Xie Yong, a famous Beijing master, has sorted out the top ten scenic spots in Beijing.
As the capital of China, Beijing enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. When many foreign friends travel to China for the first time, they usually choose Beijing as their first choice. For China people themselves, it is a long-cherished wish of many people to see Tiananmen Square and climb the Badaling Great Wall. So what must-see attractions are there in Beijing? The following small series has compiled the top ten famous scenic spots in Beijing for everyone. Let's have a look.
1 Forbidden City
Reason for listing: The place where the emperor stayed did not know the life of the feudal emperor's old son, so the descendants of China knew that the Forbidden City was a waste.
The Forbidden City in Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City, was the palace of 24 emperors in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now it refers to the Palace Museum in Beijing. Located in the center of Beijing, it is an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture and the largest and most complete ancient wooden structure complex in the world. 196 1 year, the State Council announced the Forbidden City as the first batch of "national key cultural relics protection units". 1987 The Forbidden City was listed as a "World Cultural Heritage" by UNESCO, and now it is the "Palace Museum", which is a 5A-level scenic spot in China.
The Forbidden City was built in the fourth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1406), basically completed in 1420, and was founded by Emperor Judy of the Ming Dynasty. The length of the Forbidden City is 96 1 m from north to south and 753 m from east to west, with an area of about 725,000 square meters and a building area of155,000 square meters. According to experts' field investigation in 1973, there are 8704 rooms in the Forbidden City. Miyagi is surrounded by a palace wall with a height of 12 m and a length of 3400 m, which is rectangular and surrounded by a moat with a width of 52 m, forming a fortified castle. The buildings in the Forbidden City are all wooden structures, with yellow glazed tile roofs and blue-and-white stone bases, decorated with brilliant colorful paintings. There are four doors in the Forbidden City. The main entrance is called Wumen, the east entrance is called Donghuamen, the west entrance is called Xihuamen, and the north entrance is called Shenwumen. Facing the Shenwumen in the north gate, Jingshan, made of earth and stone, is full of pines and cypresses.
The buildings of the Forbidden City are arranged along a north-south central axis, spreading to both sides, and the north and south are flat and symmetrical. According to its layout and function, it can be divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court, with Gan Qing Gate as the boundary, the outer court in the south and the inner court in the north. The architectural atmosphere of foreign dynasties and palaces is very different. The outer court is centered on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe. Among the three halls, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is commonly known as the "Golden King Hall", also known as the "former court". It was a place where feudal emperors exercised their power and held grand ceremonies. In addition, there are Wenhua Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, Shangyuanyuan and Sonan on the east side of the two wings; There are buildings such as Wuying Hall and Interior Office in the west. Magnificent buildings and clear and open courtyards symbolize the supremacy of feudal regime. The Forbidden City is centered on Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, with hall of mental cultivation, Liudong Palace, Liu Xi Palace, Zhaigong Palace and Yuqing Palace on its two wings, followed by the Imperial Garden. This is the residence of the feudal emperor and empress. Ningshou Palace in the east of the Forbidden City was built after Emperor Qianlong abdicated. There are Cining Palace and Shou 'an Palace in the west of the palace. In addition, there are buildings such as China Palace and Beiwu. The courtyard is deep, the building is compact, self-contained and orderly.
No.2 Ming Tombs
Reasons for listing: robbing a tomb, making a fortune, and buying tickets for Noah's Ark.
Understand the Ming Tombs
The Ming Tombs are the tombs of the Ming emperors in China, located at Tianshou Mountain at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping District, northwest suburb of Beijing. From May of the seventh year of Yongle (1409), Changling was established here, and the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, was buried in Siling. In the past 230 years, 13 tombs of emperors, 7 tombs of concubines and 1 tombs of eunuchs have been built successively. * * * buried thirteen emperors, twenty-three queens, two princes, more than thirty concubines and a eunuch.
Beijing happy valley No.3
Reason for listing: Play Tiandi 10 times to feel the feeling of death in advance.
Yes, beijing happy valley.
Beijing happy valley is a theme ecological paradise that OCT Group has accumulated professionally for 20 years and worked hard to build in 4 years. It is a regional leader in Beijing's cultural industry and a classic of modern tourism in China. It has become an important symbol of Beijing's experience tourism with its fashionable, dynamic, joyful and dreamy humanistic charm.
Summer Palace No.4
Reason for listing: I'm fascinated by the secrets of Feng Shui. Learn it and choose a good "home" for yourself.
Understand the Summer Palace
The largest and most well-preserved royal garden in China is one of the four famous gardens in China (the other three are chengde mountain resort, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden and Suzhou Lingering Garden). Located in Haidian District, Beijing, 0/5km away from Beijing/KLOC-,covering an area of about 290 hectares. Based on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, based on the scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou, and drawing lessons from some design techniques and artistic conception of Jiangnan gardens, it is a large-scale natural landscape garden and the best preserved royal palace, and is known as the Royal Garden Museum.
Bird's nest no.5
Reason for listing: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is also a place to let the world know about China. On the other side, you said that you have been to the Bird's Nest, and foreigners must support you.
Understand the Bird's Nest
Located in the south of the central area of Beijing Olympic Park, the National Stadium is the main stadium of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. The project covers an area of 265,438+0 hectares with a building area of 258,000 _. There are about 9 1000 seats for the spectators in the venue, including about 1 1000 temporary seats. Hold the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, track and field competitions and football finals. After the Olympic Games, it will become a large-scale professional place for Beijing citizens to participate in sports activities and enjoy sports entertainment, and become a landmark sports building and Olympic heritage.
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The sixth world park
Reason for being on the list: The end of the world has arrived, and it is too late to travel around the world and appreciate the micro-global customs.
