China's top ten scenic spots

China's top ten scenic spots refer to the results of the selection by China Travel News in 1985, namely the Great Wall, Guilin Landscape, Hangzhou West Lake, Beijing Forbidden City, Suzhou Garden, Anhui Huangshan, Yangtze River Three Gorges, Sun Moon Lake, Chengde Mountain Resort And Qinling Terracotta Warriors.

Great Wall

The Great Wall, also known as the Great Wall, is a military defense project in ancient China. It is a tall, sturdy and continuous long raft that is used to limit enemy riding. The Great Wall is not a purely isolated city wall, but a defense system that combines a city wall as the main body and a large number of cities, barriers, pavilions, and standards.

The Great Wall resources are mainly distributed in 15 provinces, autonomous regions, such as Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang. During the period, Shaanxi Province was the province with the richest resources in China's Great Wall. The length of the Great Wall in China was 1,838 kilometers. According to the results of the National Great Wall Resources Survey of the Cultural Relics and Surveying and Mapping Department, the total length of the Ming Great Wall is 8851.8 kilometers, and the Qin and Han Great Walls have more than 10,000 kilometers, with a total length of more than 21,000 kilometers.

Guilin Scenery
Guilin landscape is a general term for Guilin tourism resources. National AAAAA-level tourist scenic spot, one of China's top ten scenic spots, Guilin landscape is representative of Chinese landscape, typical karst topography constitutes a unique landscape of Guilin, Guilin landscape refers to a wide range, a large number of projects. The landscape of Guilin is “mountain green, water show, cave odd, stone beauty”, including mountains, water, karst caves, stone carvings, etc. The landscapes in the territory are famous all over the world. For thousands of years, it enjoys the reputation of “Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world”.

Hangzhou West Lake

West Lake, located in the west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is one of the first national key scenic spots in China and one of China's top ten scenic spots. It is one of the main ornamental freshwater lakes in mainland China, and is one of the few World Heritage Sites and the only lake cultural heritage in China.

The West Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, covering an area of ​​6.39 square kilometers, about 2.8 kilometers wide from east to west, 3.2 kilometers long from north to south, and nearly 15 kilometers around the lake. The lake is separated by Gushan, Baidi, Sudi and Yanggong Dikes. According to the size of the area, there are five water faces, namely, West Lake, Xili Lake, Beili Lake, Xiaonan Lake and Yuehu. Su Di and Bai Dike cross the lake, Xiao Wei Chau The three small islands of Huxinting and Mekongdun stand in the heart of the West Lake. The Leifeng Pagoda in Xizhao Mountain and the Baoding Tower in the Gem Mountain are separated by the lake, thus forming “One Mountain, Two Towers, Three Islands, The basic pattern of the Three Dykes and Five Lakes.

the Forbidden city

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on the three main halls. It covers an area of ​​720,000 square meters and has a construction area of ​​about 150,000 square meters. There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and most preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.

The Forbidden City in Beijing began construction in the Ming Dynasty four years (1406), built on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the 18th year of Yongle (1420). It is a rectangular city, 961 meters long from north to south, 753 meters wide from east to west, with a wall of 10 meters high on all sides and a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer dynasty and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Taihe Temple, the Zhonghe Temple, and the Baohe Temple. They are collectively referred to as the Three Great Halls and are the place where the state holds a grand ceremony. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Hall, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Housan Palace. It is the main palace where the emperor and the empress lived.

Known as the world's five major palaces (Beijing Forbidden City, Versailles, France, Buckingham Palace, White House, Russian Kremlin), the Forbidden City is the national AAAAA tourist attraction. It was listed as the first national key cultural relics protection unit in 1961. In 1987 it was listed as a World Cultural Heritage.

Suzhou gardens

Suzhou Classical Garden, referred to as Suzhou Garden, is a world cultural heritage, national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, and one of China's top ten scenic spots. Suzhou Classical Garden is known as the “City of Gardens” and enjoys the reputation of “Jiangnan Garden is the best in the world, Suzhou Garden is the Jiangnan”, and it is known as “Reconstruction in the Palace”.

Suzhou classical gardens began in the Spring and Autumn Period when Wu Guojian was a Gusu, formed in the Five Dynasties, matured in the Song Dynasty, prosperous in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 170 gardens of various colors in Suzhou. There are more than 60 preserved and 19 open, mainly including Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Net Master Park, Yi Garden, etc. garden.

Suzhou classical garden has its unique historical status and value in the history of world gardening. It is a superb artistic method of freehand landscapes, with strong Chinese traditional thoughts and cultural connotations. It is a model of gardening art of oriental civilization and a leader of Chinese garden culture. And pride is an outstanding representative of Chinese gardens.

