Beijing Half Day Tour: 798 Art Zone, Houhai Lake and Hutong with Rickshaw Ride

Meet up with your friendly private guide and driver in your hotel lobby, and start an art tour at 798 Art Zone where you will see a lot of modern art works, studios, and galleries, have a leisurely walk at this area.

Then, continue come to Hutong area, and enjoy a relax rickshaw ride in this interesting old Beijing neighborhood area. Visit one the local family courtyard, and passby the Houhai Lake, stop at the Yin Ding bridge take photos. Professional guide will share with you the history and stories about the area.

Followed with visiting the famous artist Qi Bai shi's (1864 --- 1957 ) former residence at Yu'er Hu tong. Qi Bai Shi was the most outstanding Chinese painting masters in the 20th century of china. His shrimp paintings are so famous, soak in his vivid shrimps with different shapes at his different ages, translucent texture also various, lively and attractive. Enjoy many his art works and listen his stories at the exhibition rooms from your guide, his painting style was incomparable. When tour finishes, you will transferred back to your hotel.