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The Best of Beijing
Beijing is a captivating place to visit. This a modern city with many stunning sites that reflect its fascinating historical wealth. Beijing boasts many impressive attractions, not only “Nation’s Best” it has “Wold’s bests” too. It has some of the most superb examples of Chinese architecture and the largest number of old buildings in China. The most stunning sights within Beijing are: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square and many others.
Forbidden City (Imperial Palace)
The magnificent Forbidden City is located in the middle of Beijing and was built between 1406 and 1420; it was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. For almost five centuries, it served as the ceremonial and political center of the country as well as being the residence of emperors and his household. With 980 surviving building with 8,707 bays of rooms and covering 720 000 square meters, it is the largest and the best-preserved Imperial Palace complex in the world. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987 and listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Now it houses the Palace Museum.
Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
Lying in the heart of Beijing City with the size of the 90 American football fields, the Tiananmen Square is the largest central city square in the world and, unarguably, one of the most representative places of Beijing and China. It is surrounded by a variety of significant buildings like the Tiananmen (Gate of the Heaven Peace) on its north, the Great Hall of the People on its west, the National Museum of China on the east and, on the south, there are monument to the People’s Heroes (a tribute to those who have died fighting for working class Chinese in the Boxer Rebellion and the revolution) and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. It was the place of many historical events such as the Mao announce of the People’s Republic of China.
Tiananmen Square
The Great Wall
The Great Wall is considered one of the most extraordinary structures in the world, one of the “New Seven Wonders” and enlisted in the World Heritage Directory. The wall’s origins can be traced to about the 5th century B.C. It was built to keep out invaders as well as to retain the inhabitants. It winds up and down across deserts, grasslands and mountains and said to be the only man-made structure that can be seen from the moon. There are eight sections of the Great Wall crossing the northern part of Beijing: Badaling, Juyongguan, Huanghuacheng, Jiankou, Mutianyu, Gubeikou, Jinshanling, and Simatai; most of them are well-preserved. The relics mainly date from the Ming Dynasty. To climb the Great Wall is a must; it offers splendid panoramic views because of the places where it crosses.
The Great Wall
Temple of Heaven ( Tiantan )
Formerly know as the Temple of Heaven and Earth, it is located in the southeastern of the Beijing city and it is one of the Beijing’s highlights. This temple has been one of the most sacred sites for the whole country for the past five centuries. It was built in the 1500’s specifically for worship of heaven. Emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties would lead a procession to the temple to pray and perform rites and make sacrifices for a good harvest in spring and for rain in summer. The Temple of Heaven is a treasure of the ancient Chinese architectural designs and arts.
Temple of Heaven
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