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What are the scenic spots in China and which ones are worth visiting?

China’s scenic spots include the Great Wall, Guilin Landscape, Forbidden City, West Lake in Hangzhou, Suzhou Gardens, Huangshan Mountain in Anhui, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, Chengde Summer Resort, and Qin Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an. All ten scenic spots are worth visiting. .

The Great Wall, Guilin landscape, Forbidden City, and West Lake are worth visiting. The Great Wall was built during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and lasted for more than 2,000 years. The Great Wall that we refer to today mostly refers to the Great Wall built in the dynasty. It starts from the Yalu River in the east and ends at Jiayuguan Pass in the inland Gansu Province in the west. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced in 2012 that the total length of the Great Wall of China is 21,196.18 kilometers, including the Great Wall walls, trenches, individual buildings, forts and related facilities.

Guilin landscape is the general term for Guilin’s tourism resources and a world natural heritage. The typical karst terrain constitutes the unique Guilin landscape. Guilin landscape refers to a wide range and many projects. Guilin has green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves, and beautiful rocks, including mountains, waters, karst caves, stone carvings, etc. Among Guilin's landscapes, the section of the Li River flowing through Yangshuo is the most beautiful, so it has the reputation of "Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world". Guilin's terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with an altitude of 140 to 600 meters. It is a limestone karst area. When you visit Guilin in person, Guilin proves all this to you with its beautiful scenery.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of China's Ming and Qing dynasties. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located at the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture. It is one of the largest and best preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. The Forbidden City in Beijing is known as the first of the five major palaces in the world (Forbidden City in Beijing, Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia). It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle's reign (1406), based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle's reign (1420).

West Lake, located in the west of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is China's main ornamental freshwater lake and one of the first batch of national key scenic spots in China. 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 circumference of nearly 15 kilometers around the lake. The lake is separated by Gushan, Baidi, Su Causeway and Yanggong Causeway. According to the area, it is divided into five water surfaces: Waixi Lake, Xili Lake, Beili Lake, Xiaonan Lake and Yue Lake. Su Causeway and Bai Causeway cross the lake, and Xiaoyingzhou Three artificial islands, namely Huxin Pavilion and Ruan Gongdun, stand in the middle of the outer West Lake. The Leifeng Pagoda in Xizhao Mountain and the Baochu Pagoda in Baoshi Mountain complement each other across the lake.