Tourist attractions of Beijing

Tourist attractions of Beijing

The tourist attractions of Beijing are plenty and rich in history. The most well-known ones include the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China, the Tian'anmen and the Forbidden City.

The city also has plenty of temples, hutongs and parks, relics of ages gone by.

Within the Beijing metropolitan area

Buildings, monuments, and landmarks

*Forbidden City (World Heritage Site) [http://25kmiles.com/map/index.html#ot=8^maptype=m^zoom=15^place=47878^center=39.916846,116.391478^ On the Map]
*Tiananmen Square, The largest square in the world.
**Tiananmen (The Gate of Heavenly Peace)
**Great Hall of the People (National Legislature)
**National Museum of China
**Monument to the People's Heroes
**Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
*The Summer Palace (World Heritage Site)
*Ruins of the Old Summer Palace
*Bell Tower and Drum Tower
*Pagoda of Cishou Temple
*Pagoda of Tianning Temple
*Historic Hutongs and Siheyuans in many older neighborhoods
*Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge)
*Eight Mile Bridge (Ba Li Qiao)
*Prince Gong's Mansion (Gong Wang Fu)
*Zheng Yici Peking Opera Theatre
*Liulichang Culture Street
*Beijing Ancient Observatory
*Geological Museum of China
*National Centre for the Performing Arts
*Beijing Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

Temples, cathedrals, and mosques

*Temple of Heaven (World Heritage Site), situated in the southern area of urban Beijing
*Temple of Earth, located in northern Beijing
*Temple of Sun, situated in the eastern area of urban Beijing
*Temple of Moon, located in western Beijing
*Tanzhe Temple
*Jietai Temple
*Yunju Temple
*Yonghegong (Lama Temple)
*Guangji Temple
*Confucius Temple
*White Cloud Temple
*Big Bell Temple
*Fa Yuan Temple
*Miaoying Temple
*Zhen Jue Temple
*Wanshou Temple
*Five Pagoda Temple
*Zhihua Si Temple
*Dongyue Temple
*Temple of Azure Clouds
*Temple of Recumbent Buddha
*White Dagoba Temple in Beihai Park
*Badachu
*Immaculate Conception Cathedral
*Holy Saviour Church
*Niujie Mosque

Parks and gardens

*Beihai Park
*Shichahai
*Jingshan Park
*The Fragrant Hills (Xiangshan)
*The Grandview Garden (Daguanyuan)
*Beijing Botanical Garden
*Taoranting Park
*Beijing Zoo
*Beijing World Park
*Beijing Olympic Forest Park

hopping and commercial districts

*Wangfujing
*Xidan
*Silk Street
*Beijing CBD
*Beijing Financial Street
*Zhongguancun
*Yizhuang

Outside the metropolitan area, but within the municipality

*Sections of the Great Wall (World Heritage Site) at:
** Badaling
** Juyongguan
** Mutianyu
** Simatai
** Jinshanling
** Jiankou
*The Ming Dynasty Tombs (World Heritage Site)
*Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (World Heritage Site)
*Shidu

ee also

*Tourism in mainland China

External links

* [http://www.great-wall-of-china.com Great Wall of China information and maps]
* [http://www.beijing-travel.cn Travel guide and Beijing 2008 Olympics]
* [http://www.kinabaloo.com/beijing.html Photographic guides to 40 tourist attractions]
* [http://www.funtouristattractions.com/m/beijing-china-attractions-map/1 Interactive map of top tourist attractions in Beijing]
*wikitravel|Beijing


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