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| Temple of Heaven, Beijing |
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| Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, Beijing |
Day 11 Sunday Oct 20 2024 (Shijiazhuang > Beijing) - early morning hotel check out & a short walk to Shijiazhuang Railway station to take a high speed train back to Beijing for a night stay prior to our group's visit to Gubei Water Town in northern Beijing, made use of the free time in the late afternoon & evening to visit (using Metro) Temple of Heaven & Wangfujing Pedestrian Street.
1) Boarding a high speed train ride from Shijiazhuang Railway Station > Beijing Railway Station (Rmb147 = Rm90, ETD 09.21)
2) Arriving in Beijing Railway Station (11.07)
3) Beijing Railway Station - opened in 1959, was the largest railway station in China at that time !
4) Beijing Railway Metro Station - metro train ride from Beijing Railway Station > Jiangtai station for our hotel check-in.
5) Lunch in a Food Court nearby our hotel in Jiangtai Metro Station (before our hotel check-in); savoured a bowl of beef noodle (Rmb26 = Rm16 + US$3.70) & a pot of Rice with Kong Pao chicken (Rmb25 = Rm15 = US$3.40), bought 6 tubs of the eatery stall's signature yogurt (rich in taste & creamy) Rmb40 = Rm24.50 shared among 4 of us, each tub is Rmb6.70 = Rm4.10 (US$0.95) !
6) Hotel Accommodation - my group's 1 night stay in PiaoHome Inn, Jiangtai West Road, Chaoyang, Beijing; room tariff Rmb286 = Rm181 = US$41.50 twin sharing.
7) After the hotel check-in, both myself & my wife made a visit to Temple of Heaven & Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, Beijing; Metro train ride from Jiangtai Metro Station to Temple of Heaven Park Metro Station
The Temple of Heaven - a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing, the complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming & Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest.
8) The Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng, Beijing - just show up at the Ticketing Counter to purchase your admission ticket, free entry for Seniors above 60+ upon presentation of your IDs or passports; observed large crowd & drizzling at the time of my visit ! My first visit to Temple of Heaven was in Sept 1997 & 2002 !
9) Metro train ride from Temple of Heaven Park > Wangfujing Metro Station
10) Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing - a famous 800m shopping street in central Beijing, my 2nd visit & this time with my wife, I made a solo evening visit to this popular street on Oct 12 2024 as my wife preferred to rest in the hotel instead of going out !
11) Metro train ride from Wangfujing > Jiangtai - return journey to our hotel & a happy outcome !
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