| China, a nation in East Asia, is home to world's oldest | | | | holds four sacred mountains associated with Buddhism |
| continuous civilizations. With Beijing as its capital, China | | | | and three main sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism |
| holds a total geographical area of 9,596,960 sq. km. Its | | | | including Mount Emei, Mount Jiuhua, Mount Putuo, Mount |
| climate is tropical in south to sub-arctic in north. | | | | Wutai, Mount Kailash, Kawa Karpo and Amnye |
| Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan, Guangzhou, | | | | Machen. |
| Chongqing, Harbin and Chengdu are some of the | | | | Beijing, literally means Northern Capital, is the capital city |
| major places of attraction. Han Chinese is the largest | | | | of China - the most populous county in the world. Untill |
| ethnic group in China who comprise around 91% of the | | | | the fomation of the Republic of China in 1911, Beijing |
| total population. Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uygur, Yi, | | | | was the seat of Ming and Quing dynasties. It holds |
| Mongolian, Tibetan, Buyi and Korean are some of the | | | | several places of historical importance ans |
| other ethnic groups which dominates the area. | | | | government institutions. Famous for its uniformity and |
| The Republic of China was formed on 1st January | | | | standard construction, Beijing has only one hill in the city |
| 1912 which leads to the end of Quing Dynasty. Sun | | | | limits. Beijing has concentric rectangular ring roads |
| Yat-sen, belongs to National Party, was declared as | | | | which run around the metropolis. |
| the president of the new republic. | | | | There are many tourist places which attracts lot of |
| China is almost same size as the United States of | | | | people around the world. The Forbidden City, the |
| America and the eastern part of china is surrounded | | | | Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen |
| by the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and | | | | Square, Hutongs, Beijing Zoo, Beijing Botanical Gardens, |
| South China Sea. China shares its border with India, | | | | Beihai Park, Yonghegong, Fragrant Hills, Hutongs and |
| Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, | | | | Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution |
| Laos and Vietnam to the South; Kazakhstan, Tajikistan | | | | are some of the major places of attaction in Beijing. |
| and Kyrgyzstan to the West; Mongolia and Russia to | | | | Also known as the Palace Museum, Forbidden City is |
| the North and North Korea to the East. | | | | really the spot to value the strength and splendor of |
| China is home to several world famous tourist | | | | the Imperial Chinese court during the height of its |
| attractions including Great Wall of China, Tibet, Silk | | | | power in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Built by Mao, |
| Road, Hainan island and tropical paradise. It also holds | | | | Tiananmen Square is the largest square in the world. |
| dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Most of the | | | | The square is surrounded by Soviet-style monuments |
| places in China have famous Buddhist arts. Yungang | | | | and government buildings. It still remains as an amazing |
| Grottoes, around 1500 year old, in Sichuan province | | | | place and a place to stay behind and see visitors from |
| has more than 51,000 Buddhist carvings. | | | | all over the world. |
| You can see art and manuscripts dating back to the | | | | Temple of Heaven, situated to the south-east of |
| 4th century in the Mogao Caves situated near | | | | Qianmen and the Tiananmen Square, is a marvelous |
| Dunhuang in Gansu province. Dazu Rock near | | | | sight for tourists. The temple was the place where the |
| Chongqing and Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang hold | | | | king prayed every year for superior harvests and |
| carvings which date from 5th to 13th century. | | | | good weather. Summer Palace houses widespread |
| China has several sacred mountains which attract | | | | gardens and the ruins of palaces constructed by the |
| tourists in large number. Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount | | | | Qing emperors in the ancient era. Beijing Zoo has an |
| Heng, Mount Heng and Mount Song are the five great | | | | aquarium which is one of the biggest in the world, and |
| mountains associated with Taoism: The country also | | | | extremely remarkable. |