The Capital City Of China, Beijing

China, a nation in East Asia, is home to world's oldestholds four sacred mountains associated with Buddhism
continuous civilizations. With Beijing as its capital, Chinaand three main sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism
holds a total geographical area of 9,596,960 sq. km. Itsincluding 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 theBeijing, literally means Northern Capital, is the capital city
major places of attraction. Han Chinese is the largestof China - the most populous county in the world. Untill
ethnic group in China who comprise around 91% of thethe 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 theseveral 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 Januarystandard construction, Beijing has only one hill in the city
1912 which leads to the end of Quing Dynasty. Sunlimits. Beijing has concentric rectangular ring roads
Yat-sen, belongs to National Party, was declared aswhich 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 ofpeople around the world. The Forbidden City, the
America and the eastern part of china is surroundedSummer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen
by the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, andSquare, 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, Tajikistanare some of the major places of attaction in Beijing.
and Kyrgyzstan to the West; Mongolia and Russia toAlso 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 touristthe Imperial Chinese court during the height of its
attractions including Great Wall of China, Tibet, Silkpower in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Built by Mao,
Road, Hainan island and tropical paradise. It also holdsTiananmen Square is the largest square in the world.
dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Most of theThe square is surrounded by Soviet-style monuments
places in China have famous Buddhist arts. Yungangand government buildings. It still remains as an amazing
Grottoes, around 1500 year old, in Sichuan provinceplace 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 theTemple of Heaven, situated to the south-east of
4th century in the Mogao Caves situated nearQianmen and the Tiananmen Square, is a marvelous
Dunhuang in Gansu province. Dazu Rock nearsight for tourists. The temple was the place where the
Chongqing and Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang holdking 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 attractgardens and the ruins of palaces constructed by the
tourists in large number. Mount Tai, Mount Hua, MountQing emperors in the ancient era. Beijing Zoo has an
Heng, Mount Heng and Mount Song are the five greataquarium which is one of the biggest in the world, and
mountains associated with Taoism: The country alsoextremely remarkable.