{"id":9104,"date":"2010-09-07T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/forbidden-citys-phase-one-expansion-complete-2\/"},"modified":"2010-09-07T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T06:31:00","slug":"forbidden-citys-phase-one-expansion-complete-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/09\/forbidden-citys-phase-one-expansion-complete-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden City&#8217;s Phase One Expansion Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/288725.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/288725.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>Aside from the Great Wall, the Forbidden City is China&#8217;s most famous<br \/>tourist destination. Receiving tens of thousands of visitors per day it<br \/>get to be a pretty crowded city. To alleviate the congestion, the Chinese<br \/>government has just completed restoration and opening of previously closed<br \/>sections of the palace.<\/p>\n<p>The central axis of the Forbidden City has long been open, but its<br \/>thousands of courtyards on the sides have been mainly closed. The<br \/>renovations have concentrated on opening these previously closed<br \/>courtyards. The courtyards had been occupied by government institutions<br \/>who have been relocated.<\/p>\n<p>Tour groups tend to follow the central axis through the Forbidden City<br \/>which can get congested. The China Guide (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechinaguide.com\/\">www.TheChinaGuide.com<\/a>) takes its<br \/>visitors off the main trail and allows time to explore the newly opened<br \/>courtyards in the Forbidden City, which are missed by most groups as they<br \/>rush through.<br \/>&#8220;We do not put a time pressure on our clients and allow them to meander<br \/>through the Forbidden City&#8217;s hidden rooms and museums with the help of our<br \/>guide. Its when I get out of the crowds and am standing in a quiet<br \/>courtyard I can imagine the history that must have occurred there. I like<br \/>sitting on a bench looking at the worn pavement stones and classical<br \/>architecture. In this quiet environment the people who passed their lives<br \/>here and the events that occurred can be felt&#8221; comments Peter Danford, the<br \/>American owner and manager of The China Guide.<\/p>\n<p>The China Guide&#8217;s tours run on a flexible time schedule allowing guests to<br \/>linger in places they find interesting. Tours are mainly private, with<br \/>guides and drivers trained in the finer aspects of western style service.<\/p>\n<p>A western owned and managed travel agency, The China Guide aims to treat<br \/>its guests like family. There are no factory shopping stops, meals are in<br \/>quality local restaurants, guides are carefully screened and client<br \/>satisfaction is the priority.<\/p>\n<p>For complete details on The China Guide&#8217;s tours and staff visit<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechinaguide.com\/\">www.TheChinaGuide.com<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from the Great Wall, the Forbidden City is China&#8217;s most famoustourist destination. Receiving tens of thousands of visitors per day itget to be a pretty crowded city. To alleviate the congestion, the Chinesegovernment has just completed restoration and opening of previously closedsections of the palace. The central axis of the Forbidden City has long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}