Mar 19, 2017, 7:26 pm
Last edit by: muji
Central Beijing
Jingshan (Prospect Hill) Park is a royal landscape garden park located upon Jingshan hill, facing the north gate of the Forbidden City and affording a full view of the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty - the years 1420 to 1912.
Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park is where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties visited for annual ceremonies of prayer to heaven for a good harvest. The temple is enclosed by a long wall. The northern part within the wall is semicircular symbolizing the heavens and the southern part is square symbolizing the earth.
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Jingshan (Prospect Hill) Park is a royal landscape garden park located upon Jingshan hill, facing the north gate of the Forbidden City and affording a full view of the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty - the years 1420 to 1912.
Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park is where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties visited for annual ceremonies of prayer to heaven for a good harvest. The temple is enclosed by a long wall. The northern part within the wall is semicircular symbolizing the heavens and the southern part is square symbolizing the earth.
taxi information: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...-services.html
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Dec 21, 2021 | 10:30 pm
#106
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In Shanghai - it's a mix of no detectors and very weird-looking body scanner type detectors that work at random times.
In Beijing the metal detectors at every station are there, but they're quite useless. Everyone alarms them with their phones, the security people wave the wand to make it seem like they're checking something and that's it.
Bags get scanned, but half the time nobody is watching the screen (though I guess there's some automated detection algorithms present).
More of a dog & pony show than real security, but it doesn't slow things down too much.
Also some stations have a temp scanner that you wave your hand over.
You might get a call from the Police to make sure you are who you say you are and to confirm that you have a negative test within 48h of arrival.
For now, IN Beijing itself - no restrictions of any kind.
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In Beijing the metal detectors at every station are there, but they're quite useless. Everyone alarms them with their phones, the security people wave the wand to make it seem like they're checking something and that's it.
Bags get scanned, but half the time nobody is watching the screen (though I guess there's some automated detection algorithms present).
More of a dog & pony show than real security, but it doesn't slow things down too much.
Also some stations have a temp scanner that you wave your hand over.
You might get a call from the Police to make sure you are who you say you are and to confirm that you have a negative test within 48h of arrival.
For now, IN Beijing itself - no restrictions of any kind.
Entering Beijing from a place that doesn't have medium- or high-risk areas just means getting a test 48 hours before departure. Check-in counter at the airport will confirm it and then everything proceeds as normal.
Jan 2, 2022 | 11:47 pm
#108
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 301
Same process coming back from Shanghai. Test results went to the local health code app within four hours.
I remember there was an airport metal detector discussion in another thread (or maybe this one, can't recall) and I deliberately wore athletic shoes to ensure I had nothing on me in Hongqiao. Detector didn't go off, and I was waved through with no search.
I remember there was an airport metal detector discussion in another thread (or maybe this one, can't recall) and I deliberately wore athletic shoes to ensure I had nothing on me in Hongqiao. Detector didn't go off, and I was waved through with no search.