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Beijing Feeling well-trained English-speaking tour guide will pick you up at 9:00AM, drive to the Lama Temple where used to be the living quarter for Qing Emperor Yongzheng when he was a prince. A huge standing Buddha (26 metres/86 feet high, carved out of one piece of Sandalwood tree) will impress you a lot. The temple is listed by the Chinese Government as one of the important historical monuments under special preservation.
Take tour to the Beijing Zoo to see the Panda. Beijing Zoo was built in 1906 and opened to the public in 1908 with an area of about 10 hectares and a few humble pavilions to house the animals. One of the most famous mammals in the world, the giant panda is meek and looks like a bear. With the exception of its shoulders, its limbs and the rims of its ears and eyes, which are black, this lovable animal is white all over.
You will go though the zoo and then get a boat by the end of the Beijing Zoo.
From Beijing Zoo, you will boating to the Summer Palace and have lunch there. The Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden exists in China, long corridor and marble boat are the highlights there. Kunming Lake used to be fed by the springs from the Jade Spring Hill lying to its west.
Drive back to the hotel. |