Top ten scenic spots and historical sites

The top ten scenic spots and historical sites are as follows:

The top ten scenic spots and historical sites in China refer to the ten scenic spots and historical sites of Wan Li Great Wall, Guilin Landscape, Beijing Forbidden City, Hangzhou West Lake, Suzhou Garden, Anhui Huangshan Mountain, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, chengde mountain resort and Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi 'an, which were initiated by China Tourism News in 1985 and organized by the people all over the country for more than half a year. These ten scenic spots are distributed in the east, west, north and south of the motherland, including natural landscapes, historical buildings, cultural landscapes and cultural relics.

The Great Wall of Wan Li, a great military building in China, is known as a miracle in the history of ancient human architecture. The Great Wall Belt, which is composed of the vast northern and southern regions with the Great Wall of Wan Li as the intermediary, runs through a considerable part of Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Qinghai and Xinjiang. Its range is about hundreds or even thousands of kilometers wide from north to south and thousands of kilometers long from east to west.

Guilin's landscape is the best in the world. Guilin, Guangxi is a world-famous scenic city and a famous historical and cultural city. It is located in the northeast of Guangxi and the southwest of Nanling Mountain System, with the east longitude of 19 45'-14 4'' and the north latitude of 24 18'-25 41'', with an average elevation of 15 meters. It is a typical karst landform, and limestone all over the city has been weathered and soaked for hundreds of millions of years.

The Forbidden City in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, located in the center of Beijing. The Forbidden City is 75 meters wide from east to west and 96 meters long from north to south, with an area of 72, square meters, the highest in the world. The whole building of the Forbidden City is surrounded by two solid defense lines, and the periphery is surrounded by a moat with a width of 52 meters and a depth of 6 meters. Then there is the city wall with a circumference of 3 kilometers, which is nearly 1 meters high and 8.62 meters wide at the bottom.

Hangzhou West Lake is located in the west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, in the center of Hangzhou. It was formerly called Wulin Water, Qiantang Lake and Xizi Lake, and was called West Lake only in the Song Dynasty. The lake is 3.3 kilometers long from north to south and 2.8 kilometers wide from east to west. The original water surface area is 5.64 square kilometers, including 6.3 square kilometers of islands in the lake, and the circumference of the lake shore is 15 kilometers. The average depth is 1.21 meters, the maximum depth is 6.52 meters, the shallowest part is less than 1 meter, and the most muddy part is over 5 meters. Nowadays, with the "West Lake westward" expanding to 6.5 square kilometers, it basically reached the area of the West Lake 3 years ago.

The history of Suzhou gardens can be traced back to the gardens of the King of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period of the 6th century BC. Private gardens were first seen in the Pijiang Garden in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4th century), and gardens were flourishing in past dynasties, with more and more famous gardens. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Suzhou became one of the most prosperous areas in China, with private gardens all over the ancient city. During its heyday in the 16th and 18th centuries, there were more than 2 gardens in Suzhou, and dozens of them were well preserved, which made Suzhou known as a paradise on earth.

Huangshan is a collection of famous mountains. The majestic Mount Tai, the precipitous Huashan Mountain, the misty clouds of Hengshan Mountain, the waterfalls of Lushan Mountain, the exquisite stones of Yandang Mountain and the beauty of Emei Mountain are all combined in Huangshan Mountain. Traveler and geographer in Ming Dynasty? Xu Xiake visited Huangshan Mountain twice and said with admiration, "There are no mountains in the world when you climb Huangshan Mountain, so the view is over." It also has the reputation of "Five Mountains come back without looking at the mountains, and Huangshan comes back without looking at the mountains". It is also known as the "first wonder mountain in the world".

Three Gorges of the Yangtze River: the collective name of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, referred to as the Three Gorges for short. It is one of the top 1 scenic spots in China and the top 4 tourist attractions in China. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starts from Baidicheng in Fengjie, Chongqing in the west and reaches Nanjinguan in Yichang, Hubei in the east. It is the floorboard of the three Gorges of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge, and it is the most magnificent landscape gallery on the Yangtze River, with a total length of 192 kilometers, which is often called the "Great Three Gorges".

Sun Moon Lake is the "Tianchi Lake" in Taiwan Province, with a circumference of 35 kilometers and a water area of more than 9 square kilometers. It is the largest natural lake in the province and one of the few famous alpine lakes in China. Its land is surrounded by lakes and mountains, and the lake is clear and blue. There are natural islands emerging in the lake, which are as round as pearls, forming a beautiful landscape of "green hills with clear water and green pearls in Mingtan".

chengde mountain resort, once the summer palace of the Qing emperor in China, was composed of imperial palaces, royal gardens and magnificent temples. Located in Chengde City, Hebei Province, 23 kilometers away from Beijing. The summer resort is located in the narrow valley on the west bank of Wulie River in the north of Chengde downtown. It was built in 173 and took 89 years to complete after three generations of emperors in Qing Dynasty: Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Mausoleum are located at the northern foot of Mount Li, 5 kilometers east of Lintong District, Xi 'an City, Shaanxi Province. They are the burial pits of the first emperor Qin Shihuang (259 BC-21 BC) in China history and are known as one of the eighth wonders in the world. The burial pit of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang is the largest underground military museum in the world. The arched exhibition hall built on the site of the No.1 pit of Terracotta Warriors and Horses has set up the "Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang", which is open to Chinese and foreign tourists.