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English names of famous tourist attractions in China.

Beihai Park 1 Beihai Park

It is located in the center of Beijing, west of Jingshan Mountain and northwest of the Forbidden City. Together with the China Sea and the South China Sea, it is called the Three Seas. 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. Originally built in Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, it was built as a royal garden in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is one of the oldest, most complete, most comprehensive and most representative royal gardens in China. It opened in 1925. It is the oldest and most complete royal garden in China, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

2. Palace Museum

The Palace Museum in Beijing was established in June 1925+ 10/0, located in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is a comprehensive museum in China established on the basis of the imperial palaces and their collections in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is also the largest museum of ancient culture and art in China. Its cultural relics collection mainly comes from the old collection of the Qing Dynasty Palace, and it is the first batch of national patriotic education demonstration bases.

3. Museum of Revolutionary History

The Chinese Revolutionary History Museum, formerly known as the Chinese History Museum, is a national museum. Its main task is to collect the important historical relics of the country, show the long and splendid historical civilization of China, conduct archaeological research on the historical relics of China, and use them for social education. Formerly known as Beiping National Museum of History, it was established in the preparation office of imperial academy City Root in 19 12, and then moved to Duanmen to Wumen (north of Tiananmen Square) and opened at 1926+00+00. 1959 In July, a new Chinese History Museum was built on the east side of Tiananmen Square and officially opened to the public in July. 196 1.

4. Tiananmen Square in Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, East Chang 'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It starts from Tiananmen Square in the north, ends at Zhengyangmen in the south, ends at China National Museum in the east and ends at the Great Hall of the People in the west. It is 880 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 440,000 square meters, and can accommodate 1 10,000 people for a grand gathering. It is the largest city square in the world.

5. Chairman Mao Memorial Hall Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall was built in memory of the founding leader Mao Zedong, located in Tiananmen Square. The south of the Monument to the People's Heroes is located in the former site of Zhonghua Gate. 1976165438+1On October 24th, according to the resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the groundbreaking ceremony for Chairman Mao Memorial Hall was held in Tiananmen Square.

6. Great Hall of the People

The Great Hall of the Central People in People's Republic of China (PRC) is located on the west side of Tiananmen Square and the south side of West Chang 'an Avenue in China. The Great Hall of the People is east-west, 336 meters long from north to south, 206 meters wide from east to west and 46.5 meters high. Covering an area of 1.5 million square meters, and building area of 1.7 1.8 million square meters.

7. Huangguoshu Waterfall

Huangguoshu Waterfall, namely Huangguoshu Waterfall. In ancient times, there was Baishui River Waterfall, also known as Huanggeshu Waterfall or Huangjueshu Waterfall, which was named after the wide distribution of "Huanggerong" in the local area. ? Located in Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, China, it belongs to Baishui River system downstream of Booker, a tributary of Dabang River, the main stream of Xijiang River in the Pearl River system. It is the largest first-class waterfall in Huangguoshu Waterfall Group and one of the world-famous waterfalls. It is famous for its huge water resources potential. The waterfall is 77.8 meters high, of which the main waterfall is 67 meters high; Waterfall width 10 1 m, in which the top of the main waterfall is 83.3 m wide. Huangguoshu Waterfall is a typical karst landform erosion crack waterfall.

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