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