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Nine Best Places to Visit!
Places to Eat!
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Nine Best Places to Visit!Wan Li Chang Cheng/ The Great Wall of China
Beijing Planetarium
Yi He Yuan/Summer Palace
Tian An Men Guang Chang/Tian An Men Square
Tian Tan/Temple of Heaven
The Ming Tombs
Zijin Cheng/Gu Gong/Forbidden City
Beijing Zoo
Beihai Park
Wan Li Chang Cheng/Great Wall
The most famous and monumental attraction in probably the whole of China; The Great Wall. The Wall runs for about 4,500 miles including all of the
branches. It was originally built to keep out the Mongolians from invading China. It not only acted as a barrier, but was useful in warning people that
attackers were coming
The Summer Palace is considered one of the most
scenic and beautiful gardens in China. The
imperial residences were first built on Kunming Lake 1153 and then in 1888 it was reconstructed by the
Empress Dowager Ci Xi. Yi He Yuan can be translated as The Garden of Health
and Harmony
Yi He Yuan/Summer Palace
Tian An Men Guang Chang/Tian An Men Square
The Tian An Men Square is the place that holds Mao De Zong’s Memorial
hall, Monument to the People’s Heroes, Tian An Men Tower. At one
time, it can hold up to one million people! You can see the national flag raising ceremony every morning if you
get up early!
The Tian An Men Guang Chang is the location for
many important events. Many people consider the Guang
Chang as the representation of the people of China’s struggle for freedom and
democracy
Tian Tan/Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420. It is a dignified complex of fine buildings set in gardens and surrounded
by historic pine woods.
It symbolises the relationship between heaven and earth, and covers over
273 hectares.
The architecture is based on elaborate symbolism and
numerology
The Ming Tombs
It was originally built as Changling, for the Emperor Zhuli and his empresses. Then, the succeeding 12
emperors all had their tombs built around it
The Ming Tombs are the collective word used to describe the mausoleums of 13 emperors
that lived during the Ming dynasty, 1368 - 1644 (a
mausoleum is a large stately tomb).
Zijin Cheng/Gu Gong/The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City was built at around the same time as the
Temple of Heaven. It covers 74 hectares, and it was the imperial
palace at the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
As the name might suggests, normal civilians were not allowed to enter. The main colour in the buildings was yellow, because
that was the royal colour
Beijing Zoo
The Beijing Zoo mainly exhibits wild and rare animals in China, such as the panda (shown above) and the Golden Monkey. It holds over 7,000 animals
of over 600 species
It was originally named the Ten Thousand Animal Garden, but it was then changed to the name it has
now
Beihai Park
. The most famous parts of the park are the Bai Ta (the White Pagoda) and the Nine Dragon Wall.
The Nine Dragon Wall is one of three of its kind in
China
Beihai park is just a few hundred meters northwest
of the Forbidden City. It boasts a large lake, which covers more than half of
the park’s whole area
Beijing Planetarium
One of the more modern aspects of Beijing, the
Planetarium is well worth a visit.
Inside are many models of modern and astronomical equipment, and if you are
lucky, you can buy a ticket to watch a 3D or possibly even 4D shows. There are three theatres, two observatories and one sun exhibition hall
Places to eat!
If you visit Beijing, you absolutely MUST try out
the famous Beijing duck! The Beijing duck is renowned worldwide
for its tastiness and how full the flavour is.
Complemented with cucumber and spring
onions, it makes a perfect dish!
The best places to eat in the city centre
Of course, Beijing also offers a range of other delicious foods, which you must be sure to try
out yourself as well!
Top 5 Restaurants
Pearl Seafood Restaurant
111 Di'anmen Dajie6403 5888
Shuzhongxiu RestaurantA1 Ganyuqiao Xicheng
District6348 5955
Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant14 Qianmen
Xidajie6301 8833
Dongxinglou Restaurant
47 Dongzhimen Dajie
6404 4382
Pinxiang Jiaozi Restaurant
Next to Yusong Hotel, Wukesong
Beilu6827 6299
This week looks to be a fine time to go out in Beijing!
Today – 16th March 2006
Currently
16°C
High
21°C
Low
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In Beijing, today will be a fair day, mostly cloudy with a little sunshine in some areas of the city. Winds are blowing SSW at 5 to 0 mph. Highest temperatures
around 21°C, and lowest temperatures around 4°C. Hope you enjoy your day!
Day Conditions Temperature Wind Speed and Direction
Relative Humidity
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3 - 21°C NW
10 to 20 mph15%
Saturday18th March
0 - 14°C N5 to 15 mph
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19th March1 - 16°C NW
10 to 15 mph14%
Monday20th March
3 - 19°C S
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