North of the Circular Mound Altar is the Imperial Vaul of Heaven，which was originally built in 1530 and rebuilt 1752.Its...
Beautiful Scenic Sites
General The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of Beiling，about 6Km away from the center of the city.Traditionally，this...
When the Qingyi Garden was built in 1749，Emperor Qianlong originally had a nine-story pagoda built here as part of the...
There thronged various architectures on the southern slope of the Wan-shou Hil，related and orderly.The Foxiang Pavilion compound stands in the...
Museum of Imperial Garden Summer Palace is af the northwest suburb of Beijing，about 15dm from the capital proper.Originally it was...
Shui Guan（Water Pass），which was first built in the Ming Dynasty（1368-1644），was an indispensable part of the defense system of BadalingGreat Wall.The...
Juyongguan lies to the northwest of Changping County，Being.Theterm juyong，appearing first in The Spring and Autumn Annals of Mr Lu of...
Located on the boundary of Gubeikou Town，Miyun County，Being，and Lwanping County，Hebei Province，the 19 kilometer Simatai began in the first year of...
Lies in Huairou County，Mutianyu Section is 73 kilometers away from Being City.It links with Juyong Section in Changping County in...
Construction of Badaling in Yanqing County，Beiling，started in the Ming Dynasty（1368-1644）and underwent 18 rebuilt from the Hongwu to the Wanli reign（1368-1620）.Badaling...
Its construction began at 7th or 8th centuries BC，and continued now and then for over 2000 years.The wall stretches across...
"The place the sun first shines upon is Jiantang in the east, and the most beautiful place in the human...
The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are considered the foremost representative of grotto arts. Dunhuang, once a town of strategic importance...
The wonder of the Great Wall lies in its magnificent and varied structure. As a defense work, the Great Wall...
The hardships involved in building the Great Wall are beyond imagination. Numerous people had to leave their homes and families...
The geographic structure and climatic patterns of China has led to the development of two distinct cultures from ancient times....
The Great Wall is unparalleled in the world in its scale and span of construction, as well as for the...
No discussion about Chinese culture is complete without mention of the Great Wall. Through more than 2,000 years from the...
Ancient Chinese believed that people could communicate with Heaven, and the Temple of Heaven was built to enable this. The...
The architecture of the buildings in the Temple of Heaven ingeniously embodies the concept of holding nature in awe. While...