Beijing Travel Guides

Beijing Travel Guides

Capital sights, imperial history and day trips you can do on the high-speed network.

• Anjiazhuang Village (安家庄) — Anjiazhuang is a village at the western end of Wangping town, Mentougou District, squeezed between the mountain walls where the Yongding River flows along
• Baiyihua Martyr Memorial Hall & Cemetery (白乙化烈士纪念馆) — A memorial cemetery and exhibition hall honouring Bai Yihua (白乙化, 1911–1941), the Manchu commander of the 10th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army who
• Beijing Yueliangshan (Moon Mountain) Scenic Area (月亮山景区) — Yueliangshan (Moon Mountain) is a family-oriented mountain scenic area in Hebei town, Fangshan District, run in conjunction with the nearby Shihuadong
• Bofengling (Po Feng Ling) Red-Leaf Scenic Area (黄山店坡峰岭) — Bofengling (坡峰岭) is a 1.33 sq km red-leaf scenic area on the northwest slope above Huangshandian village in Zhoukoudian town, Fangshan District. It is
• Dongsi Hutong Historic Block & Dongsi Hutong Museum (东四胡同) — Dongsi is one of Beijing's oldest hutong districts, with commercial history going back to the Yuan dynasty; the Dongsi 3rd to 8th alleys still preserve
• Double-Ring Longevity Pavilion (Shuanghuan Wanshou Ting) (双环万寿亭) — The Double-Ring Longevity Pavilion (双环万寿亭, or 双环亭) is a pair of joined circular pavilions in the Temple of Heaven park — said to be China's only
• Huangshandian Village (黄山店村) — Huangshandian (黄山店村) is a village in Zhoukoudian town, Fangshan District, set in the 幽岚山 foothills of Zhoukoudian town. It is the gateway village for the
• Jingshan Tang-Dynasty Pagoda Tree (tree embracing its child) (唐槐抱子 / 怀中槐) — A legendary ancient Chinese scholar tree (pagoda tree, 国槐) dating to the Tang Dynasty. Its trunk is hollow and rotted, and a younger pagoda tree has grown
• Junzhuang Bridge (Junzhuang main-line bridge) (军庄桥 / 军庄主线桥) — A real bridge structure in Junzhuang, Mentougou District, crossing the Yongding River. The confirmed, current structure is the 'Junzhuang main-line
• Keluo Tuo Village (岢罗坨村（苛萝坨）) — A real historic village on the Jingxi Ancient Road (京西古道) in Mentougou District, also written 苛萝坨. It is known for its old lanes, village legends, and the
• Lanting Eight Columns (Eight Pillars of the Orchid Pavilion) (兰亭八柱) — The 'Eight Pillars of the Orchid Pavilion' are eight stone pillars engraved with classic calligraphy — most famously Wang Xizhi's 'Preface to the Orchid
• Ma Zhiyuan's Former Residence (马致远故居) — The residence traditionally identified as the home of the Yuan-dynasty Sanqu dramatist Ma Zhiyuan (author of Tianjingsha·Autumn Thoughts) sits in Jiuyuan
• Miyun Reservoir (Ring-Road Viewpoints) (密云水库) — Miyun Reservoir is a 4.375-billion-cubic-metre (43.75亿立方米) artificial lake (built 1958–1960) that is one of Asia's largest and supplies Beijing — the 白河
• Nangong Hot Spring Resort (Nangong Tourist Scenic Area) (南宫温泉度假村 / 南宫旅游景区) — A geothermal hot-spring resort and tourist area centered on Nangong (南宫) in Fengtai District, built on local geothermal resources. The broader site
• Pigeon Hall (Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site) (周口店遗址鸽子堂) — Pigeon Hall (鸽子堂) is a limestone cave that forms part of the 'Peking Man Cave' (猿人洞) at the Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, an UNESCO World Heritage site in
• Sanjiadian (Historic Jingxi Ancient-Road Village) (三家店) — Sanjiadian is a historic village on the Yongding River crossing in Mentougou District, billed as 'the first village of the Jingxi Ancient Road' (京西古道第一村).
• Sanlitun Ginkgo Avenue (三里屯银杏大道) — The Sanlitun ginkgo avenue is the rows of ginkgo trees that turn golden in late autumn around Sanlitun in Chaoyang District, a favourite city leaf-viewing
• Soong Ching-ling's Former Residence (宋庆龄故居) — This residence is the former garden of the Qing Prince Chun's mansion (醇亲王府) by Houhai in Beijing, where Soong Ching-ling (Mme Sun Yat-sen) lived, worked
• Tianjin Garden (天津园) — The Tianjin Garden (天津园) is a real themed garden built for the Beijing International Horticultural Exposition (2019), located in Yanqing District. It uses
• Yunmengshan Great Wall Relics Park (云蒙山长城遗址公园) — Yunmengshan Great Wall Relics Park preserves crumbling Ming-Dynasty Great Wall sections on the Yunmeng mountain ridge in Shicheng town, Miyun District,
• Zhonglouwan Hutong (钟楼湾胡同) — Zhonglouwan Hutong runs along the east and west sides of the Bell and Drum Towers (钟鼓楼) and is the lane closest to Beijing's Central Axis. At 757 m long

Last updated: September 2026.