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Beijing Art Tour: Seeing Fantastic Ming Murals at Fa Hai Temple

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Beijing Art Tour: Seeing Fantastic Ming Murals at Fa Hai Temple

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9 Dec
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10 Dec
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11 Dec
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English speaking guide

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Highlights

Calm down for an art day trip at Beijing, find the Ming Dynasty murals that are still resplendent and magnificent after 600 years, which considered as one of the greatest paintings in the world, through a visual feast at Fa Hai Temple Mural Art Center know it's past and present. Your guide provides entertaining historical background and little-known anecdotes about each point of interest. This private art themed tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off as well as lunch.

Itinerary

  • Fahai Temple

    3 minsAdmission Ticket Included
    The Ming Dynasty murals of Fahai Temple can be regarded as one of the greatest paintings in the world. Fa Hai temple that highlights the peak of mural art of the Ming dynasty was completed at 1443, 15 skilled royal painters, 169 royal craftsmen finished this amazing art, which covers an area of 236.7 square meters and divided into ten sides. In 1937, one British female journalist used cameras to record the long dusty art treasure house at Fa Hai temple. Fortunately, Angela Latham herself was an expert muralist. Her words and photos was published in the London News, “ a lovely landscape appeared, with seated Pusa, floating in the clouds, a pine tree and waterfall, mountains, rocks and flowers, splendid vast design, in true fresco technique, here surely unseen, unsung, is one of the world’s greatest paintings” this made Fa Hai Temple enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad. Continue to find other four wonders here.
  • Fahai Temple

    1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Included
    After, comes to the Fa Hai Temple mural center, through a visual feast, modern high-tech technologies such as digital, animation, light and shadow, and multimedia, introduces in great detail with modeling of mural characters, artistic creation, and superb painting methods. You'll immerse at the interpretation of after 600 years, the murals of Fa Hai Temple are still resplendent and magnificent, which is rare among murals at home and abroad, has high artistic and historical value. Whether you are interested in murals, art, historical or Buddhist, this is undoubtedly a trip that cannot be missed. Example: The less than 0.7 square meter yarn, was drawn with nearly 20000 strokes, each six-petal slower on the white yarn is made up of 48 gold threads, which makes the white yarn as thin as cicada wings.
  • Tianyi Mu

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Located 500 meters southwest of Fahai Temple, Tian Yi's Tomb is China's first thematic museum devoted to the history of eunuchs. You'll get to see the only Ming Dynasty eunuch's tomb with the best preservation, the highest specifications, and the most exquisite stone carvings in China. The large number of stone carvings in the Tianyi Tomb Area have high artistic and aesthetic value, representing the late Ming Dynasty stone carving art, which is exquisite.
  • Beijing

    1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Stroll at one of the top ten most beautiful streets in Beijing- Moshikou street. The former Jingxi Ancient Road now full of fashionable element, after renovation of the old houses along the street, many characteristic shops, coffee shops, bookstores appears, with less touristy, you could spend a great time here with your family. Have a tasty noodle lunch at this area before you are transferred back to your hotel at the end.

What's included

INCLUDED

Fa Hai Temple Mural Art Center Tickets
Mineral water
Professional English/ Spanish/ French speaking Guide
Tian Yi Tomb tickets
Lunch
Air-conditioned car with friendly driver
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Fa Hai Temple Real Mural Tickets

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please provide your passport info at the time of booking.
Need your passport with you on the day of travel.

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Beijing Meitu Travel Agency Co., Ltd.

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