Beijing

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, at the middle of the Imperial City of Beijing. The former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, it now houses the Palace Museum. The complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 hectares, featuring the traditional Chinese palatial architecture. It is one of the most visited art museums worldwide attracting millions of visitors each year.

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is a city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ('Gate of Heavenly Peace') located to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. It has great cultural significance as it was the site of numerous important events in Chinese history, including the May Fourth Movement and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Spanning 440,000 square meters, it is among the largest city squares in the world and attracts millions of tourists annually.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC, with some later joined together and made bigger and stronger.