Five Stunning Ancient Relics in China

With skyscrapers and bustling streets of the capital of China, Beijing is a very modern city. But beyond all modernity today it is the remains of hundreds of years of history that you have saved to become a tourist attraction.

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The Forbidden City

Built in the early 15th Century gilded castle, the center of power in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. With the sublime art and offers, the Forbidden City a major tourist attraction in Beijing, you must visit. You will spend many hours in this castle, admiring the beauty that is protected from the outside world by high walls.

The Summer Palace

Placed in the parks, the imperial residence in China during the summer is now a beautiful resting place. Pavilions, temples and palaces are the breathtaking scenery. But the most impressive feature is the marble boat, which was founded by the Empress Cixi to life. The palace has a gallery 900 meters long, set the home of the ancient mythological paintings and also a lake in a boat in summer and winter into a skating rink.

The Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven in Beijing Tiantan Park, in the 15th Century, built during the Ming and admired for the architectural complex, which is symbolized the meeting of heaven and earth, was the emperor as a bridge between two worlds. This temple is erected a shrine to enter heaven and earth for 500 years before the 20th Century prohibited.

Ancient Observatory

Remembering the history of this observatory to Kublai Khan, grandson of a feared warlord of Mongolia, Genghis Khan. The observatory is located in the heart of tranquil gardens, and decorated with eight astronomical instruments at the top of the Ming Dynasty, and has a small museum.

Temple of Confucius

Completed in 1306, this temple is a place to learn and also where the Emperor was the victim of the philosopher Confucius, in the early 20th Century sacrifice. The temple with inscriptions, the statues of the wise and make it a suitable place to meditate decorated.