Beijing sightseeing - The Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City & Summer Palace

Tiananmen Square is the center of Beijing, the heart of Beijing, and the largest urban center square in the world. The Square runs from Tiananmen in, there, north to the Great Hall of the People with 880 meters long and 500 meters wide, with 440,000 square meters. One million people held a grand rally. There is the Monument to the People's Heroes and the solemn Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in the center. On the west side of the Square is the Great Hall of the People. On the south side are two ancient city towers, Zhengyangmen and Qianmen Arrow Tower, built in the 14th century. There is labor on both sides: people's Culture Palace and Zhongshan Park. Tiananmen Square is neatly symmetrical, magnificent, and magnificent. It is an excellent sight of Beijing.

 The Forbidden City is the largest Imperial Palace worldwide. We'll spend at least 2 hours to roam around this impressive example of Imperial architecture and find out about the palace's history.
 

The Forbidden City, likewise referred to as the Royal residence Museum and Gu Gong in Chinese, exists in Beijing's town hall. It functioned as the royal palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 - 1911). It was first built for 14 years throughout the regime of Emperor Chengzu in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Old Chinese Astronomers believed that the Purple Celebrity (Polaris) remained in heaven's center, and the Heavenly Emperor lived in the Purple Palace. The Royal residence for the emperor in the world was so called the Purple City. It was prohibited to get in without the unique authorization of the emperor. Thus its name "The Purple Forbidden City," typically "The Forbidden City.  

The Summer Palace is China's largest and most preserved royal garden. It is one of China's four famous gardens (the other three are Chengde Mountain Resort, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, and Suzhou Lingering Garden). It is located in the Haidian District, Beijing, 15 kilometers from Beijing urban area, and covers about 290 hectares. The Summer Palace is a large-scale natural landscape garden built using Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain as bases. It takes the West Lake scenery of Hangzhou as a model, and drawing on specific design techniques and artistic conceptions of Jiangnan gardens, is also the most intact royal palace royal garden and is known as Royal Garden Museum。

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Temple of Heaven Park was a place for emperors to worship the emperor and pray for an abundance of grains. Its rigorous architectural layout, peculiar architectural structure, and magnificent architectural decoration are considered to be the most exquisite and beautiful group of ancient buildings in our country. The Temple of Heaven is not only the jewel of ancient Chinese architecture, but also the history of world architecture. Gems.

The Longqing Gorge holds the Ice Lantern Festival from January to February each year. The previous themes are different. During this period, there are groups of cleverly conceived ice lanterns and lanterns in the canyon, forming a flying thousand-foot crystal with the huge ice waterfall and ice flowers hanging down the huge dam. The transparent ice and snow park is very popular with tourists.

Houhai is the largest of the three lakes "Shichahai" located in the center of Beijing, connecting Qianhai and Xihai. Houhai is a leisurely place with water and mountains and weeping willows. The dwellings and residents on the shore and the surrounding palaces and celebrities' former residences add to it the infinite charm of Beijing and history. The Hutongs in Houhai and its surrounding areas are world-famous for their nightlife, and many residences along the lakeshore have also been converted into restaurants, bars and cafes.