Top 5: Places to Eat Vegetarian
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Located in an elegantly converted Buddhist temple, this restaurant serves tasteful, interesting dishes such as “Under the Bodhi Tree,” a veggie platter with a sweet bean paste dipping sauce; “Bitter Mouth, Grandmother’s Heart,” rings of bitter melon filled with pumpkin puree; and “Lingering Aftertaste,” a vegan version of mala beef jerky.
Daily 10am-10pm. 10-16 Heiyaochang [...]
Cherry blossom in Yuyuantan Park
[#3: Edit Options>MightyAdsense>Adsense Code] March and April is the ideal time to see cherry blossom in Beijing, and the ideal site for viewing the beatiful flowers is in Yuyuantan Park (Jade Lake).
Yuyuantan Park, totaling 137 hectares (338.5 acres), is located on Xisanhuan Road (Xisanhuan Lu), in Haidian District. The park boasts extensive waters and beautiful [...]
Chaoyang Temple Fair
Dates: January 26 – February 1
Venue: Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District
Admission: 10 yuan
To get there: Bus routes 31, 302, 705, 731, 750, 752 or 852 to Chaoyang Park (Chaoyang Gongyuan).
Chaoyang Temple Fair is actually called, Chaoyang International Carnival. Another foreign-style temple fair in Beijing, the 2006 Changyang International Carnival will offer performances by renowned bands from [...]
Shijingshan Temple Fair
Dates: January 24 – February 1
Venue: Shijingshan Amusement Park, Shijingshan District
Admission: 5 yuan
To get there: Visitors can get to the park’s south gate by taking the subway to Bajiao Youleyuan. The park is 100 meters west of the subway station.
Starting from 2000, Shijingshan Temple fair is a foreign-style temple fair. It is almost like a foreign [...]
Lianhuachi Temple Fair
Dates: January 26 – 31
Venue: Lianhuachi Park
Admission: 6 yuan
To get there: Take bus routes 323, 324, 300, 368, to Liuliqiao Beili and go north for 200 meters to reach the west gate of the park.
Located close to Beijing West Railway Station, the Lotus Pond (Lianhuachi) Park is regarded as the birthplace of the city of [...]
Honglou Temple Fair
Dates: January 26 – 30
Venue: Daguanyuan Park, Xuanwu District
Admission: 10 yuan
To get there: Bus routes 59, 19, 819, 56, 122 or 423 to Daguanyuan.
This temple fair will be held at Grand View Park, a replica of the magnificent Daguanyuan garden of an imperial family described in the well-known Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions by [...]
Hongluo Temple Fair
Dates: February 7 — February 12
Venue: Hongluo Temple, Hongluo Scenic Area, Huairou County of Beijing
Admission: 30 yuan,
To get there: take Bus 916 or 936 from Dongzhimen to Huairou District and then a 10-minute taxi ride to the temple.
Hongluo Temple Fair is one of the only fairs in Beijing held in a functioning temple, and many people [...]
Changdian Temple Fair
Dates: January 26 – 31
Venue: Liulichang Street, Xuanwu District. From the Hepingmen intersection of South Xinhua Street, Xuwu District to the Culture Square along Hufang Road through the Hufang Bridge Intersection to the south.
Admission: Free
To get there: Bus routes 5,6, 7, 14, 15, 23, 66, 102, 105 to Hufangqiao or take subway (Line 2) to [...]
Dongyue Temple Fair
Dates: January 25 – 30
Venue: Dongyue Temple, Chaoyang District
Admission: 10 yuan
To get there: Bus routes 101, 109, 110, 112, 750, 846 or 813 to Shenlu Jie or 600 meters east of Chaoyangmen subway station (line 2).
Dongyue is one of the oldest temple fairs in Beijing, starting during the Yuan Dynasty and having its heyday during the Ming and [...]
Longtan Temple Fair
Dates: January25 – February 1
Venue: Longtan Lake Park, Zuoanmennei Dajie, Chongwen District
Admission: 10 yuan
To get there: Bus routes 807, 12, 6, 60 or 116 take you to the park
Fair events here are very similar to those in Ditan. There will be various interactive competitions inviting visitors to join in arm-wrestling, rock climbing, and chess playing. This year’s [...]
