Location:Badaling Town, Yanqing County, Beijing., China. The Great Wall is a symbol of Chinese civilization, and one of the wonders that the Chinese people have created. Badaling Great Wall, the most representative part, was promoted as a key national cultural relic, protected under the approval of the State Council in 1961. In 1988, it was enlisted in the World Cultural Heritage Directory by UNE...
In 2009 the last 30 minutes of the journey are spent on a smooth tarmacked road, where we stop at some well-maintained toilets before passing through a vehicle checkpoint. The dull-green clad security guard waves us through and we reach a car-park, big enough for coaches, that signals the end of the road. We exit the van, show our tickets at the metal turnstiles, and proceed along the tarmac and u...
# Beijing Present day capital of China Capital of Qing Dynasty # Nanjing Capital of Republic of China # Hangzhou Southern Song Dynasty (1132-1276) # Kaifeng It then became the capital of the Kingdom of Wei in the Warring Sates Period (475-331 B.C.), the Liang, Han and Zhou dynasties of the five Dynasties (907-960). the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1137) and the Jin Dynasty (1115-1334). The Northern ...
The Asian Games Village, located in the northern outskirts of Beijing city, is a building complex equipped with sports, living, business and entertainment facilities. It was built for the 11th Asian Games. The main building of the Asian Games Village is the National Olympic Sports Center, which consists of the Gymnasium, courts, the track and field ground, Sports Museum, and Research Institute fo...
The former residence of Princess Going, or Gong Wang Fu in Chinese covers 5.7 hectares of land and contains two parts: the official residence and the garden. It is Beijing's largest and the best preserved Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) prince mansion. The mansion is not only of great aesthetic value but also has a very interesting history. Also called Cuijing Yuan, or Garden of Collecting Elegance, t...
Chaoyang Park is a relatively new addition to Beijing's municipal parks and it now includes the largest green field in the city. The park has a 1,000-acre water surface, which includes five lake zones. Water functions for aquatic recreation, irrigation and flood discharge in the park.. The five zones are also given pretty names respectively; the Plaza of Celebrating Fireworks, the World of Brave H...
Beijing Museum of Ancient Architecture, located at No. 21, Dongjing Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing, was formally opened in September 1991. It is the only museum in China displaying China's architecture cultural tradition in an all-around and systemic way. It is situated in the Xiannong Temple or the Altar of the God of Agriculture which was the imperial sacrifice place dedicated to the cult of She...
Jingshan Park, opposite the northern gate of the Palace Museum was once an imperial garden during the Ming and Qing Dynasties( 1368-1911) and has not opened to public until 1928. The artificial hill with 5 peaks was built with earth from digging the moat of the Imperial Palace. 5 pavilions with 5 bronze Buddhas were built on each peak in 1751 under emperor Qianlong, however 4 of the Buddhas were ...
