Beijing Trip Overview
Rewind to China’s Ming and Qing eras on a 2-hour walking tour of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. Learn about its importance to the imperial families of China, then watch Beijing’s older citizens perform their morning exercises. Combine with a 45-minute Taiji Class teaching by a Taiji Master in the Temple. The entrance fees and Taiji class fee are all inclusive
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Classes & Workshops >> Martial Arts Classes
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Rewind to China’s Ming and Qing eras on a 2-hour walking tour of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. Learn about its importance to the imperial families of China, then watch Beijing’s older citizens perform their morning exercises. Combine with a 45-minute Taiji Class teaching by a Taiji Master in the Temple. The entrance fees and Taiji class fee are all inclusive
Itinerary
Meet your guide in the morning or afternoon in your hotel lobby, and start your tour at the UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Temple of Heaven. Enter the Temple from the South entrance, first visit the Circular Mound Altar, where sacrifices were offered to the gods. Then the Imperial Vault of Heaven, where Ming and Qing emperors worshiped heaven during the winter solstice, admire the richly decorated vault pavilion with its surrounding Echo Wall. Continue to the Danbi Bridge, the temple’s main pathway, and pass the Emperors’ Changing Room. Make your way to the magnificent Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, where the emperors came to pray for bountiful harvests, constructed without a single nail. Stroll around the temple’s leafy park, and see Beijing’s elderly engaging in music, dancing, exercises, cards, and etc. Then start your Taiji Class. Tai chi (taiji), short for T’ai chi ch’üan, or Taijiquan, is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. Your tour will be finished after enjoy this 45-minute Taiji class learning from a Taiji Master. Your tour guide will provides directions to your hotel from there.
Stop At:
• Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
• Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Inside Temple of Heaven Park, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
