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What are the famous ancient buildings in China?

Dujiangyan 1

It is a large-scale water conservancy project built in ancient China and still in use today. It is "the originator of world water conservancy culture" and the oldest grand water conservancy project without dams in the world.

2. Forbidden City

The Forbidden City, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is the essence of Han Palace architecture, an unparalleled masterpiece of ancient architecture, and the largest and most well-preserved ancient architectural complex. Surrounded by the city wall, the circumference is 3428 meters, the height of the city wall is 7.9 meters, the bottom is 8.62 meters wide and the upper part is 6.66 meters wide. There is a raft on the outside of the upper part and a fence on the inside. There is an exquisite turret in every corner of the city wall.

3. The Great Wall

Things stretch for tens of thousands of miles, so it is also called the Great Wall of Wan Li. The existing Great Wall remains are mainly the Ming Great Wall, which was built in14th century. Jiayuguan in the west and Hushan in Liaodong in the east, with a total length of 885 1.8 km, an average height of 6-7m and a width of 4-5m. The Great Wall is a great miracle created by the ancient working people in China, the crystallization of the ancient people's labor art, and the testimony of China's long history.

4. Potala Palace

Potala hill, located in the northwest of Lhasa, was built in the 7th century A.D. by Songzan Gambu, the king of Tibet, to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty in Tibet. After several expansions, it is the largest palace-style building in Tibet. This building is divided into White House and Red Palace. The East Room and Sunlight Room of the White House are the places and bedrooms where lamas hold major religious activities.

5. Zhao Zhouqiao

It is a stone arch bridge, located on the Weihe River in the south of Zhao County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. It was built in the Sui Dynasty, designed and built by craftsmen, and was later named Anji Bridge by Zhao.

This bridge is known as the first bridge in the world, with a history of 1400 years. It is the oldest, longest span and most complete single-hole open-shouldered stone arch bridge in the world. It is an unprecedented pioneering work to adopt the form of single hole and large span and break away from traditional architectural techniques.