Beijing Private Religious Tour: White Cloud Temple, Lama Temple, Niujie Mosque

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8 hours (approximately)
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Offered in: English

If you are interested the temple and religious culture in Beijing, this private day tour offer you different type temples to explore. You can visit a Buddhism temple, a Daoist temple and a Muslim temple as well. Freedom of religious belief is respected and protected in China, you may learn more Chinese religious history and background with your experienced guide. The guide, transport, entrance fees, lunch are all inclusive.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gas, toll & parking lot fees
Entrance tickets to the Sights
Lunch in a local Restaurant
English-speaking tour guide service fee
Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver
Accommodation
Dinner
Gratuity to the guide and driver (for good service)

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).

Itinerary

Duration: 8 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

    The guide and driver will meet you in your hotel lobby at the planning time in the morning, drive to Lama Temple first. It is the most celebrated Buddhist temple in Beijing and one of the largest and most influential temples in China, it became a lamasery in 1744 and is home to stunning Buddha sculptures, including one sculpture carved from a single piece of sandalwood that stands 18 meters above ground.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Temple of Confucius and Guozijian Museum

    Next to it, there is located the Guozijian and Confucius Temple. One was the ancient university complex that trained the scholar-officials who ran imperial China and the other one was a place to worship and consecrate Confucius, a great philosopher and educator of ancient China.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 3

    Afterward to White Cloud Temple, it is one of "The Three Great Ancestral Courts" of the Quanzhen School of Daoism, and is titled "The First Temple under Heaven”, first founded in the mid-8th century during the Tang dynasty and the existing one was rebuilt for the Ming and Qing Dynasties Every year on the 19th day of the first lunar month a festival is held at the abbey in celebration of Qiu Chuji's birthday. It was thought that Qiu would return to earth as an immortal on this day

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 4

    Continue to next destination - Niujie Mosque, it is an ancient mosque that is thought to be among the oldest and most important mosques in China and  It is the largest mosque in Beijing, and is an important place for Muslims in Beijing.  The outside architecture is Chinese with interior decoration combined with Arabia style.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Infant (1-3 years old) are free providing they do not occupy a seat
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Pls note that the itinerary is flexible and we can adjust it according to your personal interests, the weather or any unexpected conditions.
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