What are the top ten famous scenic spots in China?

The top ten scenic spots in China refer to the selection results initiated by China Tourism News 1985, namely the Great Wall in Wan Li, the landscape in Guilin, the West Lake in Hangzhou, the Forbidden City in Beijing, Suzhou Gardens, Huangshan Mountain in Anhui, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Sun Moon Lake, chengde mountain resort and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Qin.

Wan Li Great Wall 1

The Great Wall, also known as the Great Wall of Wan Li, is an ancient military defense project in China. It is a tall, solid and continuous long wall, which is used to limit the enemy's actions. The Great Wall is not an isolated wall.

It is a defense system with the city wall as the main body and a large number of cities, obstacles, pavilions and landmarks. The history of the construction of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the famous allusion "bonfire drama princes" occurred in Haojing, the capital (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi) originated from this.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countries competed for hegemony and defended each other, and the construction of the Great Wall entered its first climax, but the construction length at this time was relatively short. After Qin destroyed the six countries and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, which was called the Great Wall of Wan Li.

2. Guilin landscape

Guilin landscape is the general name of Guilin tourism resources. National AAAAA-level tourist attraction, one of the top ten scenic spots in China, Guilin landscape is the representative of China landscape, and the typical karst terrain constitutes a unique Guilin landscape.

Guilin landscape refers to a wide range of projects. The landscape of Guilin is "green hills, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful stones", including mountains, water, caves and stone carvings. Its landscape is world-famous and has enjoyed the reputation of "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" for thousands of years.

20 14 On June 23rd, the second phase of karst project in southern China, headed by Guilin, was successfully applied for the World Heritage, and it officially became a world natural heritage, and Guilin landscape was listed in the World Natural Heritage List.

3. West Lake in Hangzhou

Located in the west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, West Lake is the first batch of national key scenic spots in Chinese mainland and one of the top ten scenic spots in China. It is one of the main ornamental freshwater lakes in Chinese mainland, one of the few lakes in the World Heritage List, and the only lake cultural heritage in China.

The West Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with an area of about 6.39 square kilometers, a width of about 2.8 kilometers from east to west, a length of about 3.2 kilometers from north to south, and a lake area of about 15 kilometers. The lake is separated by an isolated mountain, Bai Causeway, Su Causeway and Yang Gongdi.

According to the size of the area, there are five water surfaces, namely Waixi Lake, Xili Lake, Beili Lake, Xiaonanhu Lake and Yuehu Lake. Su Causeway and Bai Causeway pass through the lake, while Zhou Xiaoying, Hu Xinting and Ruan Gongdun stand in the center of Waixi Lake.

Leifeng Pagoda in Zhao Xi and Baoji Pagoda in Baoshi Mountain are separated by a lake, forming the basic pattern of "one mountain, two pagodas, three islands, three dikes and five lakes".

4. The Forbidden City in Beijing

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient court architecture in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters.

There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world. The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing.

Completed in the 18th year of Yongle (1420). It is a rectangular city with a length of 96 1 m from north to south and a width of 753 m from east to west. Surrounded by a wall with a height of 10 meter, there is a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The architecture of the Forbidden City is divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.

The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, which are collectively called the three halls, and are the places where the country holds ceremonies. The center of the Forbidden City is Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, collectively referred to as the last three palaces, which are the main palaces where emperors and empresses live.

5. Suzhou gardens

Suzhou Classical Garden, referred to as Suzhou Garden for short, is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA tourist attraction and one of the top ten scenic spots in China. Suzhou classical gardens are known as "the city of gardens".

Enjoy the reputation of "Jiangnan garden is the best in the world, Suzhou garden is the first in the south of the Yangtze River" and "Gankun is only a stone's throw away". Suzhou classical gardens began in Gusu, the capital of the Kingdom of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, formed in the Five Dynasties, matured in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

By the end of Qing Dynasty, there were more than 65,438+070 gardens of various colors in Suzhou. At present, there are more than 60 complete gardens and 65,438+09 open to the outside world, including Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master Garden and Yiyuan Garden.

Suzhou classical gardens have their unique historical position and value in the history of world gardening. Suzhou classical gardens, with their superb artistic techniques of freehand brushwork of landscapes, contain strong traditional thoughts and cultural connotations of China. It is a model of oriental civilization gardening art, and a leader and pride of China garden culture.

