Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed US President Donald Trump at the Imperial Citadel on November 8 - which has been considered a symbol of the peak of China's feudal power for nearly 500 years.
President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump were taken from Beijing airport directly to the Forbidden City by China's top diplomat Yang Zheori.
President Xi Jinping personally guided President Donald Trump and his wife to visit the Cam Thanh Mausoleum - a UNESCO world heritage site that was closed to tourists during the day to welcome the US president and his wife.
According to Reuters, while having a tea party, Mr. Donald Trump showed Chinese President Xi Jinping a video of his niece Arabella Kushner singing Chinese and reading ancient Chinese poetry.
President Xi Jinping praised Donald Trump's niece's performance and said she deserved an "A+" score, according to Chinese state media.
Mr. Tap Can Binh expressed hope that Arabella Kushner - Ivanka Trump's daughter will soon arrive in China and said that she is a "child star" in China, Xinhua reported.
A video of Arabella reading a Chinese poem has been circulating on the country's social media since the end of last year.
Also on the first day of their trip to China, the US presidential couple watched a horror film together at the Imperial Academy.
It is known that Mr. Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had dinner at the Cam Thanh Festival - becoming the first foreign leader in history to have dinner at the Cam Thanh Festival.
According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, the official welcoming ceremony for US President Donald Trump at the People's Road Festival on November 9 will be broadcast live on national television.
