| Beijing 2008 |
| Forbidden City |
| The Summer Palace |
| The Great Wall |
Beijing Introduction |
| Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is also known in English as Peking. Beijing |
| is both an old and a new city--old in its cultural heritage and new as the capital of the country. |
| Beijing's history started some 500,000 years ago. It is here that the ancestors of modern Homo |
| sapiens, Peking men, lived in caves. Beijing has been an inhabited city for more than three thousand years. |
| The city has many places of historic interest and scenic beauty, including the Forbidden City, the largest and |
| best-preserved ancient architectural complex in the world, the Temple of Heaven, where Ming and Qing |
| emperors performed solemn rituals for bumper harvests, the Summer Palace, the emperors' magnificent |
| garden retreat, the Ming tombs, the stately and majestic mausoleums of 13 Ming Dynasty emperors; the |
| Ba-da-ling section of the Great Wall, and old Hutongs. |
| Beijing is also a modern city with 21st Century flavor. It will host the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
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Beijing tours |
| Forbidden City |
| The former Forbidden City, built between 1406 and 1420 in the center of Beijing, had been the |
| imperial palace of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. |
| The Summer Palace |
| Located in the northwestern suburb of Beijing, the Summer Palace was a summer resort of China's |
| monarchs during the Qing Dynasty. It can be roughly divided into two parts-Longevity Hill and Kunming |
| Lake. |
| Beihai Park |
| Beihai Park has been a playground for emperors for hundreds of years. Some attribute this site to |
| Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China. Another attraction in |
| Beihai Park is the 9 Dragon Wall, sculpted in 7 colours of glazed tile. |
| The Great Wall |
| The world-renowned Great Wall, a symbol of the ancient Chinese civilization, has stood grandly on |
| the land of China for thousands of years. Stretching from the coast of the Bohai Gulf in the east and |
| terminating at Jiayu Pass in the west, it serpentines among lofty mountains for 12,700 li, or 6,350 |
| kilometers, hence its Chinese name Wanli changcheng (Ten-thousand-li-long wall). |
| The Summer Palace |
| Located in the northwestern suburb of Beijing, the Summer Palace was a summer resort of China's |
| monarchs during the Qing Dynasty. It can be roughly divided into two parts-Longevity Hill and Kunming |
| Lake. |
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