Montreal is known as the non-sleep city in Canada, while its capital Ottawa is more like a silent village. However, when you Travel to Beijing, the capital of China, you will experience a totally different style, or complex styles combining traditional culture and modern trends. There are a lot of events, places and activities you can do from the morning till night for 24 hours in Beijing. This article will give you some thoughts about what to do once you have left the Beijing Hotels.
Early Morning. The essential part for Beijing tours must include viewing the Flag-raising ceremony in Tian’an Men square. There will be 60 soldiers 
playing Chinese national anthem lively on 1st, 11st, 21st each month, while other normal days will be play the songs. A team of strictly-selected 38 escort soldiers for the flag is responsible for raising flags. The exact time for this ceremony is flexible according to the report of sun-rising time from national observatory bureau. Usually, it starts at 7 am in winters and begins at 4:30am in summers. After the raising-flag ceremony, you can visit Tian’an Men Tower, Monument of the People’s Heros, Great Hall of the People and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is open to public from 8:30am to 11:30am from Tuesday to Sunday and 2pm to 4pm on Tuesday and Thursday. It is free but you need to reserve belongs at the entrance. You can take subway line 1 to Tian’an Men East or Tian’an Men West station. Or take bus route 2, 5, 20, 120,126 or 210 to arrive at the same station.
Afternoon Shopping and Food. Take the subway line 1 to Yong An Li Station which is three stations away from Tian’an Men Square. This has the most famous market “Silk Market”. Here you could buy every traditional Chinese gifts, clothes and food here with high qualities, such as the silk, pearl, china, tea, crafts and Beijing Duck. Except for the products, you can also
experience the typical Chinese bargaining conversations: “How much is it?””RMB 1000 yuan? No, that’s too much!””RMB 300 yuan or I don’t buy it!””No, that is too low, I don’t have any profits.””OK,OK, that’s fine, take it by 400 yuan. I have never sold it at this low price.” Silk Market was at first known as selling high quality of fake brand products. But now it has the real brand name products, famous Chinese traditional food, and western style café. Since Silk Market is a must-see attraction spot for visitors, many celebrities have visited and bought stuff here. For example, George Bush and his daughter bought 6 hand-made silk pajamas with Chinese traditional patterns: Phoenix and Dragon.
Night Life. The night life in Beijing has much more funs than Montreal. If you are a pub fan, you should not miss San Li Tun Pub Street. There are nearly 80 night clubs here. Because it is close to the embassies area, people 
who are in San Li Tun clubs came from various countries and with different culture backgrounds. The clubs can be silent, or noisy and there are a lot of options for you. Popular clubs are The tree, The Den, Mix Club, Kai Club. And some of the clubs locate in the Hu Tong, which is the traditional cultural architecture in Beijing. The operation time for these clubs is usually from afternoon till midnight. The direction is to take Bus route 113, 115, 406, 416, 431, 701, 758 and get off at San Li Tun. It is also in the same district (Chao Yang District) as two places above, so you could also take taxis to get here.
These places provide options for your 24-hour visit of China Tours. If you want to know more interesting places in Beijing or other cities in China, you can visit our blog section and read more about this.
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