For more than 800 years, Beijing was a capital city - from the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) to the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1911) dynasties. Thirty-four emperors have lived and ruled the nation in Beijing and the splendid history of Beijing left Beijing with Palaces, Museums, Royal Parks which will be worth of visiting.

Allied Gateway organizes weekend sightseeing and tours to attractions below:

Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, also named Palace Museum, is the most magnificent and splendid palace complex in China and one of the five world-famous palaces with the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in England, the White House in the U.S. and the Kremlin in Russia.

Tian’anmen Square -The biggest square in the world.
Tian'anmen Square is the geographical center of Beijing City. It is the largest city square in the world, occupying an area of 440,000 square meters (about 109 acres), and able to accommodate 10,000,000 people at one time. The square is a conglomeration of splendid and beautiful flowers and the red national flag which flutters in the wind.

Summer Palace
The Summer Palace, Yiheyuan in Chinese, is the most celebrated imperial garden in China. The garden came into existence early in the 1750s and had once been a summer resort for the emperors. It is acclaimed as a museum of gardens in China, for a visit to this garden bestow on sightseers a glimpse of representative scenes all over China.

Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is the grandest cult architecture complex in the world and a masterpiece of the Chinese people created in ancient times. It covers 2,700,000 square meters (667 acres), which is nearly four times the area of the Forbidden City. The temple was constructed in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and was enlarged during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Emperors of the two dynasties used to worship the heaven and pray for rich harvests, as the feudal emperors thought they were the son of the heaven.

Great Wall
The Temple of Heaven is the grandest cult architecture complex in the world and a masterpiece of the Chinese people created in ancient times. It covers 2,700,000 square meters (667 acres), which is nearly four times the area of the Forbidden City. The temple was constructed in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and was enlarged during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Emperors of the two dynasties used to worship the heaven and pray for rich harvests, as the feudal emperors thought they were the son of the heaven.

Lama Temple
As a result of the ancient architecture, every element of the temple is entirely symmetrical, with main halls on a north-south axis and wing halls on both sides. It comprises of a courtyard in the south and five main halls in separate courtyards in the north: the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, the Hall of Harmony and Peace, the Hall of Everlasting Blessings, the Hall of the Dharma Wheel and the Pavilion of Infinite Happiness. Furthermore, this splendid temple combines various architectural styles of the Han, the Manchu, the Mongolian and the Tibetan.

Summer Palace
Most of the hutongs run from the due east to west or from the north to south, thus forming the neat layout of the city. In order to allow the main house to get more sunshine, the courtyards lined alongside the hutongs were all built facing south, so hutongs running east to west are superior in number. But there are also slanting hutongs which are always overshadowed.

798 Art Zone
798, now is a famous art community in Beijing, where hundreds of artists open studios, bookstores, bars since 2000. Before, it is a industry zone of Beijing with the support of Soviet Russia.

Hutong and Courtyard
Hutong, which only exists in Beijing, is the carrier and mirror of Beijing culture. Most of the hutongs run from the due east to west or from the north to south, thus forming the neat layout of the city. In order to allow the main house to get more sunshine, the courtyards lined alongside the hutongs were all built facing south, so hutongs running east to west are superior in number. But there are also slanting hutongs which are always overshadowed.