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Recommended 5A scenic spots in Beijing. What are the 5A scenic spots in Beijing?

Beijing, now the capital, was once the famous Forbidden City, where the emperor lived. There are many historical buildings in Beijing now, and these attractions also represent the rise and fall of Beijing. So what are the famous 5A-level scenic spots in Beijing?

1. The Palace Museum

It is located in the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is a comprehensive museum in China, built on the basis of the Ming and Qing palaces and their collections. It is also the largest ancient culture and art museum in China. Its collection of cultural relics mainly comes from old palaces of the Qing Dynasty, and is one of the three largest palaces in the world.

The Palace Museum in Beijing is 753 meters wide from east to west and 961 meters long from north to south. It covers an area of ??723,600 square meters and is surrounded by a 10-meter-high city wall and a 52-meter-wide moat (Tongzi River). There is a gate on both sides of the city wall: the Meridian Gate in the south, the Shenwu Gate in the north, Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate on the left and right. The Noon Gate is the entrance to the tour and the Shenwu Gate is the exit. The total area of ??ancient buildings in the city is about 160,000 square meters (163,000 square meters). The layout of the entire palace building is rigorous and orderly. The layout and shape were designed and built in strict accordance with feudal etiquette and the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theories, reflecting the emperor's supreme authority.

2. Temple of Heaven Park

Southern Beijing, on the east side of Yongdingmennei Street, Dongcheng District. Covering an area of ??2.73 million square meters. The Temple of Heaven was built in the 18th year of Yongle (1420) in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt during the Qianlong and Guangxu years. It was the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped the emperor and prayed for a good harvest. It is the collective name for the two altars in the Temple of Heaven, Qiuqiu and Guqi. There are two altars and walls, forming an inner and outer altar. The walls of the altar are round in the south and round in the north, symbolizing the round sky and the land. It is mainly built on the inner altar, with the ball altar in the south and the Guqi altar in the north. The two altars are on the same north-south axis, separated by a wall. The main buildings of the Qiuqiu Altar include the Qiuqiu Altar, the Empire Dome, etc. The main buildings of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests include the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Huanggan Hall and the Door of Prayer for Good Harvests.

3. Summer Palace

The Chinese royal garden of the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Qingyi Garden, is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, covering an area of ??about 290 hectares, adjacent to the Old Summer Palace. It is a large-scale landscape garden based on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, based on Hangzhou West Lake, and drawing on Jiangnan garden design techniques. It is also the best-preserved royal palace and is known as the "Royal Garden Museum".

4. Badaling-Mutianyu Great Wall Tourist Area

Badaling is located at the north entrance of the Dujunguangou Ancient Road in Yanqing District, Beijing. It is the best preserved section of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty and the most representative section. It is the essence of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall and the outpost of Juyongguan, an important gateway of the Great Wall. The altitude is as high as 1015 meters, the terrain is dangerous and the city gate is strong. The Badaling Great Wall, known as one of the nine major blockages in the world, is the essence and outstanding representative of the Great Wall. The superb architectural skills and immortal artistic value fully reflect the wisdom and strength of the working people of ancient China.

5. The Ming Tombs

It is located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, with a total area of ??more than 120 square kilometers and about 50 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square. The Ming Tombs are located in a small basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides: east, west and north. The mausoleum area is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a plain in the middle, and a winding river in front of the mausoleum. From the construction of the mausoleum in Changling in May of the seventh year of Yongle (1409) to the burial of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in Siling, in more than 230 years, thirteen imperial mausoleums, seven concubine tombs and one eunuch tomb were built. Thirteen emperors, twenty-three queens, two princes, more than thirty concubines, and two eunuchs were buried in one day. As of 2011, the open scenic spots include Changling, Dingling, Zhaoling and Lushen.