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Forbidden City
Address: Tiananmen Square
Phone Number: 10-6513-2255
Website: Click Here
Cost: Admission charge
Hours: Daily 8:30am-5:00pm (10 Apr-14 Oct); 8:30am-4:30pm (15 Oct-31 Mar)
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Comments: The Forbidden City is an enormous complex of courtyards, halls, pavilions and gardens, and home to an incredible collection of priceless relics, including paintings, ancient pottery and bronzes.
Zhongguo Gongyi Meishuguan (National Arts and Crafts Museum)
Address: Fuxing Men Nei Dajie 101
Phone Number: 10-6605-3476
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Cost: Admission ¥8 ($1)
Hours: Tue-Sun 9:30am-4:00pm
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Comments: This museum is dedicated to contemporary Chinese craftsmanship.
Da Zhong Si (Great Bell Temple)
Address: Bei San Huan Xi Lu 31A
Phone Number: 10-6255-0819
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Cost: Admission ¥10 ($1.25); ¥2 (15¢) extra to climb the Bell Tower
Hours: Tue-Sun 8:30am-4:00pm
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Comments: The big bell tolls once a year, on New Year's Eve. Visitors rub the handles of Qianlong's old washbasin, and climb the narrow steps to make a wish while throwing coins, believing that their wish will come true.
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