Garden was completely destroyed by the British and French forces. In the middle of Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi, Yehenala, misappropriated 20 million taels of silver from naval construction to repair the garden. It was completed in the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), basically maintaining the layout of the original Qingyi Garden, and it was renamed the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace embodies the culmination of traditional gardening art. It draws on the surrounding mountains and rivers to embody the magnificence and splendor of Chinese royal gardens, while also being full of natural interest. It highly embodies the gardening principle of "although it is created by humans, it appears to be created by nature." Wanshou Mountain and Kunming Lake form its basic framework, covering an area of ??300.8 hectares, with water accounting for about three-quarters. There are more than 100 scenic buildings, more than 20 large and small courtyards, and more than 3,000 ancient buildings in the park, covering an area of ??more than 70,000 square meters. , there are more than 1,600 ancient and famous trees. Among them, the Pavilion of Buddhist Incense, the Long Corridor, the Stone Boat, Suzhou Street, the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, the Garden of Harmonious Interests, and the Grand Stage have all become well-known representative buildings.

The Temple of Heaven

The Temple of Heaven was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), and was rebuilt during the Qianlong and Guangxu periods of the Qing Dynasty.

It was a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the emperor and prayed for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven is the general name for the two altars of the Circle Qiu and the Qigu Altar. It has two layers of altar walls, forming an inner and outer altar. The altar walls are round in the south and north, symbolizing the round sky and the square place. The main building is the inner altar, with the Circular Mound Altar in the south and the Praying for Grain Altar in the north. The two altars are on the same north-south axis, separated by a wall in the middle. The main buildings in the Circular Mound Altar include the Circular Mound Altar, the Imperial Vault of Heaven, etc. The main buildings in the Qigu Altar include the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Hall of Emperor Qian, and the Gate of Prayer for Good Harvests.

Old Summer Palace

It was built in 1709 (the forty-eighth year of Kangxi). It was originally a garden given by Emperor Kangxi to the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen. After Yongzheng came to the throne in 1722, he expanded the original gift garden and built the Zhengda Guangming Hall, Qinzheng Hall, and duty rooms for the Cabinet, Six Ministries, and Military Aircraft Department in the south of the garden, hoping to "avoid the noise and listen to politics" here in the summer. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, in addition to partial additions and renovations to Old Summer Palace, he also built a new Changchun Garden to the east and merged into Wanchun Garden to the southeast. The layout of the Three Gardens of Yuanming Dynasty was basically formed. During the Jiaqing Dynasty, Qichun Garden was mainly repaired and expanded, making it one of the main garden residence places. During the reign of Emperor Daoguang, the country's affairs were declining and financial resources were insufficient. However, he would rather remove the furnishings of the "Three Mountains" of Wanshou, Xiangshan and Yuquan, and stop summer vacations in Rehe and Mulan hunting, but still did not give up the reconstruction and decoration of the Three Yuanming Gardens. In 1860, the British and French allied forces ransacked the Old Summer Palace and looted cultural relics. The Tongzhi Emperor wanted to restore it, but due to financial difficulties, it was forced to stop and rebuild other buildings. After the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, they were attacked by bandits and eventually turned into ruins.

China Central Radio and Television Tower

Now a national 4A scenic spot, it is located on the west side of Xisanhuan Middle Road, Haidian District, Beijing, near the Aerospace Bridge, and to the east is the beautiful Yuyuantan and the famous Diaoyutai, overlooking Princess Tomb in the south and Fucheng Road in the north. The Central Radio and Television Tower was built in January 1987, completed in September 1994, and officially opened on October 1. The Central Radio and Television Tower covers an area of ??15.4 hectares, is 386.5 meters high, has a total height of 405 meters including lightning rods, and has a total weight of 50,000 tons. This is a multi-functional and modern landmark building that can transmit 8 sets of televisions and 10 sets of radio. It is the third tallest tower in China, the eighth tallest tower in the world, a member tower of the World Tower Association, and the Tower Committee of the China Radio and Television Association. Member Tower.

Pacific Underwater World

Located under the Central Radio and Television Tower in Beijing, it is a joint venture between China and Singapore with a construction area of ??more than 8,000 square meters. In the Penguin Pavilion, you can learn about the world's endangered protected animals - Hong's ring penguins; in the undersea tunnel, you can swim on the bottom of the sea and watch hundreds of marine creatures from a diver's perspective; in the computer classroom, visitors can operate computers and master knowledge of marine life; and There is a human-shark dance performance that shows thrilling predatory scenes of sharks and other marine creatures; there are seal performances, dynamic theaters, and performances and explanations of diving equipment knowledge.

The Forbidden City

formerly known as the Forbidden City. Located at the center of Beijing's central axis, it is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It covers an area of ??720,000 square meters and has a construction area of ??about 150,000 square meters. It is the largest and best-preserved wooden structure palace-type building in the world. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, where 24 emperors of the two dynasties handled government affairs and lived their daily lives. It is the essence of Han palace architecture and an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture. The Forbidden City has also been selected as a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

Bird's Nest

The National Stadium ("Bird's Nest") is the main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The giant stadium design was completed in collaboration with 2001 Pritzker Prize winners Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, and Chinese architect Li Xinggang, with Ai Weiwei serving as the design consultant. The shape is like a "nest" that breeds life, and it is more like a cradle, entrusting humankind's hope for the future. The designers did not do anything superfluous to the national stadium, but simply left the structure exposed, thus naturally forming the appearance of the building. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top ten buildings in the world in 10 years.