Mayor of Beijing Liu Qi

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Mayor of BeijingLiu Qi

• As the Chinese saying goes, seeing for oneself
  is better than hearing second-hand!  
• The people of Beijing and I are looking forward
  to your arrival.

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Beijings Number 1 Places of Interestand Some
Famous Historic Sites
Beijing has been the capital of China for 800
years with rich historical heritage. Yet it is
considered to be one of the ten biggest modern
metropolitans in the world. Owing to its unique
geographical location and historical background,
Beijing has become the focus of the country.
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Great Wall

• The only man-made structure visible from the
  space, the Great Wall has become a symbol of
  Chinas ancient heritage. Its construction
  started almost 2,500 years ago. The sections near
  to Beijing, situated at Badaling, Mutianyu, and
  Simatai, are the best preserved sections of the
  entire Wall.

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Tiananmen Square
The largest square in the world, covering 44
hectares. It is surrounded by many of famous
buildings, including the Great Hall of the People
and the National Museum of Chinese History.
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Forbidden City

• This is the Palace Museum, also known as the
  Purple Forbidden City. Under Ming Emperor Yongle,
  construction began in 1406. It took 14 years to
  build the Forbidden City.
• For five centuries thereafter, it continued
  to be the residence of 23 successive emperors
  until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to
  abdicate the throne. In 1987, the United Nations
  Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  recognized the Forbidden City as a world cultural
  legacy.
• It is the worlds largest group of wooden
  structures and the world largest Palace . It has
  more than 9,000 rooms , covering 18 acres .

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Oriental Plaza

• The largest commercial complex in Asia,
  located in the heart of Beijing. It occupies a
  massive site area of 100,000 sq. meters, and
  contains grade-A office towers, a shopping and
  entertainment center, a 5-star business hotel,
  and apartments.

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The Big Bell in the Big Bell Temple

• Preserved in the Big Bell Temple, it is the
  largest bronze bell in China, weights 47 tons and
  standing 7 meters high. It is meticulously
  inscribed with 17 religions works using 230,000
  Chinese characters.

The Sleeping Buddha
Cast in the Tang dynasty(618907)and kept in the
Sleeping Buddha Temple, it is the largest bronze
recumbent Buddha in China.
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Site of Peking Man

• Located in Zhoukoudian, this is the site
  where the remains of one of the worlds earliest
  human beings (200,000 to 700,000 years ago) was
  discovered.

Beijing Zoo
The largest zoo in China, home of the Giant
Panda.
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CCTV Tower

• The 238-meter-high CCTV Tower is the second
  tallest in Asia. It is the best place to visit
  for a birds-eye view of the city.

National Library
Asias largest library, one of the six national
libraries in the world that has more than 10
million volumes in its collection.
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Temple of Heaven

• The largest example of religious architecture
  in the world. Emperors of the Ming and Qing
  dynasties offered sacrifices to heaven here.

Summer Palace
Occupying an area of 290 hectares, the gardens
consist mainly of Longevity Hill and Kunming
Lake, with halls, towers, galleries, pavilions
etc. It beautifully blends southern China-style
garden architecture with northern Chinas natural
landscape.
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Harmony Peace Tibetan Buddhist Temple

• Built in 1694, the Yonghegong is the largest
  Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Beijing and one of the
  most important outside Tibet. It covers an area
  of 66,400 sq. meters and has 1000 halls. The
  architecture blends Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan
  and Han styles. It houses the Maitreya Buddha
  statue, a 23-meter-tall Buddha carved from a
  single piece of wood.

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Beihai Park
An imperial garden built some 900 years ago .The
Jade Island and the White Dagoba are the most
impressive part of the park . Take no.103 , 109 ,
111 trolley buses there .
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The Ming Tombs

• The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644.
• The tombs are located about 50 kilometres to
  the north of Beijing. They are scattered over a
  basin approximately 40 square kilometres in area,
  screened by mountains on three sides and open to
  the Beijing Plain in the south.