Beijing Your Way

Cross Strait Children Paintings Exhibition in Today Art Museum of Beijing

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:20:09 +0000

Event: The Third Cross Strait Children Paintings Exhibition
Venue: 1st and 2nd floor exhibition hall of building No. 3, Today Art Museum, Beijing
Time and date: 10:00 to 17:00, daily, from Feb 19 to 26, 2012.
Ticket: Free
How to get there?
Bus route: take bus 28, 38, 57, 348, 300, 801, 802, 683, 810, or 974 to get off Shuangjinqiaobei Stop.
Add.: Today Art Museum, 32 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang district, Beijing

Children are the most pure group among the complicate and various world.

And their paintings always can tell what the world like or what’re their feelings or understandings to the outside world.

It is the Third Cross Children Painting Exhibition, and it will display some excellent painting works created by children from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. And the works also serve as the mirrors of the different effect or formed by geography, history, education and son on.

And the children cross strait will pain their works from their vision to eye the world. And what is it like on earth? Come and join the painting exhibition!

2012 Shangyuan Lanterns Show in Qianmen of Beijing

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:43:00 +0000

Event: 2012 Shangyuan Lanterns Show-a celebration on Chinese Lantern Festival
Venue: Qianmen Street
Date: Feb 6, 2012.
How to get there?
Bus Routes: take Bus No. 5, 17, 22, 48, 59, 66, 69, 71, 120, 126, 301, 646, 690, 723, 729, 803, 826, getting off at Qianmen Station
Subway Line: take Line 2 to get off Qianmen Station.

Tomorrow is Feb 6, also the 15th day of the first lunar month in Chinese lunar calendar, which is the traditional Lantern Festival in China. And it is also the first important festival after Chinese Spring Festival.

On Lantern Festival, also a united festival to be united with families, and family members will get together to celebrate it: setting off colorful fireworks, enjoy beautiful lanterns, solve lantern riddles and tasting the delicious Yuanxiao (Chinese: 元宵 ), tangyuan (Chinese: 汤圆) or rice dumplings, made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, seasame, bean paste, sugar and edible oil as fillings. Yuanxiao can be boiled, fried or steamed. It is sweet and delicious.

This year, Qianmen will hold the “Shangyuan Lanterns Show” to celebrate the important festival on Feb 6. And this year, the Third Qianmen Lanterns Show is aiming to represent the “Lanterns Show” during Ming and Qing Dynasty, including dragon and lion dancing, acrobatics, magic show, colorful lanterns illuminated in the evening, lantern riddles solving and other entertainment activities.

It is a must to join traditional festival celebration to experience Chinese culture and Chinese unique entertainment.

2012 China International Gallery Exposition in Beijing

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:26:38 +0000

Event: 2012 China International Gallery Exposition
Venue: Exhibition Hall of the China World Trade Center
Date: from Apr 12 to 15, 2012

China International Gallery Exposition was founded in 2004, and this year, it is the Ninth China International Gallery Exposition.

This year is the first art fair focusing on contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, photographs, videos, installations, multi-media, and so on.

It is reported that there are, every year, about one hundred of galleries coming from all over the world to show their works during the Five-day The Ninth China International Gallery Exposition. And this year, there will be much more galleries and works showcased for you!

Come to join the China International Gallery Exposition from Apr 12 to 15,2012 in the Exhibition Hall of the China World Trade Center. For more information about the exposition, please visit its official website:www.cige-bj.com.

The Bookworm International Literary Festival to Kick off in Beijing

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:41:46 +0000

2012 Bookworm International Literary Festival is going to kick off in Beijing, which is a unique celebration of literature and ideas in China.

It is reported that there will be 100 events all over China to celebrate the festival in three cities, including Beijing, Suzhou and Chengdu. It will be held during Mar 9 to Mar 23, more than 70 Chinese and international writers and thinkers involved in this big event.

And the early bird tickets has begun on sale on Jan 31, while if you want to get the early bird tickets, you must become the “friends of festival” first by paying a 500 Yuan, 1000 Yuan or 5000 Yuan “sponsorship”. And if you think this cost are too high, you can wait until Feb 6 to get the general public tickets.

More information please visit: http://bookwormfestival.com/

Spring Festival Culture Temple Fair Kicks off in Beijing

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:38:20 +0000

Event: The Fourth Spring Festival Culture Temple Fair
Venue: Art Treasure Museum of the Chinese Nation, Beijing
Opening Hours and Date: 9:00-18:00, until Feb 6, 2012 ((Chinese traditional Lantern Festival)
Tickets: Free
How to get there?
Bus Routes: Take Bus No. 6, 34, 35,36, 106,110, 687 or 707 to get off at Tiantanbeimen (North Gate of Tiantan )station.
Subway Line: Take Line 5 to get off at Ciqikou Stop.

The Fourth Spring Festival Culture Temple Fair was launched at Art Treasure Museum of the Chinese Nation in Beijing on Jan 30.

There are two themed activities for tourists, one is about the spot show of the twelve intangible cultural heritage crafts and the other is the spot painting focus on “Dragon”, which is the response to the “Dragon Year-2012 in Chinese tradition.

