What are the representative symbols of China culture?

Chinese, Beijing Forbidden City, Great Wall, Suzhou Gardens, Confucius, Taoism, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Terracotta Warriors, Mogao Grottoes, Tang Empire, Silk, Porcelain, Peking Opera, Shaolin Temple, Kung Fu, Journey to the West, Temple of Heaven, Acupuncture, Chinese Cuisine, etc.

1. The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis, which is the essence of ancient palace architecture in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world.

The construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing began in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420). It is a rectangular city with a length of 96 1 m from north to south and a width of 753 m from east to west. Surrounded by a wall with a height of 10 meter, there is a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The architecture of the Forbidden City is divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Zhonghe and the Hall of Baohe, which are collectively called the three halls, and are the places where the country holds ceremonies. The center of the Forbidden City is Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace, collectively referred to as the last three palaces, which are the main palaces where emperors and empresses live.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is known as the first of the five largest palaces in the world (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the White House in the United States and the Russian Kremlin). It is a national AAAAA tourist attraction. 19 1 was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and 1987 was listed as a world cultural heritage.

2. The Great Wall, also known as the Great Wall of Wan Li, was an ancient military defense project in China. The history of building the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the famous allusion "the bonfire plays princes" took place in Haojiang (now Xi 'an), the capital city. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countries competed for hegemony and defended each other, and the construction of the Great Wall entered its first climax, but the construction length at this time was relatively short. After Qin destroyed the six countries and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, which was called the Great Wall of Wan Li. The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty to overhaul the Great Wall, and most of the Great Wall seen by people today was built at this time. Great Wall resources are mainly distributed in Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. According to the results of the national Great Wall resources survey conducted by the cultural relics and surveying and mapping departments, the total length of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty was 885 1.8km, and that in Qin and Han Dynasties and its early period was more than 1, 000km, and the total length was more than 2 1, 000km. On March 4th, 196 1 the great wall was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units? . 1987 65438+February, the Great Wall was listed as a world cultural heritage.