På gång i Beijing (Peking), China under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Real-name timed tickets

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Spring Festival travel rush

  2 feb – 14 marKinesiskt nyårTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Heating season (15 nov – 15 mar), Winter smog days (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Skating on Houhai (20 dec – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring Festival travel rush (2 feb – 14 mar), Heating season (15 nov – 15 mar), Winter smog days (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Skating on Houhai (20 dec – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Spring Festival travel rush, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Sandstorm season

  1 mar – 15 maj · vanligtvisDammsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Spring blossom

  25 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

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

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring Festival travel rush (2 feb – 14 mar), Heating season (15 nov – 15 mar)

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Sandstorm season (1 mar – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Spring blossom (25 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Labour Day holiday, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Labour Day holiday

  1–5 majNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Sandstorm season (1 mar – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Summer rains

  1 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer rains (1 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — National Day Golden Week, Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Fragrant Hills red leaves

  15 okt – 10 nov · vanligtvisHöstfärgerTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Regel

  Heating season

  15 nov – 15 marRisk

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Winter smog days

  15 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Fragrant Hills red leaves (15 okt – 10 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Skating on Houhai

  20 dec – 15 feb · vanligtvisIssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Real-name timed tickets (1 jan – 31 dec), Heating season (15 nov – 15 mar), Winter smog days (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))