Dear Clio,
This is just a mail to say thank you for your help. We were very pleased with your service as well as our fantastic guide, Grace, in Xian.
We had a great time, saw a lot of things and enjoyed the friendliness of all people we met.
We will certainly recommend other friends to contact you for assistance.
Thanks again!
Louise
Duration: 1 day Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 8:00am Finishing point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 6:00pm Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire We speak: English
Itinerary:
Pick up from your hotel by our English speaking tour guide at 8:00am. Take the private vehicle to the Tunnel Warfare Site at Jiaozhuanghu Village in Shunyi District, about 40km northeast of the downtown Beijing. Arrive at the Tunnel Warfare Site about 9:30am. During the War of Resistance against Japan and the Liberation War, Jiaozhuanghu village was the only road leading to Pingxi and Pingbei communist strongholds. The Tunnel Warfare Memorial Hall is divided into two parts: the exhibition hall and the original tunnel site.
The museum displays evidences of the atrocities of Japanese soldiers and quislings, the glorious achievements of local soldiers and civilians fighting against them, the formation of the tunnels and their features. The renovated tunnel open to the public is about 800 meters long. Inside the tunnel, you can find individual blindages, headquarters, meeting rooms, numerous hidden gun holes, warehouses etc. The holes and entrances usually are out of your expectation, hidden under a straw mat inside a house, down a well, the kangs, kitchen ranges, hogpens, donkey slots, wardrobes etc. This allowed movement being flexible or exit.
Finishing your tour of the tunnel warfare site at Jiaozhuanghu Village around 11:00am and return to the downtown Beijing around 12:50 for Chinese lunch. After lunch, visit Beijing Underground City ( a system of tunnels, bunkers and air raid shelters built in 1967-1979 ). Its entrance is NO.62 West Damochang Street, Qianmen district, very near Tiananmen Square.
Beijing's underground city was first constructed during the Cultural Revolution in 1969 and finished in 1979 by more than 300,000 Beijing citizens in preparation for a possible nuclear attack from former Soviet Union. The Underground City has also been called the Underground Great Wall, since they had the same purpose—military defense. The tunnels, built by more than 300,0000 local citizens and even school children, wind for over 30km eight to 18 meters under the surface. In the event of attack, the plan was to house forty percent of the capital’s population underground and for the remainder to move to neighboring hills, and it is said that every residence once had a secret trapdoor nearby leading to the tunnels.
Your tour of the underground city is finished around 3:00pm. Then move on to the Marco Polo Bridge ( Lugouqiao ). Lugou Bridge is located in the ancient town – Wanping, 15km southwest of Beijing. It is one of earliest stone arch bridges, also known as the Guangli Bridge, spans the banks of the Yongding River. Bridge construction was begun in 1189 and completed 4 years later. The bridge is 235 meters long of white marble.
On July 7th, 1937, the fist shot of the Resistance Against Japan War rang out beside the Lugou Bridge. On that day Japanese troops illegally took up a railway junction near Wanping and the fighting started. It is later known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident". This is regarded by many historians to be the date when the war between China and Japan started.
During the 8 years, Japan occupied most area of China and killed millions of Chinese people. The war ended with the end of WWII. If time permitted, you will be arranged to visit the Chinese Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall near the bridge. The Anti-Japanese Aggression War Memorial Hall set up in 1987, has an area of 23,780 square meters with its total construction acreage of 10,190 square meters. The museum is composed of three comprehensive halls-atrocities of Japanese army, the People’s war and the anti-Janpanse heroes.
The two east and west halls exhibit numerous historic cultural relics, treasure documents and photos of the whole national resistance against the Japanese aggression army under the guidline of China Communist Party's "National United Front to Anti-Japanese Aggression" principle. By the way, the the Marco Polo Bridge itself is worth seeing. The bridge is 260 meters long and has 250 marble bars supporting 485 carved stone lions. It was first built in 1192, one of the few cultural relics left from Liao Dynasty. In 1751, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) personally wrote the poetic titles for the 8 views in Beijing, including the "Lugou Xiaoyue" tablet carved with his words which still stands by the bridge. The bridge has been there for 800 years.
Your whole day tour finishes and you will be transferred to your hotel in Beijing.
Tour Quotations
Cost: in US$ per person
Travelling Party
Tour Cost Per Person
1 person
$160
2-5 persons
$100
6-9 persons
$60
Price inclusion:
1. Entrance tickets
2. Pick-up service from hotel
3. Private air-conditioned car or van
4. Private English speaking tour guide
5. Chinese lunch
Price exclusion:
1. Personal Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip
2. Tips to the tour guide and driver
To learn more about our terms and conditions for quotation, reservation, payment and cancellation, please click here. Remark: The tour above is exclusively made for you, with your family or friends ands without any other travellers taking part in the tour. If you have any special request, please contact us. You are also welcome to send us your tailor-made tour plan by filling the online travel form.
