Entertaining in Beijing
Today's Beijing is truly a "capital city of exhibitions and folk
custom festivals", and a metropolis that is full of
characteristics and styles of its ancient customs and modern
vigor. In addition to the celebrations of the traditional
festivals every year, there are also many national or even
international exhibitions held here. For instance, the once a
year Beijing international books exhibition, automobile
exhibition, communication exhibition and so on, as well as
performances and displays put on by the world's top level
artists.
During Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)l, traditional folk
custom festivals such as temple fair, flower show, lantern
festival are pretty centralized; additionally there are also
Moon Festival, ice sculpture festival, Da Guan Yuan welcome
spring festival, kite festival, watermelon festival, peach
blossom festival, red leaves festival and various appealing food
fairs or festivals that depict a picture of rich natural
conditions and social customs. As a first time traveler to
Beijing, your eyes surely cannot take in all those multitude of
names of festivals, fairs, and distinctive exhibitions. Beyond
having experienced Beijing's deep, distant character of being an
ancient capital, you will also deeply feel the fast pace in this
internationalized metropolis. Teach you a unique skill here: buy
a Beijing Evening Newspaper or a shopping guide newspaper for
high-quality goods, there is always detailed timely information
about all sorts of exhibitions.
Where to go to kill time between 9pm to 5am? Sanlitun or
Chaoyang park? The number of Beijing's bars, dancing ballrooms,
and clubs is over thousands, needless to say there will be some
difficulties if you want to check them all. It is wise to look
for several entertainment centers that are of unique in styles.
The happiest, the most mysterious, and the most romantic scenes
will all be here for you to enjoy. But wait, there is one
special rule to remind you: you have to be 18 or older in order
to get in these adult recreation areas.