Beijing is the ancient beautiful city, the temples, the
ancient bell, the Great Wall, and so many other exceptional
sights. Each of the sights seems telling you a tale or the
past of it, and just make you wondering.
10.
Yongle Bell
The
yongle bell is one of the heaviest and largest ancient
bronze bells. It weighs 46.5 tons. The bell is also
known for the over 200,000 characters of Buddhist scriptures
engraved on it.
9.
Yunju Temple
Yunju
Temple is located in the southwest of Beijing (about
75 kilometers). Yunju means the dwelling in the clouds.
The temple is established aroundthe beginning of the
Tang Dynasty (618-907). It is best known for the largest
collection of Buddhist scriptures on stone in the world,
which has more than 15,000 stone tablets engraved with Buddhist
sutras.
8.
Peking Man at Zhoukoudian
The first skull-cap of "Peking Man" at Zhoukoudian
was discovered by Dr.
Pei Wenzhong on December 2, 1929. Here is a brief description
from the
world heritage list. Check out Dennis Etler's site for
more information.
7.
Ming Tombs
The
Ming Tombs is one of the largest and best-preserved
imperial tomb complexes in the world. Thirteen emperors
and 23 empress of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) were buried
in the Ming Tombs. Here is a picture of Changling, the first
tomb built among the 13 tombs.
6.
Beihai Park
Beihai
is known as the world's earliest royal garden. Here is the
virtual
tour of this magnificent park from the China Vista site.
5.
The Summer Palace
The
Summer Palace is the best preserved existing royal garden
in Beijing. See the
virtual tour here.
4.
The Temple of Heaven
Tiantan
or the Temple of Heaven was built about 600 years ago
for worshiping the heaven. It is best known for the perfection
of Chinese traditional architecture and is the
grandest of its kind.
3.
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen
Square is the largest city square in the world. It is
the "theme
park" of the Culture Revolution and 20th-century
Chinese history.
2.
The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City had been the imperial home of 24 emperors
of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.
Here is a previous
feature.
1.
The Great Wall
The Great Wall likes a huge dragon been lying on the vast
land for centuries and seems just awaken. See a previous
feature here.
