Visiting the Forbidden City, A Step Closer to Jiangxi Grand Beijing Hotel

The Jiangxi Grand Beijing Hotel is a few blocks away from the Forbidden City, so you can visit the place during an early morning walk. You can always bring your camera with to get a shot of the old imperial city.

Forbidden City

From the Jiangxi Grand Beijing Hotel, you can see the Forbidden City which extends an area of approximately 72 hectares with a total floor distance of about 150, 000 square meters. Inside the square are 90 palaces and courtyards, 980 buildings and 8,704 rooms. All the gates, palaces and other structures of the Forbidden City were set on both sides of the south-north central axis which symbolized the supreme authority of the emperor from the God and the place of his dwelling as the center of the world.

Compass Café Your Jiangxi Grand Beijing Hotel Compass in Beijing

Compass Café

Compass Café is a coffe and novelty shop in one. A small coffee shop that’s famous for its decorative setting and delicious meals. It is a 26-minute ride from the Jiangxi Grand Beijing Hotel, so if you visit Compass Café, step right into it.

Compass Café presents you a wide variety of Chinese teas and snacks, in addition to original Jamaican and Brazilian coffees. Compass Café is also a boutique store filled with a festivity of captivating Chinese handicrafts such as Chinese knots, kites, china figurines, and cloth puppet. This petite coffee house has a free WIFI internet access so you can surf the internet, and check on your loved ones as you enjoy an afternoon break. They also lease bicycles for you to go around and inside the Forbidden City,

Nan Er Chun Tea Shop

Smell the fresh green tea leaves mixed with the sweet aroma of flowers. You will enjoy a hot serving of flower tea and taste the sweetness select flower species.

When you buy it from Nan Er Chun, this flower tea is formed into a ball. So before brewing, you’ll see that the green tea leaves are at the bottom, and the dried flowers are at the top. When you pour hot water into the tea glass, the flower will start to expand. It looks like a beautiful flower blossoming in the water.

Make this a regular habit and you will feel your skin smoother and softer.

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