Hva som skjer i Beijing (Peking), China gjennom året

Travelt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Regel

  Real-name timed tickets

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  The Palace Museum, the Summer Palace and the ticketed Great Wall sections all sell capped time slots against a passport number, released about a week ahead and gone in minutes around the holidays. The Palace Museum also shuts on Mondays. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Spring Festival travel rush

  2. feb – 14. marKinesisk nyttårMye folkStengninger

  Forty days around the lunar new year and the largest annual movement of people anywhere. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead and the city itself goes quiet. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Heating season (15. nov – 15. mar), Winter smog days (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Skating on Houhai (20. des – 15. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spring Festival travel rush, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Spring Festival travel rush (2. feb – 14. mar), Heating season (15. nov – 15. mar), Winter smog days (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Skating on Houhai (20. des – 15. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring Festival travel rush, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Sandstorm season

  1. mar – 15. mai · vanligvisStøvsesong

  Dust off the Mongolian plateau reaches the city several times each spring, turning the sky yellow and pushing the air readings off the usual scale for a day or two. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Spring blossom

  25. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  Cherry at Yuyuantan and crab apple in the temple courtyards for about three weeks, in the short window between the sandstorms and the heat.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Spring Festival travel rush (2. feb – 14. mar), Heating season (15. nov – 15. mar)

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Sandstorm season (1. mar – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Spring blossom (25. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Labour Day holiday, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Labour Day holiday

  1.–5. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  The year's second mass-travel week after Spring Festival: domestic tourists fill the Wall, the Forbidden City sells out its cap for days, and train tickets go the hour they release. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Sandstorm season (1. mar – 15. mai (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Summer break i China, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Summer rains

  1. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisMonsunRisiko

  Most of the year's rain falls in these two months, in heavy short storms that flood underpasses and clear the air for a day afterwards.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Summer break i China, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Summer rains (1. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — National Day Golden Week, Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Helligdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1.–7. oktMye folkBestill tidlig

  The whole country travels for a week from 1 October. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City and every train seat are spoken for, and the autumn light is genuinely good. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Fragrant Hills red leaves

  15. okt – 10. nov · vanligvisHøstfargerMye folk

  The smoke trees on the hills west of the city turn from around the third week of October; weekend visitor numbers are published and the park caps entry.

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Regel

  Heating season

  15. nov – 15. marRisiko

  Central heating is switched on across the city on 15 November and off on 15 March by regulation. Flats are warm; the air outside is at its worst of the year. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Winter smog days

  15. nov – 28. feb · vanligvis

  The heating season and a still, cold high can pin a grey lid over the city for days; it is far better than it was a decade ago, but the bad spells still come in runs of three or four days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Fragrant Hills red leaves (15. okt – 10. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Skating on Houhai

  20. des – 15. feb · vanligvisIssesong

  Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance. It is the one winter thing Beijingers actually queue for. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Real-name timed tickets (1. jan – 31. des), Heating season (15. nov – 15. mar), Winter smog days (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))