Beijing Interactive Travel Map
Forty-seven sights across the capital — the imperial axis, the Great Wall, the hutongs, old-city food streets and the modern city — on two maps at two scales. Click a marker for details, add what you like, and the planner draws your route.
The Old City, Close Up
Dongcheng and Xicheng — the two districts inside the Second Ring Road, and the heart of imperial Beijing. The Ming city wall once ran roughly along this ring, and everything within it was laid out for the court: the Forbidden City on the central axis, the Temple of Heaven where emperors prayed for good harvests, Jingshan and Beihai as the imperial gardens, the Lama Temple and Confucius Temple for worship and learning. Between them sit the hutongs — Shichahai, Nanluoguxiang, Shijia — where the city eats, shops and still lives.
