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The Capital City Of China, Beijing

China, a nation in East Asia, is home tocountry also holds four sacred mountains
world's oldest continuous civilizations.associated with Buddhism and three main
With Beijing as its capital, China holdssacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism
a total geographical area of 9,596,960including Mount Emei, Mount Jiuhua,
sq. km. Its climate is tropical in southMount Putuo, Mount Wutai, Mount Kailash,
to sub-arctic in north.Kawa Karpo and Amnye Machen.
Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan,Beijing, literally means Northern
Guangzhou, Chongqing, Harbin and ChengduCapital, is the capital city of China -
are some of the major places ofthe most populous county in the world.
attraction. Han Chinese is the largestUntill the fomation of the Republic of
ethnic group in China who compriseChina in 1911, Beijing was the seat of
around 91% of the total population.Ming and Quing dynasties. It holds
Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uygur, Yi,several places of historical importance
Mongolian, Tibetan, Buyi and Korean areans government institutions. Famous for
some of the other ethnic groups whichits uniformity and standard
dominates the area.construction, Beijing has only one hill
The Republic of China was formed on 1stin the city limits. Beijing has
January 1912 which leads to the end ofconcentric rectangular ring roads which
Quing Dynasty. Sun Yat-sen, belongs torun around the metropolis.
National Party, was declared as theThere are many tourist places which
president of the new republic.attracts lot of people around the world.
China is almost same size as the UnitedThe Forbidden City, the Summer Palace,
States of America and the eastern partTemple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square,
of china is surrounded by the East ChinaHutongs, Beijing Zoo, Beijing Botanical
Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and SouthGardens, Beihai Park, Yonghegong,
China Sea. China shares its border withFragrant Hills, Hutongs and Military
India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,Museum of the Chinese People's
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and VietnamRevolution are some of the major places
to the South; Kazakhstan, Tajikistan andof attaction in Beijing.
Kyrgyzstan to the West; Mongolia andAlso known as the Palace Museum,
Russia to the North and North Korea toForbidden City is really the spot to
the East.value the strength and splendor of the
China is home to several world famousImperial Chinese court during the height
tourist attractions including Great Wallof its power in the Ming and Qing
of China, Tibet, Silk Road, Hainandynasties. Built by Mao, Tiananmen
island and tropical paradise. It alsoSquare is the largest square in the
holds dozens of UNESCO World Heritageworld. The square is surrounded by
sites. Most of the places in China haveSoviet-style monuments and government
famous Buddhist arts. Yungang Grottoes,buildings. It still remains as an
around 1500 year old, in Sichuanamazing place and a place to stay behind
province has more than 51,000 Buddhistand see visitors from all over the
carvings.world.
You can see art and manuscripts datingTemple of Heaven, situated to the
back to the 4th century in the Mogaosouth-east of Qianmen and the Tiananmen
Caves situated near Dunhuang in GansuSquare, is a marvelous sight for
province. Dazu Rock near Chongqing andtourists. The temple was the place where
Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang holdthe king prayed every year for superior
carvings which date from 5th to 13thharvests and good weather. Summer Palace
century.houses widespread gardens and the ruins
China has several sacred mountains whichof palaces constructed by the Qing
attract tourists in large number. Mountemperors in the ancient era. Beijing Zoo
Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Heng, Mount Henghas an aquarium which is one of the
and Mount Song are the five greatbiggest in the world, and extremely
mountains associated with Taoism: Theremarkable.



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