Early Bird Beijing Dim Sum Breakfast with Lama Temple Tour

Your English speaking guide will pick you up from your Beijing central hotel at 7:00am then travel to the Dim Sum Restaurant.

A traditional dim sum includes various types of steamed buns, dumplings and rice noodle rolls, which contain a range of ingredients, including beef, chicken, pork, prawns, and vegetarian options. Feel free to choose the one you like, sit with the locals and fill your empty stomach.

Let’s do a bit waking after substantial breakfast.About 5 minutes you will reach the Wudaoying Hutong.Wudaoying Hutong has been is an area that has influenced Beijing in terms of commerce, politics, trade, and culture for over 700 years.During the Qing dynasty, it is known that Wudaoying was used as a military outpost to protect the inner city.Now it is an allay with shops, boutiques, cafes, and nightlife hotspots. Enjoy the quietness while walking and learning the histories,culture about the Hutong from your guide.

Then you will arrive at the Lama Temple. Lama Temple, also called Yonghe Palace, is the largest and best preserved lamasery in Beijing. Constructed in 1964, it once was the residence of Emperor Yongzheng (the third emperor of Qing dynasty). After the death of Emperor Yongzheng, it was converted into lamasery in 1744 and so Yonghe Palace became the national center of Lama administration.The Pavilion of Ten Thousand Happinesses in the Lama temple contains an 18 meters tall statue of the Maitreya Buddha carved from a single piece of White Sandalwood. This statue is one of three artworks in the temple that were included into the Guinness Book of Records in 1993.

Next, walking through a beautiful and quiet street to visit the Temple of Confucius and Imperial College.The temple was built in 1302, and officials used it to pay their respects to Confucius until 1911. Inside the temple one can see that 198 stone tablets are positioned on either side of the front courtyard, containing 51,624 names of Jinshi (the advanced scholars) of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Also 14 stone stele pavilions of the Ming and Qing dynasties hold the precious historical information of ancient China.

Next to the Confucius Temple, but within the same grounds, stands the Imperial College, where the emperor expounded the Confucian classics to an audience of thousands of kneeling students, professors and court officials – an annual rite. Built by the grandson of Kublai Khan in 1306, the former college was the supreme academy during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

You will enjoy a fun performance here including the dancing performance to see how they worship in the old days.

Timetable for the show 

Morning: 10:00 ;11:00

During bad weather the show will be cancelled 

Your wonderful tour will ends here ,your guide can give you suggestions and ideas on what to do next on your own, or help you to find a taxi home