What places of interest are there in the capital of China?

The capital of China is Beijing. There are many existing places of interest and historical sites. Central District.

Take Tiananmen Square as the main line, visit the Tiananmen Gate Tower, the Monument to the People’s Heroes, Mao Zedong Memorial Hall, the Great Hall of the People, the History Museum, the Forbidden City, Zhongshan Park, Jingshan Park, and Beihai Park.

Tiananmen Square: It is the largest city square in the world, covering an area of ??440,000 square meters, 880 meters long from north to south, and 500 meters wide from east to west.

Tiananmen: Tiananmen is the main entrance to the imperial city. It was originally named Chengtianmen. It was built in the fifteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417 AD) and rebuilt in the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1651 AD). It was renamed Tiananmen and was awarded by the emperor. The place of edict.

Zhongshan Park: Also known as the Altar of Sheji, located on the west side of Tiananmen, it was the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped the God of Earth and the God of Grain. Zhongshan Park is a complete building left over from the Ming Dynasty.

The Forbidden City: formerly known as the Forbidden City, it was the palace of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is the largest and most complete group of imperial palaces in China, the largest museum in the country, and the largest and most complete ancient building in existence in my country. group. Chengxi District.

Go west from Jingshan Park and enter Chengxi District, where there are Beihai Park, Tuancheng, Baiyun Temple, Grand View Garden, Five Pagoda Temple and other attractions.

Beihai Park: Beihai Park is a royal palace with a history of more than 800 years. Because it has not been damaged by war, many historical relics can still be seen.

The Yuegu Tower preserves the Sanxi Hall post, and Hao Pujian is the place where Cixi listened to storytelling. Tuancheng: It is a small garden located outside the south gate of Beihai. There is Chengguang Hall in the city, which houses the Jade Buddha that Tibet paid tribute to during the Jiaqing period.

Baiyun Temple: Known as the "No. 1 Jungle in Quanzhen", it is a holy land of Taoism. It enshrines the Jade Emperor, the seven disciples of Quanzhen Taoist King Chongyang and Changchun Master Qiu Chuji. It is a good place to understand Chinese Taoism. place. Grand View Garden: Originally a royal tea garden in the Qing Dynasty, it was built in the mid-to-late 1980s based on the description of the Grand View Garden in Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions". Chengdong District.

This area has Yonghe Temple, Confucius Temple, Imperial College, Temple of Heaven and other attractions.

Yonghegong: Originally the residence of Emperor Yongzheng, it is the largest and best-preserved lamasery in Beijing. The Chinese and Tibetan architecture in the temple are unified, and the cultural and artistic atmosphere is rich and strong.

Confucius Temple: It is the place where emperors of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped Confucius. The names, orders and birthplaces of the 50,000 Jinshi from these three generations are engraved on the Jinshi nomination tablets on both sides of Dacheng Gate.

Tiantan Park: It is the general name of the two altars of Circular Qiu and Qiu Qiu. It is the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped heaven and prayed for valleys. It is the largest existing ancient sacrificial building complex in my country and the world; there are three There are sound stones and echo walls, as well as Kowloon cypress trees that are eight or nine hundred years old. Suburban West End.

When you come to Beijing, you can’t miss the Summer Palace. Adjacent to the Summer Palace are Xiangshan Park and the ruins of the Old Summer Palace. If you have more time, you can visit the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, Badachu Park, Peking University and Tsinghua University.

The Summer Palace: formerly known as Qingyi Garden, it was a royal garden built by Emperor Qianlong. It was burned down by the British and French forces in 1860. Later, Cixi embezzled huge military expenditures and rebuilt it after 10 years. It was renamed the Summer Palace and covers an area of ??290.8 hectares. , with more than 3,000 palaces, pavilions, pavilions and waterside pavilions, it is the first garden in my country.

Xiangshan Park: To the west of the Summer Palace is Xiangshan Park, which was a royal hunting garden in the Jin Dynasty. It was later expanded during the Qianlong period and renamed "Jingyi Garden".

Temple of Reclining Buddha: There are five main halls and Xishan Courtyard in the temple. The Reclining Buddha Hall houses the bronze reclining Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, which is 5.3 meters long and weighs 54 tons. It was cast in the first year of Zhizhi in the Yuan Dynasty.

Old Summer Palace ruins: It was originally the royal garden of the Qing Dynasty. After 150 years of construction, it concentrated the essence of Chinese garden architecture and was known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens". It was later plundered and burned by the British and French forces and is now Only the broken eaves and broken walls are left. Southwest suburbs.

Lugou Bridge: It is the oldest existing stone coupled arch bridge in Beijing. It was built in the 29th year of Dading in the Jin Dynasty (1189 AD). The Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall is located here.

Tanzhe Temple: the earliest Buddhist temple in Beijing. There is a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree behind the Main Hall, which was once named the "Emperor Tree" by Qianlong.

Guanyin Hall is where Princess Miaoyan, the daughter of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, became a monk. There is a "princess worship brick" in the hall.

Jie Tai Temple: Famous for its platform and pine trees, it is the largest existing temple in my country. It is a relic of the Ming Dynasty and is one of the three major temples in China along with Zhaoqing Temple in Hangzhou and Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou. There are five strange pines in the temple: Tasmanian pines, Jiulong pines, Wolong pines, Zizi pines and mobile pines.

Zhoukoudian Ape Man Site: It is the birthplace of human civilization. Suburban northwest district.

The Ming Tombs: They are the tombs of 13 emperors from Chengzu to Sizong of the Ming Dynasty. The currently open attractions include Shenlu, Changling, Dingling and Zhaoling.

In front of the mausoleum area is the largest existing white marble archway in my country built in 1540.

The Badaling Great Wall: It is the earliest and best-restored Great Wall in my country. It is 7.8 meters high and 5.8 meters wide at the top. It was awarded "World Cultural Heritage" by the United Nations in 1987. Northeastern suburbs.

Makutianyu Great Wall: The structure is unique, especially Zhengguantai, with three watchtowers standing side by side, and the structures are different.

Simatai Great Wall: Famous for being "thrilling, dangerous and strange", it combines all the characteristics of the Great Wall.

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