Beijing Attractions

In Chinese, the Great Wall is also called the “Ten thousand Li Great Wall”. It took over 2,000 years to build this miracle. Stretching 6,700 kilometers from Jiayuguan in Gansu Province to Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province, it is regarded as the most magnificent architectural achievement of the diligent and wise Chinese people.

The Forbidden City is also known as the Palace Museum. Consisting of over 9,000 rooms and spread over 250 acres, this large palace complex was built between 1406 and 1420, but was burnt down, rebuilt, sacked and renovated countless times.

Located in the heart of Beijing City, Tiananmen Square is the site for massive parades and rallies, which is the largest square of this kind in the world. It can hold about one million people for public celebration or gatherings.

As the largest royal garden in China, Beijing’s Summer Palace is actually a parklike imperial retreat spread out over 10 square miles. Located in northwest suburban Beijing, the Summer Palace is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China.

Located in the southern part of Beijing, Temple of Heaven has been one of the most holy places for the whole country for more than five centuries. It used as a complex of sacrificial buildings for the Ming and Qing emperors, and is the largest one in Beijing among several royal altars to Heaven, Earth, the Sun, the Moon and other deities or symbolic forces of Nature.

National Museum of China is a comprehensive museum focusing on history and the arts, systematically chronically China’s long and rich history. It is the best place to have a quick look at Chinese history and culture.

Located in Changping County, the Ming Tombs are a cluster of 13 mausoleums, and are the final resting places of 13 Ming Dynasty emperors. The tombs cover a total area of 120K square kilometers and were listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2003.