National Day! Probably the most popular holiday in China, being that everyone gets a week off to go travel. Just don't make the mistake of going to Beijing during this time; it gets jam packed with visitors from the rest of the country. .oh, shii, that's exactly where I was. Well, best to make the most of it then. I had been to Beijing many times before, but this time I wanted to see the soul of the city: the hutong neighborhoods, the "old" Beijing, what the city was before most of it was razed to build new skyscrapers. I also had one other sidequest: to see the "new" Beijing that was being built way out in the countryside: Xiongan. This was meant to be a new division of the capital, and with claims of it being a ghost city, I wanted to see it for myself. But everything on this day would lead back to Tiananmen Square.
During China's National Day week-long holiday, Sabbatical visited Beijing, experiencing both the bustling hutongs and the futuristic Xiongan. Despite the crowds, Sabbatical explored the historic charm of old Beijing and investigated the controversial new city of Xiongan, a planned development touted as a new capital division. The journey culminated in a visit to Tiananmen Square, a symbolic heart of the nation.
National Day! Probably the most popular holiday in China, being that everyone gets a week off to go travel. Just don't make the mistake of going to Beijing during this time; it gets jam packed with visitors from the rest of the country. ...oh, shii, that's exactly where I was. Well, best to make...
Attractions in this video: Tiananmen Square, Hutongs, Forbidden City
