Full Day Culture Tour Tai Chi Class at Temple of Heaven Forbidden City Tiananmen Square
Beijing, China
Trip Type: City Tours
Duration: 6 hours
This is full day private tour starts with Tai Chi class from English-speaking Tai Chi master at Temple of Heaven - an Imperial Temple for worshiping the God of Heaven in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Then visit Tian’anmen Square and the imperial palace –Forbidden City which was home for 24 Chinese emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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This is full day private tour starts with Tai Chi class from English-speaking Tai Chi master at Temple of Heaven - an Imperial Temple for worshiping the God of Heaven in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Then visit Tian’anmen Square and the imperial palace –Forbidden City which was home for 24 Chinese emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
In the morning, meet your guide and transfer to the Temple of Heaven, a notable icon of the capital. The temple was used several times annually when the emperor, bearing the sins of the Chinese people humbled himself before heaven and performed rituals calculated to insure good harvests. From an aerial view, the temple’s architectural style mimics the Chinese concepts of heaven and earth – the round edifice symbolizing heaven, rests upon the square base meant to symbolize earth. The dominant feature of the entire complex is the enormous Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, an ornate and colorful structure mounted on a three-tiered marble altar. Amazingly, the wooden pillars ingeniously support the ceiling without a single nail, symbolizing the harmony between man and nature.
In the Temple of Heaven, our Tai Chi master will explain the principles of Tai Chi and guide you through the basic movements before giving a demonstration of this graceful martial art.
Before lunch you will visit the local silk factory to see how the silk products are made. A traditional Chinese lunch will be served at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, accompanied by your guide you will visit Tian’anmen square and the imperial palace –Forbidden City. Commissioned by Emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty, the Forbidden City was completed in 1420 and was home to 24 emperors until the last Qing emperor, Puyi, left in 1924. The entire imperial complex is reputed to have 9999 rooms, which at its peak, housed up to 10,000 people, including the imperial family, 3,000 eunuchs, as well as maids and concubines, all contained within 170 acres. Today, the gates of the Forbidden City lead to a fascinating display of Chinese history in what is probably the best-preserved site of Classical Chinese architecture.
You will be transferred back to your hotel by our comfortable air-con vehicle.
In the Temple of Heaven, our Tai Chi master will explain the principles of Tai Chi and guide you through the basic movements before giving a demonstration of this graceful martial art.
Before lunch you will visit the local silk factory to see how the silk products are made. A traditional Chinese lunch will be served at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, accompanied by your guide you will visit Tian’anmen square and the imperial palace –Forbidden City. Commissioned by Emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty, the Forbidden City was completed in 1420 and was home to 24 emperors until the last Qing emperor, Puyi, left in 1924. The entire imperial complex is reputed to have 9999 rooms, which at its peak, housed up to 10,000 people, including the imperial family, 3,000 eunuchs, as well as maids and concubines, all contained within 170 acres. Today, the gates of the Forbidden City lead to a fascinating display of Chinese history in what is probably the best-preserved site of Classical Chinese architecture.
You will be transferred back to your hotel by our comfortable air-con vehicle.
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