What Are China s Main Tourist Attractions
BeijingWith its skyscrapers and relatively wealthy population, the capital encapsulates the best of
modern China but the past survives in some splendid imperial icons, including the elegant palaces of
the vast...
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What Are China s Main Tourist Attractions
BeijingWith its skyscrapers and relatively wealthy population, the capital encapsulates the best of
modern China but the past survives in some splendid imperial icons, including the elegant palaces of
the vast Forbidden City, and the extraordinary, circular Temple of Heaven.
Downtown, look for the
ever-dwindling number of hutongs, the narrow alleyways which makeup so much of old Beijing.
There
are also China s foremost restaurants and nightlife to take advantage of everything from teahouse
theatres and acrobatic shows to clubs that only play deepest house.
Within easy reach of the capital
you ll also find the imperial Summer Palace s spacious and unpolluted parklands, and the stone
guardians and chambers of the Ming Tombs
The Great Wall
This extraordinary feat of civil engineering was begun in the 5th century and stretched 6000km
across China.
The most accessible of its remaining sections are within easy reach of Beijing,
including at very
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