I just saw this clichéd topic and actually made me laugh.
Traveling to Beijing?
Those lists on the Internet are just those places, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and the Garden, which also depend on people's aesthetic fatigue.
Like a copy-paste standard answer.
But is this really all there is in Beijing?
Those corners "forgotten" in guide books
I have also been to the Forbidden City, and the red walls and yellow tiles are really shocking.
But what I remember more is the man selling candied haws on the edge of the corner tower of the Forbidden City.
He said that he had been selling there for twenty-three years and had seen more cameras than stars.
These words struck me inexplicably.
Isn’t that what travel is all about? Sometimes the more detailed the guide is, the fewer surprises it will have.
Periphery?
Don’t just focus on Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao is good, but the high-speed train takes two hours and you have to change trains when you arrive.
In fact, there are many wild places hidden near Beijing.
For example, there is a valley in Fangshan that cannot be named, such as the villages in the deep Mentougou that cause navigation to often drift.
I went to a place last week, but I can’t name it.
I just remember climbing over a mountain peak and suddenly saw an ice waterfall hanging on the cliff. Under the sunlight, it looked blue.
No one charges admission there.
Make those appointments
When it comes to booking public accounts, everything online is right.
But I have to complain, sometimes the official account is full, don’t give up in a hurry.
I swipe again in the morning, and occasionally I can find something missing - someone refunded the check in the middle of the night.
That’s how I got my tickets to the Forbidden City.
I was so excited that I almost threw my phone away.
Why does it have to be "top ten"?
In fact, it’s quite strange. Why do we have to put together the “top ten must-visits” when we go to a city?
I didn’t go anywhere that much. I wandered around the alleys casually, chatting with the aunts who were walking, and listening to her talk about the changes that the alleys had experienced in the past thirty years. This feeling, compared to checking in ten scenic spots one after another like rushing to the scene, made me feel more like “I have been to Beijing.”
Come to Beijing in winter
Many people are afraid of the cold until spring comes.
But I think Beijing is the most interesting in winter.
Shichahai is in a frozen state, and there are cases where people are skating on it. The sound produced when the skates and the ice surface are scratching each other, showing a sizzling sound effect.
When you open the door of a steaming little shop in an alley, you will see a layer of white mist on your glasses.
That kind of coldness and that kind of warmth, mixed together, is the real Beijing.
Last time I went to Nanluogu Lane, I got into a side road and saw someone cooking mutton in the yard.
The steaming copper pot wafted out the fragrance. The passing children pulled their mother's hand and said, "Mom, we eat this at home too."
At that moment, I felt that this was Beijing.
So
Don’t put too much faith in those “must visit lists”.
When you come to Beijing, bring a pair of comfortable shoes and an empty stomach, and leave the rest to getting lost .
Maybe at a certain corner, you will encounter the most authentic look of this city.
That's your Beijing, not the one in someone else's guide.
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