Beijing Attractions

Badaling Great Wall

Posted under Great Wall on Friday, 26 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
Badaling Great Wall in Yanqing County, Beijing Army have Yamaseki Ditch Road North exit. Badaling Great Wall is a great defense project in ancient China as part of the Great Wall, the Ming Great Wall, a Pass. Badaling Great Wall, the Ming Great Wall open to tourists in the first lot to Badaling...
Badaling Great Wall

Mutianyu Great Wall

Posted under Great Wall on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
Mutianyu Great Wall Name: Mutianyu Great Wall Category: Great Wall Age: Ming Dynasty Location: Beijing Huairou Mutianyu Great Wall Travel Information Mutianyu Great Wall tourist area amenities. Scenic cable car equipped with Golden City, operation system, fully automated, the "Great Wall ...
Mutianyu Great Wall

Virtual Forbidden City

Posted under Forbidden City on Saturday, 6 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
As you know, the Forbidden City has 9999 buildings, it is just easy to be lost if they are familiar with the Forbidden City architectural structure, but it is certainly symmetrical. Now I want a virtual tour of the mysterious Forbidden City. Follow me and you will not get lost! Now you start...
Virtual Forbidden City

Forbidden City History

Posted under Forbidden City on Friday, 5 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
The history of the Forbidden City covers six centuries. At the heart of Beijing, China, the Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. The content of this page: The construction of the Forbidden City: Qing Dynasty Forbidden...
Forbidden City History

Meridian Gate

Posted under Forbidden City on Thursday, 4 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
The Meridian Gate or Wumen in Chinese, is the southern entrance to the Forbidden City. Chinese emperors thought they were the son of heaven, and therefore live in the center of the universe. They believed that the meridian crossed the Forbidden City, so that the door has been named accordingly....
Meridian Gate

Hall of Literary Glory

Posted under Forbidden City on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
Hall of Literary Glory Chinese name: Wenhuadian East of the Gate Unified Harmony (Xiehemen), the court outside the Forbidden City is the Hall of Literary Glory. The building is 工-shaped structure with a passage between the front and back rooms. The entrance hall is the Hall of Literary...
Hall of Literary Glory

Hall of Martial Valor

Posted under Forbidden City on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
Hall of Martial Valor Chinese call it Wuyingdian. On the west side of the Gate of Harmony wealthy (Xihemen), western courtyard of the Forbidden City is the Hall of Martial Valor (Wuyingdian). The building is 工-shaped structure with a hall connecting the main hall and back room. The Hall of...
Hall of Martial Valor

Tiananmen Square

Posted under Tiananmen Square, What to See in Beijing on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
Tian an men Square is the geographical center of Beijing city. It is the largest city square in the world, covering an area of 440,000 square meters (about 109 hectares), and put into a position to 10,000,000 people at once. The place is a conglomeration of beautiful flowers and the...
Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Flag Raising

Posted under Tiananmen Square on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
Tiananmen Square Flag Ceremony Five Star Red Flag, the Chinese national flag high in the sky above the square. To see the honor guard raise the flag here is a must for tourists in the city of Beijing. You need to get up early and went to Tiananmen Square. The only way you can clearly see the...
Tiananmen Flag Raising

Tiananmen Tower

Posted under Tiananmen Square on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
In the south of Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Tower was built in 1417 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). During this dynasty, and follows the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), when he was issued proclamations throughout the country. Until 1911, when the last feudal kingdom was over, no one could enter the...
Tiananmen Tower

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

Posted under Tiananmen Square on Monday, 1 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall is the location on the south part of the Tiananmen Square. This space is divided into three halls and our dear Chairman Mao's body is delivered in a glass coffin in a room with bouquets of fresh flowers and various herbs known to spread around. The Chairman Mao...
Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

Great Hall of the People

Posted under Tiananmen Square on Monday, 1 March 2010 by Beijing Travel
The Great Hall of the People in the west of Tian'anmen Square, south of West Chang'an Avenue. It is taking place where the National People's Congress, and is ideal for heads of state and mass of the establishment of political and diplomatic activities. The building, built in 1959,...
Great Hall of the People