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...
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Its construction began at 7th or 8th centuries BC，and continued now and then for over 2000 years.The wall stretches across...
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...
Tian'anmen is situated on the north-south axle in central Beiling.With Chang'an Boulevard an Boulevard running across its front，Tian'anmen Gate is...
Civil residences south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are famous for their fresh and elegant styles and...
In southern Anhui Province, civil residential complexes with white walls and black tiles dot the green fields and lush mountains....
"The place the sun first shines upon is Jiantang in the east, and the most beautiful place in the human...
Though closed，a siheyuan is a compact world.Once inside the courtyard，there is a screen，behind which is the chuihua gate，or the inner...
China is a country of vast territory with many distinctive local customs, leading to the emergence of a rich range...
Shikumen is a type of residential architecture that came into being with the urbanization of Shanghai. Over the years, these...
Old Shanghai people were keen on fashion,a typical cosmopolitan perception of the city. This perception reflects not only the habits...
As an open, international city, Old Shanghai was the earliest and quickest to draw ideas from the modern West. Someone...
The leisure lives of people in Old Beijing were refined, balanced and carefree, brimming with the charm of the ancient...
Temple fairs in Old Beijing were regularly held around large and well-known temples, which had their particular flavors and styles....