What are the ancient places of interest in China

1, Beijing Forbidden City

Beijing Forbidden City is China's Ming and Qing Dynasty royal palaces, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis, is the essence of China's ancient palace architecture. Centered on the Three Great Halls, the Forbidden City of Beijing covers an area of 720,000 square meters, with a floor area of about 150,000 square meters, more than seventy palaces of various sizes, and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.

2, Nanjing Imperial Palace

Nanjing Imperial Palace, also known as the Ming Imperial Palace, Nanjing Forbidden City, is the capital of the Ming Dynasty Yingtianfu (Nanjing) Palace. Construction took more than 20 years before and after, covers an area of more than 1,012,500 square meters, is the world's largest palace complex in the Middle Ages, known as the "world's first palace". Nanjing Imperial Palace as the ancient Chinese capital of the palace architecture of the master, its architectural form for the Palace in Beijing inherited, for the mother of the Ming official-style architecture, is the blueprint of the Palace in Beijing.

3, songshan shaolin temple

Shaolin temple is the ancestor of Chinese buddhist zen and the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, now for the world cultural heritage, the national key cultural relics protection units, national AAAAA level tourist attractions, is located in zhengzhou city, henan province, dengfeng city, songshan mountain five milky peaks under.

Because it is situated in the dense jungle of Shaolin Mountain in the hinterland of Song Mountain, it is called "Shaolin Temple". It was built in the 19th year of the Northern Wei Dynasty (495) by Emperor Xiaowen in order to accommodate the Indian monk, Venerable Tremendous, who was admired by Emperor Xiaowen, at the northern foot of Shaoru Mountain in Songshan Mountain, which is in the vicinity of the capital city of Luoyang.

4, Sun Moon Lake

Sun Moon Lake is located in Taiwan Province, north of the Alishan Mountain, Nenggao Mountain south of Nantou County, Yuchi Township, Shui She Village, formerly known as Shui Sha Lian, Long Lake, Shui She Dahu, Pearl Pool, Shuangtan, also known as the Shui Li She.

Sun Moon Lake has an elevation of 748 meters above sea level and a normal area of 7.93㎞? (10㎞?) at full water level. It is bounded by Guanghua Island, with the northern half of the lake shaped like a round sun and the southern half shaped like a curved moon.

In 2009, Sun Moon Lake was selected by the World Records Association as the "Largest Natural Freshwater Lake in Taiwan", and was chosen as one of the Eight Great Scenic Spots in Taiwan during the Qing Dynasty, and is known as "A Different Heaven Abroad".

5, the Terracotta Warriors

Terracotta Warriors, the Terracotta Warriors, also known as the Terracotta Warriors or the Terracotta Warriors, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the first batch of China's World Heritage Site, is located in today's Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, Lintong District, the Mausoleum of the first Qin Shi Huang, 1.5 km east of the Terracotta Warriors pit.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are a category of ancient burial sculpture. In ancient times, human martyrdom was practiced, and slaves were subordinate to the slave masters during their lifetime, and after the death of the slave masters, the slaves had to be buried as martyrs for the slave masters. Terracotta warriors and horses were made in the shape of soldiers and horses (chariots, horses, soldiers).

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanjing Palace

Terracotta warriors and horses were made into burials for slaves. Strong>References:

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