Itinerary (8:00 am to 6:00 pm):
08:00 AM Tianjin/Xingang port Pick Up
09:00 AM The tour starts at Beining Park
10:30 AM Visit the China House Museum
12:00 PM Lunch at Most Famous Restaurant well known
01:30 PM Sightsee the Tianjin Tower
1:00 PM Lunch at Most Famous Restaurant well known for Beijing roast duck
02:30 PM Tour around Ancient Cultural Street
04:00 PM Return to Tianjin/Xingang port
Points of interest:
**Beining Park has been revamped and opened to the public. The new Beining Park highlights traditional Chinese features such as water systems, pavilions and pavilion corridors. A total of 25 antique buildings have been both restored and newly built. 18 pavilions and a corridor of more than 2000 meters have also been restored, transforming it into one of the top parks in China.
**China House Museum has become a new landmark of the city. A local art collector, Zhang Lianzhi, has turned a desolate old building into a showcase of porcelains. Instead of putting his collections in safe cabinet, the collector has actually "built" the house with an amazingly large number of porcelain antiquities. Now, let's explore the extraordinary museum and the story behind its construction.
**Tianjin Ancient Culture Street is a cultural tourist attraction on the west bank of the Hai River in Nankai District, Tianjin, China. It is classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. The overall construction has the folk architectural style of Qing dynasty, with Tin Hau (Matsu Temple) located in the centre of the whole street. There are nearly hundreds of stores along the street, among them Yangliuqing painting gallery and painted clay sculpture of Clay Figure Zhang are most famous, as well as calligraphy and painting brushes of Four Treasures and Spring Church, cultural antiques of Sui Man Chai and cloisonne, double-sided embroidery, jade carvings, art ceramics, Chinese and Western musical instruments and gold and silver jewelry from other dozens of famous artists and craftsman. All goods are genuine, affordable and with good quality.
**Peking Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the imperial era, and is now considered a national dish of China. The dish is prized for the thin, crisp skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. Ducks bred specially for the dish are slaughtered after 65 days and seasoned before being roasted in a closed or hung oven. The meat is eaten with pancakes, scallion, and hoisin sauce or sweet bean sauce. The two most notable restaurants in Beijing which serve this delicacy are Quanjude and Bianyifang, two centuries-old establishments which have become household names.