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Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the Peoples Republic of China. It is one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in Chinas administrative structure. The municipality of Beijing borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.Beijing is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. 。。。。。。
Great Wall 
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The well-preserved sections of the Great Wall in Beijing are China's most famous tourist sites. These sections are mainly the remains from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), an era of tremendous construction. The mainly sections include Badaling, Simatai, Jinshanling, Mutianyu, Gubeikou, Huanghuacheng and Jiankou (Arrow Nock).
Yonghe Lamasery »
Yonghegong Lamasery is a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism, originally built in 1694 as the residence of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng before he ascended the throne and renamed Yonghegong later. After his dead in 1735, the coffin was placed in the temple. In 1744, it was converted into a lamasery and became a residence for monks from Mongolia and Tibet.
Hutong Tour ( Hutong ) »
In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences.Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.
Lugou Bridge »
The Lugou Bridge is well-known because it was highly praised by the Venetian traveler Marco Polo during his visit to China in the 13th century (the bridge was later known in Europe simply as the Marco Polo Bridge), and for the Marco Polo Bridge incident, which marked the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War.
Simatai Great Wall »
Simatai Great wall is exquisite in its details and is grand as a whole, which is the only part of ancient Great Walls with the original features of Ming Dynasty well reserved. Simatai Great Wall came into being under the famous general QI Jiguangs supervision and his original creation, during the Wanli period. It incorporates various characteristics of Ten-Thousand-Mile Great Wall and at the same time bears its unique features.
Summer Palace »
The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (60 meters high) and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water. The central Kunming Lake covering 2.2 square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In its compact 70,000 square meters of building space, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.
Temple of Heaven »
Based on its ancient cosmological theory, the Temple of Heaven can help to reinforce the legitimacy of the emperor as the head of a feudal system with a mandate from Heaven. In showing respect to Heaven through prayer and sacrifices, the emperor effectively empty.
Forbidden City »
Construction of the palace began in 1406 and ended in 1420. The whole complex of this palace is composed of 980 buildings left completely with 8,707 rooms and covers 720,000 square meters in area. The Forbidden City is surrounded by a high city wall with 7.9 meters and a moat with 6 meters deep, 52 meters wide. All of them served as both defensive walls and retaining walls for the palace. The palace complex features traditional Chinese palatial architecture and has exerted great influences upon cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City, listed by UNESCO as the World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987, is the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
Ming Tomb »
It is actually a tomb cluster of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), including thirteen emperor mausoleums, seven tombs for concubines and one grave for eunuchs. This cemetery is world famous because thirteen emperors were buried here. Covering an area of more than 120 square kilometers and sitting at the foot of Mt. Yan, it appears extremely spectacular. It was listed as the World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003.
Dazhong Temple »
The Yong Le Huge Bell, made in the first year of Emperor Yong Le reign of the Ning Dynasty, has had the history of 500 odd years. It was then called "Hua Yan (sumptuous) Bell. Because it is especially bulky, therefore it is also called "Huge Bell". The Yong Le Huge Bell is 46.5 tons in weight and 6.75 meters in height with a diameter of 3.3 meters. On inner and outer sides of it there typecasted clear and neat Budhist scriptures in Chinese regular script, 230, 184 characters in total, which is the only bell having the longest inscriptions in the world.
The Sacred Way »
The Sacred Way is part of the Ming Tombs complex. It is a long, straight path flanked by statues first of ancient government officials and then by animals. The Sacred Way ends at a pavilion sheltering a stone tablet.
The Tiananmen Square »
Tiananmen Square is the large plaza near the centre of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City.
Wangfujing Street »
Much of the road is off-limits to cars and other motor vehicles, and it is not rare to see the entire street full of people. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been commercial activities in this place. In the Qing Dynasty, eight aristocratic estates and princess residence were built here, soon after when a well full of sweet water was discovered, thereby giving the street its name "Wang Fu" (aristocratic residence), "Jing" (well). In 1903, Dong an market was formed.
Beihai Park »
West of the Forbidden City sits Beihai Park (beihai gongyuan) which was originally built for Kublai Khan before the Imperial Palace was even imagined. The scale of the park is appropriately regal and the huge lake is divided into three parts: Beihai(the North Lake), Zhonghai(the Central Lake) and Nanhai(the South Lake).
Drum Tower and Bell Tower »
Bells and drums were musical instruments in ancient China. Later, they were used to announce the time - the Bell Tower and Drum Tower had this function during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The times and patterns varied, but in general only the bell was rung during the night. You can still hear the beats from the ancient Drum Tower even now. The Bell Tower and Drum Tower of Beijing were listed among the first batch of cultural relics under municipal protection in 1957 and listed as a cultural relic under state-level protection in 1996.
Fragrant Hills Park »
Covering an area of 160 hectares, the Fragrant Hills Park is surrounded by green hills stretching up and down; its highest peak is 557 m in altitude and is shaped in an incense burner.
Grand View Garden »
The Grand View Garden is located in the northwest corner of Xuanwu District, Beijing. It is an imitation landscape garden based on the one in China most famous literary work "the Dream of the Red Mansion." The television series "the Dream of the Red Mansion" was filmed in the garden. It has an area of 125,000 square metres and more than 40 points of interest. It is packed full of traditional architecture.
Beijing National Stadium »
The Beijing National Stadium hosts the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympiad, as well as athletic track and field events. The Stadium is located in the Olympic Green, the focal point for the Beijing Games.
Peking Man Site »
The Peking Man Site yielded nearly 200 pieces of Peking Man fossil (representing around 40 individuals), over 10, 000 stone artifacts, several layers of ash as evidence of fire use, and more than 100 specimen of fossil animal. All these were a testament to the existence of human beings in Peking area some 500,000 years before.
