Imagine, a place that collected unmatchable fortune and innumerable priceless treasures all over China and the world over. The Forbidden City or the Imperial Palace, situated right in the center of the metropolis, didn’t change its status as...Read More

Filial piety of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) to his mother gave birth to this imperial garden at the last heyday of Chinese feudal times. As a large natural mountain and water garden, it was built on the basis of Kunming Lake and...Read More

70 miles north to the city center of Beijing, in Yanqing County, there lies the 12,000 km-long zigzag Badaling section of the Great Wall. It was set up in the eighteenth year during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi (1505) and has been served as a vital...Read More

Yuanmingyuan, built in the Qing Dynasty, stand in a quiet section of the suburbs of Beijing to the northwest of Qinghua University. This "garden of gardens" was made up of the Perfection and Light (Yuanmingyuan), and the Garden of Ten Thousand...Read More

At a distance of 50km northwest of Beijing stands an arc-shaped cluster of hills fronted by a small plain. Here is where 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) were buried, and the area is known as the Ming Tombs. Construction of the tombs...Read More

It was the place where every emperor of Ming and Qing Dynasty (1386~1911A.D.) offer sacrifices to Heaven and a place for emperors to worship. The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420, the same year as the Forbidden City, covering an area of 2,700,000...Read More

This ancient architectural complex is considered a model of Tibetan architecture. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa, Tibet, it is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west...Read More

Speaking of Qin's Terracotta Warriors and Horses, I dare say that most people definitely have heard about it or even have paid a visit. Its grandeur and mystery really overwhelm you. However, people could have neglected the yet unexcavated...Read More

As one of the most magnificent ancient defense works, the Great Wall was put on the world cultural heritage list in 1987. From Shanhaiguan, northeast of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province in the east coast, the Great Wall rises and falls with the...Read More

Located at the foot of the Tianshou Mountain in Changping District,Beijing, the Ming Mausoleums, occupying an area of 120 square kilometers, are well preserved and have the biggest number of emperors buried in the world. ...Read More