Beijing

by Insight Guides

Overview

Insight City Guide Beijing is a comprehensive travel guide to this historic and exciting city. Full-color photos and maps throughout combine with authoritative text to inspire you to explore Beijing and its surrounding areas. Be inspired by the “Best Of Beijing” section, which highlights unmissable sights and experiences, while a comprehensive Travel Tips section gives you all the practical information and travel advice you need to plan what to do on your trip, including selective listings for hotel and restaurants. Lavish Photo Features offer a unique insight into topics such as traditional medicine, life in the hutong, and the city’s parks. Insight’s trademark history and culture coverage provides a fascinating introduction to Beijing’s position as capital of imperial dynasties for more than 1,000 years as well as its modern life, while features by local writers delve into everything from life in the New China, to religion, and food and drink. Ten Places chapters cover the city and its surroundings, from Imperial Beijing, Wangfujing and the Foreign Legation Quarter, and the Olympic Park, to the Ming Tombs and Great Wall, and the ancient village of Chuandixia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780051734
Publisher:	APA Publications UK, Ltd
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Series:	City Guide
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Insight Guides wherever possible uses local experts who provide insider know-how and share their love and knowledge of the destination.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Best Of Beijing
China’s Ancient Capital
The Beijingers
 
History
Decisive Dates
Ancient Times to 1949
Communism and Modern Times
 
Features
Life in the New China
Religion          
Food and Drink          
Arts and Crafts          
Maomorabilia
The Olympic Legacy
The Golden Prison
New Architecture      
Traditional Medicine
Beijing Opera 
Park Life
Life in the Hutong
Modern Art
Spectacular Restaurants
Building the Wall
 
Places
Introduction
Tiananmen Square and Surroundings 
The Forbidden City
Southern Beijing
The Lake District and the North
Eastern Beijing           
Western Beijing          
The Summer Palaces  
Western Fringes         
The Great Wall          
Further Afield
 
Travel Tips
Transport
Accommodation
Activities
A–Z
Language
Further Reading