Beijing city has built three thousand years of history and the history of eight hundred and fifty years of capital. Republic of China, said Peking. After the founding of new China, the capital of the People’s Republic, China is now one
Beijing city has built three thousand years of history and the history of eight hundred and fifty years of capital. Republic of China, said Peking. After the founding of new China, the capital of the People’s Republic, China is now one of the four central municipalities, the country’s second largest city and the political, transportation and cultural center. North China Plain is located in the northern end of Beijing, Tianjin, southeast of the local area and connected to the rest is surrounded by Hebei Province. It is a blend of Yuan, Ming and Qing since the Chinese culture, has many historical sites and cultural landscape, cultural heritage of the world has the world’s largest cities, there are over 100 million 47 million passengers.
Beijing (in English: Municipality of Beijing Pinyin: Běi jīng Shì). Formerly known as Peking, is Wade pinyin transliteration method. Jin from China, the first time the capital of ancient China (1153), is the capital of Beijing beginning in 2010, is the 857 anniversary of the capital Beijing. Jin all the time in Beijing as a population of over one million. Gold in both the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing to lay a foundation. If the population alone, Beijing is undoubtedly the largest city in the world today (Beijing resident population of + the sum of external and mobile population, over one hundred million, the Tokyo metropolitan area has far exceeded the total population of 34 million). Beijing 2010 Global Cities Ranking 15th among the world’s major cities,ranking first in China.
Attractions Beijing is the world’s world heritage the largest city, is the world’s first geological park in the capital of the world’s cities. Beijing has rich tourism resources, opening up to more than 200 tourist attractions, the world’s largest palace Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, the Royal Garden, the North Sea, the Royal Summer Palace and Yuan Ming Yuan Garden, as well as the Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall and the The world’s largest courtyard Prince Gong’s Mansion and other attractions. Heritage city a total of 7309, 99 national key cultural relics protection units (including the Great Wall and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to Beijing), the 326 municipal conservation units, five national geological parks, 15 national forest parks.
Qianmen Street Was built in the Ming Dynasty in 1550 “Heaven Street” – Qianmen Avenue Beijing city is the last two generations of Chinese history, the capital city defense Qing Wang Zhaoming and general construction, by Miyagi, Imperial City, the inner city, outer city, consisting of walls, gates, Urn, turrets, enemy units, such as multi-channel facilities, moat, who is the most complete surviving ancient city defense system. Gates of the Ming and Qing Beijing gates in general. And construction specifications according to different levels, divided into Miyagi gates, Imperial gate, inside the city gate, outside the city gates four categories. Beijing Ming and Qing Dynasties are four gates Miyagi (a known six), Imperial gate four (one says six, or seven), the inner city gate nine, seven outside the city gates, the public has “Imperial City for nine seven four outside” view. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing city have been gradually demolished, in addition to better retention of Miyagi, the current Imperial gate are preserved only Tiananmen Square, the only remaining Zhengyangmen the inner city, Deshengmen watchtower, southeast corner of the floor and walls Chongwenmen a residual, Outside the city is completely destroyed, only the Yongding Gate was rebuilt.
Peking opera is authentic quintessence of Chinese culture. Peking opera dates back to several ancient sources of local drama in 1790, the four areas of Anhui troupe – three Qing classes, Sixi classes, public classes in spring, and spring classes – Beijing has performed, was an unqualified success. Emblem class often associated with artists from Hubei Province to perform the Han stressed, therefore, a kind of emblem of tune “Second Yellow” and the Han tune “West,” which, integrated opera, Shaanxi Opera, operas and other local opera essence of the new opera was born, This is the Peking Opera. In the 200 years of development history, Peking Opera in the lyrics, and read more and more white and the words rhyme Beijing, and the use of the erhu, Jinghu and other musical instruments, also combines a number of national characteristics, and finally become a mature art. Opera set singing, dancing, martial arts, music, art, literature in one, and Western opera are similar, so called by Westerners “Peking Opera”.
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Beijing is the capital of China, one of the four municipalities, is China’s political, cultural, technological, educational and international exchange center, is China’s largest air traffic hub and economic center of northern China. The northern end of North China Plain, Beijing, Tianjin, southeast of the local area and connected to the rest is surrounded by Hebei Province. Compared to the urban population in Beijing is inferior to the second largest city Shanghai, China. Beijing is a city with a thousand years of history and cultural city, there are five dynasties in history was in this capital in the Beijing since the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the blend of Chinese culture, has many historical sites and cultural landscapes.
Badaling Great Wall, known as one of th