What are the top ten scenic spots in China?

The top ten scenic spots in China include the Great Wall, Guilin Landscape, West Lake in Hangzhou, Forbidden City in Beijing, Suzhou Gardens, Huangshan in Anhui, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, Summer Resort, and Qinling Terracotta Warriors.

1. The Great Wall

The Great Wall was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has a history of more than 2,000 years and a total length of more than 50 million meters. The Great Wall we refer to today mostly refers to the Great Wall built in the dynasty. It starts from Jiayuguan in Gansu in the west and ends at the Yalu River in Liaoning in the east, with a length of 6.35 million meters. It is like a powerful dragon, crossing mountains, passing through cliffs, passing through grasslands, crossing deserts, undulating on the tops of mountains, the other side of the Yellow River and the coast of the Bohai Sea. At all times and in all countries, everyone who has visited the Great Wall is amazed by its majestic momentum, grand scale and arduous engineering.

2. Guilin Landscape

Guilin City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is a world-famous scenic tourist city and a famous historical and cultural city. It is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the southwest of the Nanling Mountains. It is a typical "karst" karst landform. The limestone all over the city has been weathered and eroded for hundreds of millions of years, forming a unique landscape surrounded by thousands of peaks, surrounded by water, and beautiful caves and rocks. It is praised by the world as "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world." ".

3. The Forbidden City in Beijing

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the first of the five largest palaces in the world. The other four are the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the Kremlin in Russia, and the Emperor's Palace in the White House of the United States. After the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, decided to move the capital to Beijing after seizing the throne, he began to build the Forbidden City Palace and it was completed in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). According to ancient Chinese astrology theory, the Purple Star (the North Star) is located in the mid-heaven and is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. Heaven and man correspond to each other. Therefore, the residence of the Emperor is also called the Forbidden City.

4. Suzhou Gardens

The history of Suzhou gardens can be traced back to the gardens of King Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period in the 6th century BC. Private gardens were first recorded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4th century). Xinjiang Garden has flourished in the past dynasties, and there are more and more famous gardens. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Suzhou became one of the most prosperous areas in China, with private gardens scattered inside and outside the ancient city. In its heyday from the 16th to the 18th century, Suzhou had more than 200 gardens, and dozens of them are still well preserved. As a result, Suzhou is known as the "Paradise on Earth".

5. Qin Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors

In 1974, an underground building and terracotta warriors were discovered in Xiyang Village, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, located 1 km east of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum. This incident shocked the world. This is the Qinling Terracotta Warriors and Horses, known as the "eighth wonder of the world". These all show the majestic military appearance of Qin Shihuang, who was powerful all over the world and unified the six countries. They show extremely high plastic arts and are a unique treasure house of culture and art in the world. In 1987, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were approved by UNESCO to be included in the World Heritage List.