Visitors coming here can fortunately view painting dragons on the inside of the snuff bottles, craving dragons on the calabashes, Chinese paper cutting of dragons, and so on.

It is such a wonderful show about Chinese dragon culture and intangible heritage that you should no miss!

Visitors can catch The Spring Festival Culture Temple Fair at Art Treasure Museum of the Chinese Nation until Feb 6 (Chinese traditional Lantern Festival), free of charged to all.

The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival is coming, the fifteenth day of the first month on Chinese lunar calendar falling on Feb 6 this year.

Free Internet Access to Available in Tourists Spots of Beijing

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:10:13 +0000

As we all know, there are total six of Beijing’s central business districts offer free wireless broadband services.

Now this free wireless broadband available area will be enlarged to all 211 A-class tourist spots by the end of this year, announced by Beijing Travel Committee, aiming to boost Beijing’s tourism industry.

What’s more, in the next two years, this free internet service will cover more areas.

According to the statistics from Beijing Municipal Bureau, there are 214 million foreign and domestic tourists in total arrived at Beijing in 2011.

What a fantastic thing of viewing charming natural scenery outside and surfing freely on the internet at the same time!

2012 Spring Festival Travel Ranking List

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:49:48 +0000

2012 Spring Festival Travel Ranking List was announced by China Tourism Academy and Ctrip.

There are four ranking list released according to different purposes, including “Top 10 Departure Cities”, “Top 10 Arrival Cities”, “Top 10 Domestic Tourism Destinations” and “Top 10 International Tourism Destinations”.

Top 10 Departure Cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Xi’an, Wuhan, Xiamen

Top 10 Arrival Cities: Beijing, Xiamen, Shanghai, Sanya, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Harbin, Lijiang

Top 10 Domestic Tourism Destinations: Xiamen, Sanya, Lijiang, Beijing, Guilin, Harbin, Chengdu, Xi’an, Kunming, Shanghai

Top 10 International Tourist Destinations: Hong Kong, Bali, Phuket, Seoul, Singapore, Maldives, Taipei, Tokyo, Bangkok, Angkor Wat

Lhasa-No. 9 of the Top 10 Places to Go in 2012

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:41:02 +0000

New York Times recently released “the 45 places to go in 2012” all over the world. And Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region located in China’s southwest part, ranked No. 9.

It is reported “Lhasa” like this by New York Times:

Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region’s holy capital is in the throes of a luxury-hotel boom. In Lhasa, this is news: not only is operating an upscale hotel at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level no small feat, but real-estate developments here are, almost by default, also culturally loaded.

The majestic, 162-room St. Regis Lhasa Resort has been in full operation since May. In 2010, a charming Tibetan-owned villa called the Lingtsang reopened as a boutique hotel with opulent, colorful woodwork and courtyard verandas. And coming soon are the sprawling InterContinental Resort Lhasa Paradise and the 284-room Shangri-La, both scheduled to open in 2013.

On the upside, it’s the first time that travelers can get high-end amenities in a city where even basic hospitality has been a challenge. On the downside, the openings — like Lhasa’s booming population, new business districts and shopping malls — are seen by many Tibetans and interested outsiders as more cultural colonization and exploitation of a sacred land.

184 Tons of Firecrackers Paper Scraps Left in Beijing

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:28:35 +0000

The weeklong Spring Festival Holiday in China, from Jan 23 to Jan 28, has just finished.

One of the must-to-do things during the Spring Festival is setting off firecrackers. Have you ever calculated how many tons of firecrackers paper scraps left during the Spring Festival? Here is the result from Beijing’s environmental sanitation group: 183.7 tons (Xinhua News reported), nearly 184 tons left in the capital for the 7-day holiday!

However this was 3.09 less than that of 2011.

One Chinese family, on average, will spend hundreds of yuan on firecrackers for the Spring Festival or Chinese Lunar New Year, while some will spend more than 10000 yuan for the firecrackers spree for the celebration.

Setting off firecrackers was believed to be an effective way to dispel misfortune and evils in ancient time of China, and gradually it becomes a must for the whole Chinese during grand festivals or celebrations.

54 Million Trips by Foreigners Exited or Entered China in 2011

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:27:49 +0000

People entered or exited China 411 million times in 2011, which ups 7.6% over 2010, the Ministry of Public Security’s Exit and Entry Administration recently announced.

Among the 411 million times, mainland residents account 140 million, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents own 217 million times, which is a 6% increase over 2010. And the foreigners are 54.12 million times, this number increase 3.8% over 2010.

Among the foreigners, the top ten foreign countries’ people coming to China are: South Korea, Japan, Russia, America, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Mongolia, Philippines and Canada.

As for the reasons coming to China for the foreigners are :
Sightseeing-12.21 million
Visiting-4.75 million
Service workers-2.69 million
Business meeting-1.56 million
Jobs-931,000 times
Studying -181,000 times
Visiting family or friends -110,000 times

Shanghai Pudong Airport and the Beijing Capital Airport are the largest entry and exit venues.
(source:echinacities)