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Back to The Past - Hutong and Great Wall (Summer Holiday June 2019)

On third day, we were back to China ancient days.
We started our journey with Hutong tour. We took rickshaws and exploring around Hutong - Shicahai Area and visiting Drum Tower.
Hutong is the small alleys between the neighbours. In olden days, the house for commoners are gray colors and located outside Forbidden city.
We visited one of the preserved house with courtyards in the middle of the house.
This typical house reminded me of Peranakan house which I believed they were inspired by this ancient house in China.










After that, we headed to The Mutianyu Great Wall of China and the journey took 1.5 hours.
Reaching there, we fuelled our tummy before facing and conquering the giant.
We had local delicacies like La-mien, pancake, kuotie and fried rice.



Then, it's time to face and conquer the giant wall.
We went up by using chair lift and it took around 20 minutes to the peak of mountain.
There, we climbed the steep stairs to go from one watch tower to another watch tower.
We arrived there afternoon and it's so quiet so we took many beautiful pictures and enjoyed the scenery.












After satisfied and proud of our ancestors, we use toboggan to climb down the mountain.
It's so fun and trilling. We love it  !

To end the story, we impromptu booked Kungfu Show which only available in China.
We expected it's a lousy and old kind of entertainment. But it turns out more than what we expected.
 We loved it, the story was clear and enlightening, the light and sound effects were so modern.
It's a one kind of experience that we always remembered.








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