Understand the world park
Located in Dabaotai, Hu Axiang, Fengtai District, Beijing, Beijing World Park is one of the largest miniature theme parks in Asia. The World Park covers an area of 46.7 hectares and its layout is designed according to the layout of five continents. The park brings together 1 10 human and natural landscapes from nearly 50 countries around the world. Since the opening of the World Park, * * * has received more than 20 million Chinese and foreign tourists.
There are 17 scenic spots in the park, including Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Oceania, West Asia, East Asia and South Asia. The water system is distributed in the shape of four oceans, connecting the whole park. There are nearly 100 sculptures and carvings in the park, such as the Statue of Liberty, Urine Child, Danish Beauty, David, Venus, Chopin, Mozart, etc., which are exquisite and lifelike. There are laser fountains, plant mazes, fairy tale worlds and other entertainment places in the park. There are also exotic international streets and international folk villages in the park, which integrate dining, shopping and entertainment. International Street is located in the northeast corner of the park, with a length of about 200 meters and an area of10.5 million square meters. It is a building complex with European and American styles, including famous Italian shops, Goethe Gourmet House in Germany and Gift Street in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mainly engaged in ethnic flavor and tourist souvenirs, to carry out entertainment activities with exotic characteristics.
No.7 Badaling Great Wall
Reason for listing: You are not a hero until you reach the Great Wall, and you are definitely not a hero until you reach do or die.
Understand Badaling Great Wall
Badaling Great Wall is a part of Wan Li Great Wall, a great defense project in ancient China. Built in the 18th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1505), it was renovated during Jiajing and Wanli periods in Ming Dynasty. This section of the Great Wall is steep and commanding, which is an important military pass in the Ming Dynasty and an important barrier for the capital Beijing. When you climb the Great Wall of Wan Li, you can see that the Great Wall at your feet twists and turns along the mountain, just like a giant dragon rolling and crawling on a continuous mountain peak. The natural landscape here is also very distinctive, with beautiful scenery in spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are the most flowers in spring, and the green Dieyun in summer ┄ The road is full of red decay and green decay, and the love for Lindane is deeply dyed, and the breath of autumn is very clear. In winter, the snow-capped mountains are vast, the jade is long and the scenery is beautiful. Looking at that mountain, I feel infinite in ancient and modern times, but I don't understand the difference between today and ancient times. Wan Li, the Great Wall of Wan Li, is 2000 years long. If you want to see the ages, the Great Wall has no heroes.
"You are not a hero until you reach the Great Wall". It is unthinkable to go to Beijing without visiting the Great Wall, just like going to Shanghai without visiting the City God Temple. So far, more than 300 world famous people, including Nixon and Margaret Thatcher, have climbed Badaling to enjoy the beautiful scenery here. Can you miss it?
Yonghegong No.8
Reason for listing: pray, cross over, have a car, a house and a wife in the next life.
Understand the Lama Temple
The Lama Temple is located in the northeast corner of Beijing. In the thirty-third year of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1694), Emperor Kangxi built a mansion here and gave him four sons, Prince Yong, which was called the palace. In the third year of Yongzheng (1725), the palace was changed to the Lama Temple. In the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), Yongzheng died and Lingshu was parked here. As a result, the original green glazed tiles in the main hall of Yonghe Palace were replaced by yellow glazed tiles. Because Emperor Qianlong was born here, the Lama Temple produced two emperors, which became the "land of the Dragon Millennium". Therefore, the temple has yellow tiles and red walls, and the specifications are the same as those of the Forbidden City. After nine years of Qianlong (1744), the Lama Temple was changed to the Lama Temple, and the special prime minister Wang was appointed to manage the palace affairs without quota. It can be said that the Lama Temple is the highest Buddhist temple in China. The Lama Temple consists of five magnificent halls, namely, the Heavenly King Hall, the Lama Temple Hall (Ursa Major Hall), the You Yong Hall, the Falun Hall and the Wanfuge Hall. In addition, there are east-west halls and four learning halls (lecture hall, tantric hall, mathematics hall and Yamatonokusushi hall). The courtyard of the whole building layout gradually shrinks from south to north, while the halls rise in turn. It has formed a pattern of "the main hall is tall and the courtyard is hidden deep", which is magnificent and has the characteristics of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan nationalities.
No.9 Shichahai
Reason for being on the list: If you don't go to the most local places in old Beijing, you are embarrassed to say hello and say that you have been to Beijing.
Understand Shichahai
The scenery of Shichahai in midsummer is pleasant, with clear water, floating clouds, new green and quiet. On June 17, the 10th Shichahai Cultural Tourism Festival was officially held with the theme of "The Imperial Capital is a landscape and the people's home is in Beijing". Along, Na Wei, Huang Wei and Liu Yida, as ambassadors of Xicheng tourism image, introduced four special activities to the general public, namely "Collection of Stories from Xicheng in Beijing", "Xicheng Tourism Food Promotion Season", "Looking for the Most Beautiful Beijing Weibo Competition" and "Shichahai Bar Original Song Performance Season". Wandering in Shichahai, ancient temples make you realize the meaning of life and awe of the ignorant world; Wang Fu Garden records the pride of self-reliance and helplessness; Deep hutongs have nurtured the vitality of social development. Shichahai has become a good place for people to yearn for because of its charming beauty and profound historical accumulation.
Sanlitun Bar Street 10
Reason for listing: Beijing is the hottest place, so you have to be a hipster.
Understand Sanlitun Bar Street
Sanlitun Bar Street is located in the west of Changhong Bridge in the East Third Ring Road of Beijing, and almost all foreigners who come to Beijing know it. To the north of Bar Street is the Embassy District. Because this street is very famous, some foreign embassies changed the house number in front of the door from Sanlitun Road to "Sanlihe Bar Street". The business hours of Bar Street are from afternoon to early morning.