The Temple of Heaven, situated in southeastern Beijing, is the largest extant sacrificial temp in China as well as in the world. The construction work began in 1406 and ended in 1420 during the region of Emperor Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It used to be the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing [...]

At the axis of the imperial city, the T-shaped square between Daming-men, the first gate of imperial city, named Daqingmen in the Qing Dynasty and later removed, and Chengtianmen, named Tiananmen in the Qing Dynasty, is Tiananmen Square.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, some old buildings were removed and the square was [...]

Located in West City District of Beijing, Beijing Zoo was built on the former site of imperial manor in the Ming Dynasty and got the present name in 1955.

Covering a total area of 50,000 square meters, the zoo is the largest one in China as to its size and animal varieties. Over 600 types of [...]

Deep and serene Hutongs are in nature formed by courtyard walls connected one another on both sides Inside the wall are Siheyuan, the traditional residences of Beijing residents. In the past in Beijing, the disparity of different classes was clear at a first glance of their residences: the imperial family living in the Forbidden City [...]

Beijing Shichahai, long been regarded as the most beautiful place in old Beijing, attract a lot of tourists from both home and abroad each year due to its deep cultural and historic connotation and picturesque landscape. Comprising Qianhai(Front Lake), Hohai(Rear lake), Xihai(West lake) and the around area, it covers a total area about 1,467,000 square [...]

In Beijing a city alley or lane is known as Hutong while in Shanghai it was called Nong.However,the Nongs in Shanghai are interlocking in radiation forms but in Beijing, the Hutongs are built crisscrossing east-west across the city and laid in chessboard patterns. In Beijing’s rich historical culture, the Hutong holds up a very special [...]