Monday is the Lantern Festival, the grand finale to the fifteen-day celebration of the lunar new year and another occasion to pray for a good year. It's time to appreciate the full moon and solve lantern riddles. Here are some more options to spend the day.
Snacking by Beijing's lake Shichahai
Located in the meandering Xiyou hutong at Shichahai, Nine Gates Snacks opened at the end of June 2006, featuring traditional Beijing snacks. Twelve vendors offer brand-name Beijing snacks in a traditional courtyard setting.
TherestaurantisnamedaftertheninegatessurroundedBeijing,and
sellsallofthecapital'sauthentictraditionalBeijingsnacks.
The restaurant is named after the nine gates surrounded Beijing, and sells all of the capital's authentic traditional Beijing snacks. Some of these, like Bingtang hulu, or hawthorns with sugar icing, can be found practically everywhere in Beijing. Others, like Chaogede, or stir-fried flour lumps, flour tea and fried milk are much more unusual.
ThisisthetrueflavorofBeijing.
While you are happily eating, traditional performances of Peking Opera, acrobatics, and stand-up comedy are staged nearby.
This is the true flavor of Beijing.
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