Beijing:Temple of Heaven and Forbidden City Small Group Tour Admission to the Temple of Heaven

Discover top 3 highlights, Temple of Heaven, Tian'anmen Square, and Forbidden City on a small group guided tour. Follow us to explore all the highlights and get immersed into the long history.
Today you will follow our professinal guide to discover the top 3 highlights in downtown of Beijing: Forbidden City, Tianan'men Square and Temple Of Heaven.

Schedule:
Meet time: 9:30AM
Meet place: Lobby of Beijing Xin Qiao Hotel
Adress: No.1, Chongwenmen West Street

Morning: Tian’anmen Square & Forbidden City
Around 10:00~11:00AM: Tian'anmen Square
We will walk through the whole Tian’anmen Square to see all the hilights in and around it Monument to the People’s Heroes, Great Hall of the People, Chairman Mao Memorial House and National Museum of China. (Please note that Chinese government requires all visitors to pass the strict national security checks before they get into it, during the Summer holidays and common holidays in China, long lining up time for security check for the safety of all visitors.)

Around 11:00~11:30AM: Walk aross the beautufull marble bridge and go throuh the Tian'anmen Gate Tower to reach the secured area of Forbidden City. It's the largest wooden palace complex of the world,72 hectares, consisting of over 980 individual structures, including palaces, big gates, pavilions, towers, corridors, and buildings. It was built by the third emperor of Ming dynasty in 1404BCE and came into being in 1420BCE. It had been served as the home to 24 emperors till 1924. It was called the Palace Museum since 1925.

Around 12:00 noon: Get into the Forbidden City from the south gate which is called Meridian gate and spend around 2 hours in the Forbidden City.
Route:
Meridian Gate:Learn about its role in imperial ceremonies and punishments.
Gate of Supreme Harmony: Learn the history of Ming and Qing dynasties

Three Great Halls-the highlights of the Forbidden City: Hall of Supreme Harmony which is the highest ranking ancient archetecture of China to see throne for the emperors.Later on, Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Preserving Harmony.

Head to the back central and western palaces where emperors and emperor's wives had lived.
Palace of Heavenly Putiry: Learn the life of the emperors and how ro choose the crown prince......
Hall of Union and Palace of Eirthly Tranquality: Learn the power and life of the Empresses
Western Palaces:Learn how did the Qing emperors choose concubines and the real life of the concubines in the Forbidden City.
Imperial Garden: Full of different style buildings and povilins, winding water aways and decorated with many beautuful flowers and trees...
Exit from the North Gate

Around 2:00~2:30PM: Take the bus to reach the Temple of Heaven.
Round 2:30~3:15PM: Lunch
Around 3:00~3:40PM: Temple of Heaven, an architecture marvel in Beijing, stands as a testament to ancient Chinese philosophy and celestial worship, where emperors performed solemn rituals here every year seeking divine favor in a bountiful harvest. Explore triple-layer roof high temple decorated with blue tiles built on the tall holy marble terraces.
Around 4:00-4:20PM end the tour at the subway station near the exit of the Temple of Heaven

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