6. Huangshan, Anhui

Huangshan Mountain is located in Huangshan City in the south of Anhui Province, with 72 peaks. The elevation of the main peak Lotus Peak1864m. It, together with Guangmingding and Tiandu Peak, is also called the three main peaks of Huangshan Mountain, and it is one of the 36 peaks. Huangshan Mountain is the symbol of Anhui tourism and the only mountain view among the top ten scenic spots in China.

Huangshan Mountain, formerly known as "Yishan", is famous for its blue-black peaks and overlooking the sky. Later, it was renamed "Huangshan" because it was said that Xuanyuan Huangdi was an alchemist here. Huangshan Mountain is a landscape represented by "four wonders and three waterfalls".

Four wonders: strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs; Three waterfalls: herringbone waterfall, Baizhang Spring and Jiulong Waterfall. Huangshan welcoming pine is a symbol of the warm and friendly people in Anhui, bearing the oriental etiquette culture that embraces the world.

7. Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, also known as the Xiajiang River or the Great Three Gorges, is located on the main stream of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China and Hubei Province, starting from Baidicheng, fengjie county, Chongqing in the west and reaching Nanjinguan, Yichang, Hubei Province in the east, with a total length of193km, and consists of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge.

The Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River has been completed in Yichang, Hubei Province, which is the largest water conservancy control project in the world. Qutangxia is located in Fengjie, Chongqing, and Wuxia is located in Wushan, Chongqing and Badong, Enshi, Hubei.

Xiling Gorge is located in Zigui County, Yichang City, Hubei Province. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River has two national 5A-level tourist attractions: Three Gorges Dam and Three Gorges Renjia Scenic Area, which is one of the top ten scenic spots in China.

The first batch of national scenic spots. 1The Three Gorges Kuimen landscape on the back of RMB in 0 yuan highlights the important symbolic position of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China's long history and culture.

8. Sun Moon Lake

Sun Moon Lake, located in Shuishe Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, is the only natural lake in Taiwan Province Province, which is formed by accumulated water in the fault basin between Yushan Mountain and Alishan Mountain. The lake is 760 meters above sea level, with an area of about 9 square kilometers, an average water depth of 30 meters and a circumference of about 35 kilometers.

Sun Moon Lake is surrounded by mountains, surrounded by mountains and waters. The lake is crystal clear, vast and picturesque. Whenever the sun sets and the new moon rises, the sunlight and the moon shadow set each other off, which is more elegant, quiet and poetic.

There is an island in Sun Moon Lake, which looks like a bead floating on the water from a distance. Its name is Zhu Ziyu (Guanghua Island). Taking this island as the boundary, the northern half lake looks like a full moon and the southern half lake looks like a crescent moon, hence the name Sun Moon Lake.

9. chengde mountain resort

Chengde mountain resort, also known as "Chengde Palace" or "Rehe Palace", is located in a narrow valley along the west bank of Wulie River in the north of Chengde City, Hebei Province, and is the place where the Qing emperors spent their summer holidays and handled government affairs.

The summer resort was founded in 1703, and it took 89 years to complete after Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. The summer resort takes the quaint and elegant mountain village wild interest as its style, takes the true colors of natural landscape and absorbs the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River in the north.

It has become the largest existing ancient palace in China. The summer resort is divided into four parts: palace area, lake area, plain area and mountain area. The whole resort is watery in the southeast and mountainous in the northwest.

It is the epitome of China's natural landforms, a brilliant milestone in the history of China gardens, a masterpiece of China's classical garden art and the highest model of China's classical gardens.

10, Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Qin Mausoleum

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Terracotta warriors and horses are a category of ancient tomb sculptures. In ancient times, human sacrifice was practiced, and slaves were accessories of slave owners before their death. When they die, the slaves will be buried with the slave owners as sacrifices. Terracotta warriors and horses were made into sacrifices in the shape of troops (chariots, horses and soldiers). ?

196 1 On March 4th, the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. 1March, 974, the Terracotta Warriors were discovered; From 65438 to 0987, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the Terracotta Warriors Pit were approved by UNESCO to be included in the World Heritage List.