★Beijing: An Ancient Capital with a modern society
Beijing is located at north latitude 39°54′20″, longitude 116°25′29″.The city is located in the northwest edge of the North China plain, Adjacent to Bohai Bay. It was founded over 3000 years ago and has been the capital of
★Scenic Spots of Beijing Culture
Our travel agency will provide participants with a one-day tour of the main attractions of Beijing, and there will be optional tours so that you can get a taste of the human landscape of Beijing. At the same time, we also provide other services, such as translation services and transportation reservations.
★Beijing World Heritage Sites
In China, there are 41 World Heritage sights, ranking third in the world, including 29 cultural (3 cultural landscapes),eight natural, and four sites that are both cultural and natural as of June 24, 2011.
Beijing World Heritages List |
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Name |
Approve Time |
Historical Time |
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian |
1987.12 |
600 thousand years ago |
Great Wall |
1987.12 |
220 BC |
Imperial Palace |
1987.12 |
1420A.D. |
Summer Palace |
1998.11 |
1764A.D. |
Tiantan |
1998.11 |
1420A.D. |
Ming Tombs Special Administration |
2003.7 |
1409A.D. |
●The Imperial Palace is located in downtown Beijing. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City. It served the Ming and Qing dynasties and is an incomparable masterpiece of ancient architecture; the world's largest and most complete ancient wooden structure. |
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●The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world and a recious cultural heritage of China,Started more than 2000 years ago, it was built by millions of people over many years. It reflects the ancient Chinese people's wisdom, and is a symbol of the Chinese people. |
●The Summer Palace is the largest, best-preserved mperial garden, one of China's four famous gardens. It is built based on Kunming lake, Longevity Hill, and the Hangzhou West Lake. It was built with southern garden design techniques and artistic conception. It is the best preserved royal palace garden and is known as the Museum of Royal gardens. and artistic conception. |
●In 1998, Tiantan was recognized by UNESCO as a "World Cultural Heritage Site". In 2009,Beijing Tiantan was ecognized by the Chinese Association of World Records as the largest preserved building of emperor worship of heaven. It is the ymbol of Chinese |
civilization; the construction reflects unique ancient Chinese meaning and symbolic art; set in ancient philosophy, history,mathematics,mechanics, aesthetics, and ecology. It is an ancient exquisite masterpiece. reflects unique ancient Chinese meaning, symbolic art; also set in ancient philosophy, history, mathematics, mechanics, aesthetics, ecology in a furnace, is the ancient exquisite masterpiece. |
●The National Stadium (Bird's Nest ) is located in the central area of Beijing Olympic Park South and was the main stadium for the 2008 twenty-ninth Olympic Games. The National Stadium project covers an area of 21 hectares. It has a seating capacity of 91,000, with temporary seating for 11,000. |
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Besides these places of historic interest and scenic beauty which are favored by foreign visitors, Beijing has many other scenic spots, such as Grand View Garden, Wangfujing street, and the drum tower that are very popular with Chinese and foreign tourists.
★Beijing Cultural Tradition
●Beijing Opera is the quintessence of authentic Chinese arts and a favorite of our citizens. When wandering through Beijing, you can often hear the words in the measured tones of Peking Opera as you walk along the roadside. Over the past 200 years, the opera has developed enchanting libretto,chants, and word rhymes and is ccompanied by musical instruments favored in Beijing, such as erhu and jinghu. It integrates multiple ethnic characteristics and has become a mature art. Because Peking opera includes singing,dance, martial arts set to music, fine arts, and literature in one package,similar to western opera,it was called "Peking Opera western". |
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●RongBao Zhai is the famous art of calligraphy and painting works of art,with a long history of more than 300 years. A variety of exhibitions and international art exchange activities are held and it has been highly praised by the Danish Queen, Japan's former prime minister, the former French ambassador to China, and numerous other international friends. |
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●Traditional Beijing foods were very famous in the old days.There was a wide variety, with over 200 especially popular. Of these snacks themost famous is roast duck,As one of the most delicious dishes found in the world, no tourist should miss the chance to eat authentic Beijing Duck during their visit. If you have a chance to travel to Beijing, you can also go to Houhai, where there are many folk foods, such as Bean Soup and Ludagunr(glutinous rice rolls stuffed with red bean paste). Beijing has a long history with many sub-cultures, such as imperial culture and alley culture,which have interesting differences in clothing, food, and shelter. |
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★Beijing Tour Guide:http://english.visitbeijing.com.cn/