Things to see in Beijing
Beijing is the capital of People's Republic of China, with an urban population of about 11.1 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 13 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Forbidden City Museum
The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of twenty-four Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors and was the center of political power in China from 1420 to 1924.
2Temple of Heaven Place of worship
The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing.
3Tiananmen Square Neighbourhood
Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square () is a city square in the city centre of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace") located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden City imperial palace complex.
4Summer Palace History
The Summer Palace or Yihe Garden was a pavilion built by the Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi for quiet retreat. It consists of a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces located in Beijing.
5National Museum of China Museum
The National Museum of China is an art and history museum located on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The National Museum of China has a total construction area of about 200,000 square meters, a collection of more than 1.4 million items, and 48 exhibition halls.
6Zhongnanhai History
Zhongnanhai is a compound which houses the offices of and serves as a residence for the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the State Council.
7Mausoleum of Mao Zedong History
The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, also called the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong and colloquially known as the Maosoleum is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, who was the Founding Father of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) until his death in 1976.
8National Centre for the Performing Arts Arts & culture
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), colloquially described as The Boiled Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, Beijing, China.
9Jingshan Park Park
Jingshan Park is an imperial park covering 23 hectares (57 acres) immediately north of the Forbidden City in the Imperial City area of Beijing, China.
10Beihai Park Park
Beihai Park is a public park and former imperial garden immediately northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
11Niujie Mosque Place of worship
The Niujie Mosque, also known as the Oxen Street House of Worship, or the Oxen Street Mosque, is the oldest mosque in Beijing, China.
12Beijing Zoo Park
Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in 1906 during the late Qing dynasty, it is the oldest zoo in China and oldest public park in northern China.
13Monument to the People's Heroes History
The Monument to the People's Heroes is a ten-story obelisk that was erected as a national monument of China to the martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries.
14Yonghe Temple Place of worship
The Yonghe Temple is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China.
15St. Joseph's Church, Beijing Place of worship
St. Joseph's Church, commonly known as Wangfujing Church or Dongtang, is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Beijing.
16Old Summer Palace History
The Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan or Yuanmingyuan Park, originally called the Imperial Gardens, and sometimes called the Winter Palace, was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District, Beijing, China.
17Zhengyangmen History
Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City.
18Imperial Ancestral Temple Place of worship
The Imperial Ancestral Temple, or Taimiao of Beijing, is a historic site in the Imperial City, just outside the Forbidden City, where during both the Ming and Qing dynasties, sacrificial ceremonies were held on the most important festival occasions in honor of the imperial family's ancestors.
19Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Place of worship
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, colloquially known as the Xuanwumen church or Nantang to the locals, is a historic church and the former Cathedral church for the Archdiocese of Beijing located in the Beijing, China, Xicheng District, near the Beijing Financial Street.
20Temple of Earth Place of worship
The Temple of the Earth in Beijing, China, is located in the northern part of central Beijing, around the Andingmen area and just outside Beijing's second ring road.
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