Day 1 Beijing → Dingzhou → Beijing
All day
This route is a leisure food tour, not a traditional outdoor leisure tour. To meet your travel expectations, please understand the itinerary before signing up! Place your order carefully~
The tour guide's route is: South City Gate - Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda - Anjiazhaobing - Dingzhou Government Office - Dingzhou Museum (free guided tour at Dingzhou Museum ends at 2:00 PM) - Chongwen Street - Dingzhou Imperial Examination Hall. You can follow the guide's instructions throughout the tour or arrange your own itinerary. Return to Beijing by bus at the designated time. (Entrance fees to all attractions are at your own expense.)
Recommended lunch dishes:
Anjia Covered Pancake: Covered Pancake is one of the famous delicacies of Baoding City, Hebei Province, China. According to legend, when Emperor Jiaqing was on his southern tour and passed through Baoding, he was so excited by the strange fragrance that he asked his attendants, "What is this aroma?" The attendants replied, "Beef covered pancake.
Dingzhou stewed meat: The stewed meat from Mao's compound in the Qing Dynasty is relatively authentic and is now inherited by the Dingzhou Third Meat Processing Plant. The craftsmanship of master chef Zhang Yaba has ensured that the stewed meat retains the classic taste of "alternating fat and lean, rosy and shiny".
Eight Great Bowls: The main dish of the "flowing banquet" that is a must-have for weddings and funerals in rural Dingzhou, including strips of meat, sweet meatballs, hairy meatballs, etc. Among them, the sweet meatballs are made of glutinous rice wrapped with red bean paste, fried and then steamed. They are sweet, soft, fragrant and sticky and are loved by children.
07:30
At the meeting point, take the subway from [Gongzhufen Station Exit A] and walk 200 meters north to the entrance of Xinxing Hotel. Depart on time. During the journey, the tour leader will introduce the itinerary and precautions. We will go to [Dingzhou]. Please do not be late for group activities. Latecomers will not be treated as guests.
10:30
Arrive at Dingzhou and follow the tour guide through the South City Gate. This ancient city gate, with a history of more than 600 years, is majestic and magnificent, and is a testimony to Dingzhou's ancient military importance.
10:45
Arrive at Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda. Construction of the Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Dingzhou began in the fourth year of the Xianping reign of the Northern Song Dynasty and took 55 years to complete. It is 83.7 meters high and is the tallest existing brick pagoda in China, known as the "No. 1 Pagoda in China."
13:00
Arriving at Dingzhou Government Office, you'll discover that it's more than just a building; it's a three-dimensional history book. Here, you'll feel the warmth of time beneath the dark blue bricks and black tiles, and listen to the philosophical reflections on governance expressed in the couplets on the official residence. Every stop becomes a conversation with the ancients, and every experience becomes an unforgettable cultural memory.
1:45 PM
Arrive at Dingzhou Museum, which houses 25,000 cultural relics and is famous for its three major systems: ancient Zhongshan artifacts, Ding kiln porcelain, and Buddhist statues. Each exhibit is a key to understanding Dingzhou.
3:00 PM
Crossing Chongwen Street, this ancient commercial road that originated in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chongwen Street now integrates the thousand-year-old market style with the modern life aesthetics in the form of a "Dingzhou version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"".
Crossing Chongwen Street, you'll arrive at the Dingzhou Imperial Examination Hall. Its blue bricks bear witness to China's enduring faith in knowledge; within the crannies of its cells lie the aspirations of countless individuals to change their destinies. Here, you'll not only witness the grand framework of the imperial examination system, but also empathize with the struggles and dreams of each individual.
6:30 PM
Gather and take bus back to Beijing
8:30 PM
Arrived at the meeting point in Beijing, waved goodbye, kissed goodbye with tears, and looked forward to seeing you next time~
