Tourism in Beijing five World Heritage Logged

1. Forbidden City, (Pinyin)
Forbidden City (The Forbidden City), often referred to as the "Forbidden Palace", located right in the middle of the ancient city of Beijing, a royal palace during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Known as the "Palace Museum", this site has an area of ​​approximately 720,000 square meters, 800 buildings and over 8,000 rooms. Forbidden City, a UNESCO called the largest collection of ancient wooden structures in the world, and is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 as the "Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing". What's royal palace located in the north of Tiananmen Square and can be accessed from the field through Tiananmen Gate. The location is surrounded by a large area called the Imperial City.
Although no longer occupied by the nobility, the Forbidden City remains a symbol of Chinese power. Own image appears on the emblem of the Republic of China. The Palace Museum is now one of the most attractive tourist locations in the world.
The Forbidden City has many names. In China, the site commonly known as Gu Gong, or "former palace". The name is now known generally as the "Forbidden City" is a translation of the Zijin Cheng, which means "Purple Forbidden City".

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2. Summer Palace (Yihe Yuan)
Yihe Yuan or in Indonesian to the Summer Palace is a palace located 15 km from downtown Beijing. First built in the early Jin.Pada Dynasty reputable manufacture Qingyi Park. Restored to the foundation which is the work of classical Chinese garden architecture in 1886 after largely destroyed by war in 1860. His name was later changed to Yuan Ming Yuan and the latter being Yihe Yuan by the Empress Dowager Cixi in 1881. Last changed with a massive renovation. After renovation, the Empress Dowager Cixi then stay there.
As one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. This combination combines the natural hills and waters such as the man-made buildings such as pavilions, halls, temples, palaces and bridges.

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3. Peking Man
Peking Man is also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. A group of fossil specimens found in 1927 during excavations tahun1923 in Zhoukoudian (Chou K'ou-tien) near Beijing (then called Peking), China. The findings have been dated from about 500 thousand years ago, although further studies propose aged 600 to 780 thousand years ago.

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4. Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan)
Tian Tan or in Indonesian, Temple of Heaven is a Taoist shrine located in Beijingg. Built in the 15th century AD, exactly began in 1420 AD (Ming Dynasty) and is made on an area of ​​2700 sq KM.
The architecture symbolizes the earth and sky relationships (human and God.) Is associated with the emperor as the son of the sky in the belief Mythology Cina.Dibangun as an offering to the sky. This is the reason why the Forbidden City is smaller, because the emperor did not dare to make a place to stay that is greater than the temple of heaven {Lord).
Tian Tan walled long. In the north are slightly rounded square symbolizes the southern sky and symbolizes the earth. This is consistent with the ancient Chinese thought that says heaven is round and the earth was persegi.Bagian north also made higher than the southern part.

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5. Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty
Dynasty Ming Tombs, literally "Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty" is located approximately 42 kilometers north-northwest of downtown Beijing, the Beijing suburb of Changping District. The site, which is located on the southern slope of Mount Tianshou (originally Mount Loess), was elected to the feng shui principles by the third Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (1402-1424), who moved the capital of China from Nanjing to the present location in Beijing. He is known as the founder of Ming-era spatial Beijing and a number of landmarks and monuments located therein. After the construction of the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) in 1420, Emperor Yongle chose burial site and create their own grave.
From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty emperors buried in this area. Currently, the Ming Tombs are designated as one of the components of the object Heritage Site, Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which also includes a number of other sites in the Beijing and elsewhere in China. (**)