Temple of Heaven (1 Tian Tan Dong Lu, Dongcheng, Beijing) – this temple (located in the southern part of Beijing), was first built in 1420 AD (18th year of Ming emperor Yongle’s reign) and was extended & renovated during the reigns of Ming emperor Jiajing and Qing emperor Qianlong. Here, the emperors would worship the […]
Shaolin Temple (Deng Feng Da Dao, Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan) – located 971 km. northwest of Shanghai (a 2-hour plane ride), this was the main temple of Shaolin Buddhism in China. It is located near the base of Songshan Mountain near Dengfeng City in Henan Province in central China. The style of Buddhism developed here centered […]
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall (100 Renmin Ave, Huangpu, Shanghai) – opened to the public in 2000, this site is located on the People’s Square (covering an area of over 0.4 hectare and rises 142 feet high. There are five floors above the ground and two underground). This hall was built to show the […]
Shanghai Tower (51 Lujiazui Road West, Pudong, Shanghai) — Shanghai Tower is a 632-meter (125 story) supertall skyscraper designed by Gensler, a leading global architectural design firm. Shanghai Tower anchors one of East Asia’s leading financial centers: the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. The 632-meter-tall, mixed-use building completes the city’s super high-rise precinct. It is […]
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum (2000 Century Ave, Pudong, Shanghai) – this is an important science education and leisure tourism base. It is located in Huamu Administrative and Cultural Center, west of Century Square and close to Century Park. It covers an area of 68,000 square meters, and has a floor space of 98,000 square […]
Shanghai History Museum (1st Floor of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, 1 Century Ave, Pudong, Shanghai) — this is a museum showing the historical developments of Shanghai, with about 18,000 objects, including more than 1,300 historical relics. There visitors can have a whistle-stop tour Shanghai’s past via an array of old artifacts and waxwork figures. Visitors can […]
Oriental Pearl Tower (1 Century Ave, Pudong, Shanghai) — Towering high above Pudong New Area, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower has been the outstanding landmark of Shanghai since its completion in 1995. The tower is 468 meters high, the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world, next to the 553–meter-high CN Tower […]
National Museum of China (16 E Chang’an Ave, Dongcheng, Beijing) — The National Museum of China (NMC) is located at the east side of Tiananmen Square, opposite the Great Hall of the People. It was founded in February 2003, based on the merging of two previous museums, namely the National Museum of Chinese History and […]
Ming Tombs (Changchi Road, Changping, Beijing) — The Ming Tombs lie in Changping County, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northwest from the urban area of Beijing. It is actually a tomb cluster of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), including thirteen emperor’s mausoleums, seven tombs for concubines and one grave for eunuchs. This cemetery is world famous […]
Leshan Giant Buddha (Leshan, Sichuan) — Leshan Giant Buddha is a huge statue which is carved into the side of Mount Lingyun. The Giant Buddha is about 71 meters high and 24 meters wide. The head is 14.7 meters long and 10 meters wide with total 1021 buns of hair on it, and his […]