The Lugou Bridge was initially built in the Jin Dynasty and is the longest existing ancient bridge in the northern...
Beijing
The Beijing quadrangles have enjoyed a long history. When Yuan dynasty officially made Beijing the Capital and launched a large-scale...
Tianning Temple Pagoda is the tallest, earliest and most exquisitely-decorated pagoda in Beijing. It occupies an important place in Chinese...
Buddha of Fixed Light Sarira Pagoda, located at the north of Tongzhou District of Beijing, is grand, erect, elegant and...
Diamond Throne Pagoda in Zhenjue Temple is the earliest and most delicate Diamond Throne Pagoda extant in China. It is...
Diamond Throne Pagoda in Biyun Temple, located in Biyun Temple in the east of the Fragrant Mountain in Haidian District...
Miaoying Temple White Dagoba is the earliest and largest pagoda of Tibetan style extant in China. It is also an...
Beijing is not merely a national political and economic center but also a land of cultural treasures among which are...
Located on the northern tip of the North China Plain and facing Mount Yan andTaihang Mountains to its northeast and...
Holding a strategically important position to confront with the Han regime in the south, Beijing was the capital of Liao,...
Dingling Tomb was the imperial mausoleum for Emperor Wanli and his wo empresses and also the only excavated one.Its construction...
The first built of the 13 tombs,the Changling Tomb buried the Ming Em-peror Yongle and his empress Xu.It was the...
The Ming Tombs are located at the southern foot of Tianshou Mountain in Beijing's Changping District,occupying an area of over 40...
The Imperial Garden,built in 1417,is the oldest garden in Being.It oc-cupies an area of 1.3 hectares at the northern end...
The Hall of Mental Culfivation(Yangxindian)stands in a large com-pound south of the Six Western Palaces.During the Qing Dynasty it was...
Hall of Supreme Harmony Taihedian Commonly known as the Hall of Gold Throne,the magnificent structure was built in 1406 and...
The former Imperial Paloce,known to Westermers as the Forbidden City,rectangular in shape and 720 thousand square meters in size,is surrounded...
Mmorial Hall of Chairman Mao The great leader Chairman Mao passed away on Sept.9,1976.The central government determined to build a...
Monument to the People's Heroes Located to the south of the five-star red flag of Tian'anmen Square,the monument was erected...
Like the Red Square in Moscow,the Arc De Triomphe in Paris and the Washington Monument,Tian'anmen Square is the symbolic architecture...