Top ten tourist attractions in Beijing

The top ten tourist attractions in Beijing are Beihai Park, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Badaling Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Yuanmingyuan, Bird's Nest, Xiangshan, Ming Tombs and Houhai.

1. Beihai Park: Located in the central area of Beijing, west of Jingshan Mountain in the city and northwest of the Forbidden City, it is also known as the Three Seas with China Sea and South China Sea, and belongs to the ancient royal gardens in China. The whole park is centered on Beihai, covering an area of about 7 1 hectare, with 583 mu of water surface and 480 mu of land.

2. Forbidden City: Located in the center of Beijing's central axis, it is the essence of ancient palace architecture in China. It is the imperial palace of Ming and Qing dynasties, and is called the Forbidden City.

3. Summer Palace: Located in the western suburbs of Beijing, it was the royal garden in China during the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Qingyi Garden. It is a large-scale landscape garden with Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain as the background and Hangzhou West Lake as the basis, drawing lessons from the design techniques of Jiangnan gardens. It is also the most well-preserved royal palace and royal home forest, and is known as the "Royal Garden Museum".

4. Badaling Great Wall: Located at the north entrance of Guangou Ancient Road, Jundushan, Yanqing District, Beijing, it is an important part of Wan Li Great Wall, a great defense project in ancient China, and the pass of Ming Great Wall. Badaling Great Wall is an important outpost of Juyongguan, which is known as "the danger of Juyongguan lies in Badaling, not in it".

5. Temple of Heaven: Located in the south of Beijing, on the east side of Yongdingmennei Street in Dongcheng District. It is the place where emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the emperor and prayed for a bumper harvest of grain. The Temple of Heaven is the floorboard of two altars, Qiuqiu and Gucci. It has double altar walls, forming an inner and outer altar. The altar wall is round in the south and round in the north, which symbolizes the round place.

6. Yuanmingyuan: Located in the northwest suburb of Beijing, adjacent to the Summer Palace, it consists of Yuanmingyuan, Changchun Garden and Wanchun Garden, so it is also called Yuanming Three Gardens. In addition, there are many small gardens in the east, west and south, surrounded by stars. The garden area is very large, with a landscape of * * *, 150, which is called "the garden of ten thousand gardens".

7. Bird's Nest: Located in the south of the central area of Beijing Olympic Park, it is the main stadium of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, track and field competitions and football finals are all held here.

8. Xiangshan: Located at No.40 Maimao Street, Haidian District, Beijing, it is a royal garden with mountain forest characteristics. Xiangfeng, the main peak of the scenic spot, is commonly known as Ghost Seeing Sorrow, with an altitude of 557 meters.

9. The Ming Tombs: Located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, about 50 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square. The mausoleum is surrounded by mountains, with a plain in the middle and a winding river in front of it. This is the land of royal tombs. Thirteen tombs of emperors, seven tombs of concubines and one tomb of eunuchs have been built successively.

10, Houhai: Located in Xicheng District, Beijing, it is an integral part of Shichahai and consists of three water surfaces: Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. In order to distinguish it from the "first three seas" of the North Sea, the China Sea and the South China Sea, it is called the "last three lakes".

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Beihai Park Baidu Encyclopedia-Houhai Baidu Encyclopedia-Ming Tombs.