Beijing Nightlife --Kungfu show

Due to a lot of splendid action movies known among the world, Chinese Kungfu becomes popular image for China and Chinese culture. It is a traditional Chinese martial art with thousands years of history. As a precious element of cultural heritage of China, Chinese Kungfu has also won its name all around the world because of its broad and deep meanings and Oriental features, which covers it with a mysterious veil.
Except for the kick boxing or simple fighting, Chinese Kungfu is a perfect combination of many factors. Its essential philosophy is Confucian harmony theory together with syncretize Taoistic tranquility and gentility as well as Buddhistic sitting and realizing, which form up an inclusive and intensive martial art system. It can be said that Chinese Gongfu contains the realization about the life and the universe of chinese ancestors.
There are many genres of Kungfu, but all of them have a common ground. All the Kungfu practicers should stand to martial art virtue which because of the the influence of Confucian theory.

Martial art has a high social status in the feudalistic dynasties. It was popular for celebrities and important people to practice Gongfu. Literal knowledge and martial skills were the standards to review a talent. Martial champion was set in the imperial examinations.
In addition, Chinese Kungfu has close relationship to do with the religion. Kungfu has beed divided into two genres according to the region: southern Wudang and northern Shaolin. Mountain Wudang is the sacred place for Taoists while the Shaolin Temple is the pilgrim site for Buddhists.
Taoism born in China, advocating inaction and abstinency, which was absorbed by martial masters as theory of Wudang. Taoism also influenced Taiji, Yin and Yang and so on. As for the Buddhism, since temples usually located in the rural mountains and living conditions were tough, monks had to practice footwork, arm power, courage and perseverance. In order to defense the possible attack from beasts and gangsters, monks began to practice martial art. The temples became the martial art base at the early time.
In Beijing at night, you can enjoy the magnificent Kungfu Show performed by the best actors who have learned Kungfu for many years. Kungfu shows will bring you great enjoyment by its splendid fighting actions and graceful dances.

Forbidden City 2012-6-12

Beijing is the capital and political nerve center of China with a long and glorious history. The countless tourism resources including historical sites and natural landscapes are attractive to every tourist. Would you like to join the group of Beijing tours to experience the imperial atmosphere? Never hesitate!
If you are traveling in a tight time and only have a half day free time, then never spend the precious time in your hotel, having a Beijing Half Day Private Tour will be a better choice. And if this is your first time to Beijing, the Forbidden City is the place you should not miss. When restoration work on Emperor Qianlong's retirement quarters is completed, an even more jaw-dropping sight awaits: an East-meets-West artistic Nirvana. Behind walls more than 10 meters high, and within the 50 meters moat, life in the palace was dictated by complex rules and rituals. Entrance was denied to ordinary people, but the gigantic gate way leads today’s tourists to a fascinating display of Chinese cultural history in what is probably the best-preserved site of classical Chinese architecture. In 1421, after 17 years of construction, the Ming Emperor Yongle moved into the Forbidden City. Up to the founding of the republic in 1911-a period covering the reign of 24 emperors from the Ming Dynasty until the last emperor Puyi-the palace was the imperial residence and center of the Middle Kingdom. It has 9,000 rooms in which an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people lived, including 3,000 eunuchs, as well as maids and concubines, all within an area of 70 hectares.
The former imperial palace covering the area of 780,000 square meters is not only great treasure-house with the collections of Ming and Qing royal treasure but also the recorded in the Ming and Qing Imperial History of the fresh file in recent years.
The Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing city, surrounded by some other famous tourist sites like: Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Tower, National Theatre, National Museum, Working People's Cultural Palace (Imperial Ancestral Temple), Zhongshan Park (Altar), Beihai Park, Jingshan Park and the well known Commercial Street – Beijing Wangfujing. So before or after visiting the Forbidden City, tourists could also enjoy the view and different scenery of many other destinations. All of these will certainly leave a deep impression on your Beijing Travel. Beautiful Beijing welcomes tourists from all over the world!

Beijing Tours Make You Have a Good Holiday

If you take a China Tour, the first destination will be the capital city Beijing! Beijing tours always the great pick for tourists who are first time to China! Of course no matter you are the first time or have been to Beijing for several times, it will always rise you up with unique culture and charming scenery!

Beijing is an ancient capital city with a long history, Beijing has much to offer! The attractions in Beijing are second to none in China, with famous tourist spots of various types, historical, cultural, scenic and modern. Are you willing to know a time-honored and developed city of China? Come to enjoy a Beijing travel!

For tours in Beijing the top sites are the great wall sections. There are eight sections of the Great Wall around Beijing: Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Simatai., Juyongguan, Huanghuacheng, Jiankou, and Gubeikou. Most of the sections of the Great Wall are well-preserved and mainly the remains from the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). All the eight sections of the Great Wall in Beijing have their own unique features. Jiankou great wall is the hotspot for photographers, if you are interested in taking photos, it will be a great choice!

It takes time to appreciate all the attractions in Beijing, but if you just have a few days in Beijing, you can see the ten top attractions which represent Beijing best! The top ten attractions in Beijing are Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Hutong, Olympic Stadiums and Peking Opera. In that way, you can say that you have experienced Beijing City.

The numerous royal buildings with long history endow Beijing with incomparable charm of ancient Beijing, but to know Beijing better, you are not only requested to know its past but also its present and future. There are many modern buildings and sites show the modern charm of this ancient city, such as Olympic Stadiums - Bird Nest and Water Cube which are the new landmark of Beijing, National Grand Theater, Beijing Financial Street, new CCTV Tower, Central Business District (CBD), Xidan Commercial Street, and so on!

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