Beijing's Old Hutongs: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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1. Most of old Beijing, like the Forbidden City, was built in the 1400s in the early Ming dynasty. The Drum Tower is much older, dating back to the 13th century Mongolian Yuan dynasty and the reign of Kublai Khan.

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2. The Baochao or “Precious Money” hutong is an appropriate name – things are a little busier down there, with more shops and bars, such as Modernista on the corner, an expat bar with live music, great cocktails, and swing dance every Wednesday.

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3. The Confucius Temple was built in 1302, and officials and ordinary folk alike have paid their respects to the Great Sage here for centuries. Confucius went out of style during the Cultural Revolution and old temples like this were looted and sacked by gangs of Red Guards.

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4. Yonghegong, which literally means “Harmony and Peace Palace” – was built in 1694, and it’s one of the largest Gelugpa or “Yellow Hat sect” Tibetan Buddhist temples outside of Tibet itself. Of course, there are Han influences in the architecture too, and in fact the original function of this building was as a residence for court eunuchs, before it was converted into a monastery in 1722.

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Beijing, Kinas hovedstad i århundrer, har keiserlige palasser, hellige templer og deler av Den kinesiske mur nær moderne boulevarder.

I byens hjerte brer Den forbudte by seg bak cinnoberrøde murer, en labyrint av haller og bakgårder der keiserne fra Ming- og Qing-dynastiene bodde. Den himmelske freds plass ligger sør for den, og høyden i Jingshan Park mot nord gir den fineste utsikten over de gylne takene. Himmeltempelet, i en park der lokale utøver tai chi og danser, er et mesterverk av keiserlig design.

Top-ranked sights in Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang).

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