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Peregrine Travel is proud to present
Full Day VIP Tour to
the Palace Museum
(Tour Code:
PTBJVIPFDIP)
The Forbidden City was the place where
the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties carried out their
administration and lived. It lies at the center of Beijing.
Rectangular in shape, Forbidden City is the world's largest palace
complex and it covers 74 hectares. It is said that it has 9999 rooms
because the pronunciation of the number "9" means forever in
Chinese.
Our VIP Clients will
have the opportunity to enter these mysterious palaces and
experience what is NOT OPEN to the public and the world.
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The
Tour Schedule includes:
After breakfast, our guide will meet you in the lobby. Then transfer
to the Forbidden City. In addition to visiting the public venues in
the Forbidden City, you will also visit the Palace of Double
Glory and Shufang Zhai , both of these palaces are NOT OPEN to the
public. This tour will take about 8 hours, including three hours
inside the Forbidden City, 1 hours lunch (included ) and after visit
to the famous Summer Palace.
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Beijing Attractions |
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Forbidden City
Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong
in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing
dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of
Tiananmen Square. |
Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and
covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten
meter high wall are 9,999 buildings. The wall has a gate on each
side. Opposite the Tiananmen Gate, to the north is the Gate of
Devine Might (Shenwumen), which faces Jingshan Park. The distance
between these two gates is 960 meters, while the distance between
the gates in the east and west walls is 750 meters. There are unique
and delicately structured towers on each of the four corners of the
curtain wall. These afford views over both the palace and the city
outside. The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The southern
section, or the Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his
supreme power over the nation. The northern section, or the Inner
Court was where he lived with his royal family. Until 1924 when the
last emperor of China was driven from the Inner Court, fourteen
emperors of the Ming dynasty and ten emperors of the Qing dynasty
had reigned here. Having been the imperial palace for some five
centuries, it houses numerous rare treasures and curiosities. Listed
by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987, the Palace
Museum is now one of the most popular tourist attractions
world-wide.
Since yellow is the symbol of the royal family, it is the dominant
color in the Forbidden City. Roofs are built with yellow glazed
tiles; decorations in the palace are painted yellow; even the bricks
on the ground are made yellow by a special process. However, there
is one exception. Wenyuange, the royal library, has a black roof.
The reason is that it was believed black represented water then and
could extinguish fire.
Nowadays, the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum is open to
tourists from home and abroad. Splendid painted decoration on these
royal architectural wonders, the grand and deluxe halls, with their
surprisingly magnificent treasures will certainly satisfy 'modern
civilians.'
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Palace of Double Glory (Chonghua
gong) 重华宫
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Chonghua gong (Palace of Double Glory) located in the western
route of inner count and built by the Yongzheng emperor for his
heir-designate (the Qianlong Emperor) in 1727. After Qianlong
ascended the throng, although he moved out from Chonghua gong, he
met friends and ministers in this palace as a private place. Every
new year day, emperor would get the ministers in Chonghua palace to
make poems and tea banquet. The furniture and buildings' arrangement
are all same as the Qianlong period. Since travelers can rarely
visit here, the courtyard is so quiet and only you can hear is
history voice.
Entrance to Chonghua
Gong
Meeting Chamber
Emperor's Throne
Guest Seating
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Shu Fang Zhai (漱芳斋)
NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Shu Fang Zhai Palace is close to Chonghua Palace. Constructed from
the basis of a former price residence, the Lodge consists of a
courtyard and an "I" shaped building. It is characterized by two
stages. The large one is located in the courtyard and is the largest
one-story stage in the Imperial Palace. The small one is in the west
of the rear hall of the building and was mainly used to perform
highlights of operas during imperial family banquets. All the
furniture inside Shu Fang Zhai is original relics from the Qing
Dynasty. Shu Fang Zhai was also used as the study by the most famous
emperor of Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong.
Around the New Year’s Day, the emperor would accept congratulations
from officials and invite them to the large stage to watch operas.
From the first to the tenth day of the first lunar month during the
Qianlong period (1736-1795), the emperor would choose an auspicious
day to treat a small group of officials here with the tea of three
purities, which include fingered citron, plum blossoms, and line
nuts.
Since 1925, the very year when the Palace Museum (Forbidden City
Museum) was established, Shu Fang Zhai was used as the VIP reception
chamber for heads of states and dignitaries.
Entrance to Shu Fang
Zhai
Seating Chamber
Qianlong's Study
Emperor's Opera Stage
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Summer Palace
The Summer Palace landscape, dominated mainly by Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, covers an area of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is under water. Its 70,000 square meters of building space features a variety of palaces, gardens and other ancient-style architectural structures. The Summer Palace is a monument to classical Chinese architecture, in terms of both garden design and construction. Borrowing scenes from surrounding landscapes, it radiates not only the grandeur of an imperial garden but also the beauty of nature in a seamless combination that best illustrates the guiding principle of traditional Chinese garden design: "The works of men should match the works of Heaven".
Summer Palace |
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