Must-see tourist attractions in Beijing

The top ten famous tourist attractions in Beijing are as follows

1. When you first arrive in Beijing, the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square is one of the must-see attractions. It is located on the central axis of Beijing. On the east and west sides of the square are the Great Hall of the People and the National Museum. 2. The Great Wall is known as one of the seven medieval wonders of the world, a world cultural heritage and a national 5A-level scenic spot. It is a famous section in Beijing, including Badaling, Juyongguan, Mutianyu, and especially the Badaling Great Wall. It was the first section of the Great Wall opened to tourists in the Ming Dynasty and is also the most essential part of the Great Wall. It is called the Majestic First.

3. The Summer Palace is a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Qingyi Garden. Based on Hangzhou West Lake and drawing on Jiangnan garden design techniques, it is a large-scale landscape garden, a world cultural heritage, a national 5A-level scenic spot, and one of the four major gardens in China. The Summer Palace has several distinctive landscapes, and Suzhou Street has a Jiangnan charm.

4. The Temple of Heaven, a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped the emperor and prayed for a good harvest, is a world cultural heritage and a national 5A-level scenic spot. The Temple of Heaven is the collective name for the two altars, the mound and the valley. It has two altars and walls, forming an inner altar and an outer altar. The altar walls are round in shape from north to south, symbolizing the round sky.

5. Xiangshan is a royal garden with mountain forest characteristics. The highest peak is Luxiangfeng with an altitude of 557 meters. It is now a national 4A-level scenic spot. Although the mountain is not very high, there are many attractions in this area. There are Shuangqing villas here.

6. The Ming Tombs are the mausoleum buildings of the thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, a world cultural heritage, and a national 5A-level scenic spot. However, the Ming Tombs scenic area is now open to tourists, including the Dingling Tombs of Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun, Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Changling Tombs of Zhu Di, and Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.

7. Beihai Park, Zhonghai and Nanhai are together called the Three Seas. It belongs to the royal gardens of ancient China. It was first built in the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties and was turned into an imperial garden in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The mention of the North Sea rings in our ears. Let us paddle to the beautiful melody and take a stroll in Beihai Park with childhood memories and longings.

8. The Zhoukoudian Gyeonggi Site is a world cultural heritage and a national 4A-level scenic spot. Since the excavation in 1921, the first Beijingers 700,000 to 200,000 years ago and Shangding Cave Man 30,000 to 10,000 years ago have been unearthed here, dating back to 18,000 to 11,000 BC.

9. Olympic Park, the main stadium of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, is now a national 5A-level scenic spot. It has 10 Olympic competition venues such as the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube. It is a very good scenic spot.

10. Old Summer Palace, a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty, adjacent to the Summer Palace, consists of Old Summer Palace - Changchun Garden - Wanchun Garden. It is also called the Old Summer Palace, with Qichun Garden to the south, Old Summer Palace to the west, and Changchun Garden to the east. Qichun Garden is mainly a waterscape garden. The waterscape garden is composed of many lakes and hills, and many small terraces are dotted with unique scenery.

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