1. The Great Wall
The Great Wall, also known as the Great Wall, is a military defense project in ancient China. It is a tall, strong and continuous long wall used to Limit the movement of enemy cavalry. The Great Wall is not a simple isolated city wall, but the city wall as the main body.
A defense system combined with a large number of cities, barriers, pavilions and signs. The history of the construction of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The famous allusion "playing with princes with beacon fire" in the capital Haojing (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi) originated from this. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, various countries competed for hegemony.
Defending each other, the construction of the Great Wall entered its first climax, but at this time the length of the construction was relatively short. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, and it became known as the Great Wall. The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty to overhaul the Great Wall.
Most of the Great Wall that people see today was built at this time. Great Wall resources are mainly distributed in 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities including Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang.
Shaanxi Province is the province with the richest Great Wall resources in China, with a length of 1,838 kilometers of Great Wall. According to the national survey of Great Wall resources conducted by the Department of Cultural Relics and Surveying and Mapping, the total length of the Ming Great Wall is 8,851.8 kilometers, and the Qin, Han and early Great Walls exceed 10,000 kilometers.
The total length exceeds 21,000 kilometers. On March 4, 1961, the Great Wall was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In December 1987, the Great Wall was listed as a World Cultural Heritage.
2. The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing’s central axis and is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on the three main halls and covers an area of ??720,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??about 150,000 square meters.
There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and best preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in 1406, the fourth year of Emperor Chengzu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, and was modeled on the Forbidden City in Nanjing.
It was completed in the 18th year of Yongle (1420). It is a rectangular city with a length of 961 meters from north to south and a width of 753 meters from east to west. It is surrounded by walls 10 meters high and a moat 52 meters wide outside the city. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court.
The center of the outer dynasty is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe, and the Hall of Baohe, collectively referred to as the three main halls. They are the places where the country holds major ceremonies. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Housan Palace. It is the main palace where the emperor and queen live.
3. Terracotta Warriors
The Terracotta Warriors (Terracotta Army; Terra-cotta Figures; soldiers and horse figures), the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, also referred to as Qin Terracotta Warriors or Qin Warriors, are located in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province today Inside the Terracotta Warriors and Horses pit 1.5 kilometers east of Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum in Lintong District.
Terracotta warriors and horses are a category of ancient tomb sculptures. In ancient times, human sacrifice was practiced. Slaves were the accessories of the slave owner during his lifetime. After the death of the slave owner, the slaves were buried with the slave owner as sacrificial objects. The terracotta warriors and horses are burial objects in the shape of soldiers and horses (chariots, horses, soldiers).
On March 4, 1961, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In March 1974, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were discovered; in 1987, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit were approved by UNESCO to be included in the World Heritage List.
And it is known as the "eighth wonder of the world". More than 200 national leaders have visited it, and it has become a golden business card of ancient China's glorious civilization. It is known as one of the world's top ten ancient tombs and rare treasures.
4. Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province, formerly known as Dayong City. It governs 2 municipal districts (Yongding District, Wulingyuan District) and 2 counties (Cili County, Sangzhi County). It is located in the northwest of Hunan, upstream of Lishui River, and in the hinterland of Wuling Mountains.
Zhangjiajie was established as a city for tourism and is one of the most important tourist cities in China. It is the birthplace and central area of ??the Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou revolutionary base areas. In September 1982, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park became China's first national forest park.
In August 1988, Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie was listed as a national key scenic area; in 1992, Wulingyuan Scenic Area, which consists of three major scenic areas including Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, was listed in the "World Scenic Area" by UNESCO. Natural Heritage List.
In February 2004, it was included in the first batch of "World Geoparks" in the world; in 2007, it was included in the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions in China. On December 24, 2017, it was selected into the Top 200 Charming Cities with Chinese Characteristics in 2017.
5. Jiuzhaigou Valley
Jiuzhaigou Valley: World Natural Heritage, National Key Scenic Area, National AAAAA Tourist Attraction, National Nature Reserve, National Geopark, World Biosphere Reserve Network, It is China's first nature reserve with the main purpose of protecting natural scenery.
Jiuzhaigou Valley is located in Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located in the transition zone from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Western Sichuan Plateau, and the mountains to the Sichuan Basin. It is more than 300 kilometers south of Chengdu City and is a 50-kilometer-deep valley. Valleys.
The total area is 64,297 hectares, and the forest coverage rate exceeds 80%. It is named because there are nine Tibetan villages in the ditch, including Shuzheng Village, Heye Village, and Zechawa Village, which are located in this group of mountain lakes.
The main protection objects of Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve are giant pandas, golden monkeys and other rare animals and their natural ecological environment. There are 74 species of nationally protected rare plants, 18 species of nationally protected animals, as well as rich paleontological fossils and ancient glacial landforms.