Written by Leo (a professional tour guide in Beijing with 10+ experiences)
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8 places you can not miss in Beijing
1. Forbidden City.as the largest and best preserved imperial palace in china,you will be impressed by it .

2. great wall.as a Chinese saying goes,the people who come china never go to the great wall are not real man,when you stand on the wall ,,it is hard to image how ancient Chinese people built it during that backward society.

3. summer palace.it is the largest imperial garden in Beijing .big lake and big mountain, it is made artificially .

4. temple of heaven ,the biggest imperial worshipping area,the Eco wall , the heavenly heart stone , you will know how much people believe in the god during that time .

5. hutong,only here, you can see the old Beijing , to know what is local peoples life look like.

6. acrobatic show .peking opera show at night,.it is very good area to visit at night , it is special feeling about Chinese culture.

7. wangfujing,night food market.people eat all the wearied food , Scorpio , cricket. Snake,crab, barbarcue.....

8. sanlitun bar street.
If you like bar , it is a good place .there are all bars around the street.

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