Huangshan, Anhui

World cultural and natural dual heritage, World Geopark, national AAAAA-level tourist attractions, national-level scenic spots, national civilized scenic tourist areas demonstration sites, China's top ten famous mountains, the world's first Qishan.

Huangshan is located in Huangshan City, southern Anhui Province, with 72 peaks. The main peak of the Lotus Peak is 1864 meters above sea level. It is also known as the main peak of the three major Huangshan Mountains with Guangmingding and Tiandu Peak, and is one of the 36 peaks. Huangshan is the symbol of Anhui tourism and the only mountain scenery in China's top ten scenic spots.

Huangshan was originally called "Lushan", because the peak rock is black and black, and it looks at the sky. After the legend, Xuanyuan Huangdi used to be alchemy, so it was renamed "Huangshan." Huangshan Landscape on behalf of the "four no three waterfalls" four no: pines, rocks, clouds, hot springs; three waterfalls: the word waterfall, Baizhang spring, Jiulong. Anhui Huangshan welcoming pine is a symbol of warm and friendly people, carrying the ceremonial embrace the world of oriental culture.

Yangtze River Three Gorges

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, also known as the Xiajiang River or the Great Three Gorges, is located on the main stream of the Yangtze River in Chongqing and Hubei provinces of China. It starts from Baidi City in Fengjie County, Chongqing, and reaches Nanjin Pass in Yichang City, Hubei Province in the east. It is 193 kilometers long. Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge.

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River built the world's largest water conservancy project in Yichang, Hubei Province - the Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project. Qutang Gorge is located in Fengjie, Chongqing. Wuxia is located in Wushan, Chongqing, and Badong County, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei Province. Xiling Gorge is located in Zigui County, Yichang City, Hubei Province. During the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, there are two national 5A-level tourist attractions: the Three Gorges Dam and the Three Gorges People's Scenic Area. It is one of the top ten historical sites in China and the first batch of national-level scenic spots. The Three Gorges Tuen Mun landscape on the back of the RMB 10 dollar bill highlights the important status of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China's long history and culture.

Sun Moon Lake

Located in Shuishe Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Sun Moon Lake is the only natural lake in Taiwan, which is formed by the accumulation of water in the fault basin between Yushan and Alishan. The lake is 760 meters above sea level, with an area of ​​about 9 square kilometers, an average water depth of 30 meters, and a lake circumference of about 35 kilometers.

Surrounded by mountains, Sun Moon Lake is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The lake is blue and the lake is vast. The peaks are reflected in the lake and are picturesque. When the sun sets, the new moon rises, the sun and moon shadows are interesting, and it is elegant and quiet, full of poetry and painting. There is a small island in Sun Moon Lake that looks like a bead floating on the water. The name is Zhuziyu (Gwanghua Island). With this island as the boundary, the shape of the northern half of the lake is like a round day, and the shape of the southern half of the lake is like a crescent moon. And got its name.

Chengde Mountain Resort

Chengde Mountain Resort: World Cultural Heritage, National AAAAA Level Scenic Spot, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, and one of China's Four Famous Gardens.

Chengde Mountain Resort is also known as “Chengde Palace” or “River River Palace”. It is located in the north of Chengde City Center in Hebei Province, on the narrow valley of the west bank of Wulie River. It is the place where the emperors of the Qing Dynasty took summer vacations and handled government affairs.

The Summer Resort was built in 1703. It was built in the 89th year after the Qing Emperor Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. The Summer Resort is based on the simple and elegant mountain villages, taking the natural beauty of the landscape and absorbing the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. It has become the largest ancient imperial palace in China.

The summer resort is divided into four parts: palace area, lake area, plain area and mountainous area. The whole mountain is rich in water in the southeast and mountainous in the northwest. It is the epitome of China's natural landform, a glorious milestone in the history of Chinese gardens, and the classical Chinese garden art. Masterpieces are the highest example of Chinese classical gardens.

Qinling Terracotta Warriors

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses, namely the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, also referred to as Qin Terracotta Warriors or Horses, are located in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, 1.5 km east of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Terracotta Warriors is a category of ancient tomb sculptures. In ancient times, human beings were practiced. The slaves were the attachments of the slave masters. After the slave owners died, the slaves were to be buried as slaves. The terracotta warriors are made into funerary objects in the shape of soldiers and horses (chariots, horses, soldiers). On March 4, 1961, the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In March 1974, Terracotta Warriors and Horses were discovered; in 1987, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were approved by UNESCO to be included in the World Heritage List and were hailed as "the eighth wonder of the world". More than 200 national leaders have visited and become a golden business card of ancient Chinese splendid civilization, and is known as one of the world's top ten ancient tomb treasures.