Optional Side Tour— Beijing Underground City Visit

　Here, the underground city does not mean Beijing Subway System, but it is a real underground city for the shelter of Beijing people. The story has it from the following. This subterranean complex is a relic of the Sino-Soviet conflict in 1969 over the Zhenbao Island in the Amur River ( Heilongjiang ), a time when our Chairman Mao ordered the construction of the underground bomb shelters complex in the event of a Soviet attack. The designers apparently installed special ventilation systems with hatches against chemical attack and it is claimed that the tunnels and rooms ten meters underground were constructed by 70,000 workers in the early 1970s. The paranoia of that period called for forty percent of the population in Beijing to stay in the underground city and the remainder to be moved out to neighboring hills. It has also been called the Underground Great Wall since they had the same purpose: military defense.

　The complex is said to cover an area of 85 square kilometers with a thousand anti-air raid structures. There is no authoritative information on how far the mostly hand-dug tunnels stretch, but they supposedly link all areas of central Beijing , from Xidan and Xuanwumen to Qianmen and Chongwen districts, to as far as the Western Hills. It is now claimed to have ninety entrances to modified shops, theaters, roller skating rinks, hotels, restaurants, school reading rooms, factories, warehouse, or even mushroom cultivation units and barber shops. Of course, the underground city was thankfully never needed for its intended purpose, but it has been maintained by officials. Water conservancy authorities check it every year during rainy season, and it is included in anti-vermin sweeps.

　Despite the so many entrances, foreign visitors to see the original underground structure are only shown a small approved section through a small shop front in Qianmen south of Tiananmen. Through the small shop we immediately descended into a subterranean entrance with different passage-ways capable of taking three to four people abreast. There were quarters of soldiers, hospital, store rooms, conferences and other rooms. The air shaft was opened to show how the ventilation could be shut to protect against water and chemicals. Various tunnels had directions pointing to Nanjing and Tianjing. Interestingly, though somewhat unbelievable, someone mentioned that the underground passage from Beijing can run all the way to Tianjing.

　All these could make you a surprise, it should be worth to see.

Tour Quotation:

  Remark: Tour price should be discussed during 2008 Beijing Olympic period from July to September

Remark: the price will be based on per person

　All the quotation will be including:

　1.  Private escorted tour

　2.  All the Entrance fees listed in the itinerary

　3.  Skillful driver with private vehicle

　4.  Excellent local guide

　5.  Domestic transportation
    　 * All the ground transfer

　6.  All the quotation is by US Dollars which is based on the rate of Bank of China

　7.  Cancellation policy: Cancellation should be informed three days before departure otherwise should have 30% penalty of total price.

　8.  Payment policy: All the payment should be three days in advance before departure when you received the final confirmation and tickets

　9.  Payment method: cash, credit card and wire transfer

 　   All the quotation will be NOT including:

　1.   International ticket

　2.  All the meals

　3.  Hotel

　4.  Personal Expenses.

　5.  Gratuities, Tips to guides or drivers

　Notes: All the quotation would be changed due to the unexpected reason.