Ninth: Three Gorges

Three Gorges refers to Hubei Province, Chongqing Municipality, between the Qutang, Wu Gorge and Xiling Yangtze River from Chongqing City West Fengjie County, east of Yichang City, Hubei Province, a total length 205 km. From west to east, there are three major Valley Zone: Qutang, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge. Three hence the name. Three cross-strait confrontation mountains, steep cliffs, peaks generally higher than the river 1000 --- 1500 meters. Narrowest point less than meters. Three Gorges is due to the rise of the crust, cut the Yangtze River water under the formation of the strong. Water resources are very rich.

Eighth: Suzhou Gardens

Suzhou Suzhou gardens are known for beautiful gardens are famous the saying goes, "heaven southern gardens, a garden in Suzhou Jiangnan," said. Suzhou Classical Gardens "Within the city walls and by the landscape of the Yi, reside in the downtown while Lingquan cause," history can be traced back to the 6th century BC king of the garden of Spring and Autumn Period, was first seen in private gardens is recorded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (fourth century ) of the Pijiang Park, ancient garden flourished, were the growing garden. Ming and Qing dynasties, Suzhou has become one of China's most prosperous regions, within and outside private gardens throughout the city within the .16,17,18 century heyday, Suzhou Gardens more than 200, now save more than 60 office is still good and, therefore, Suzhou, known as "paradise, garden city" in the world. As a typical example of classical gardens of Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, the Nets Garden and the Mountain Villa, resulting in the development of private gardens in Suzhou heyday, their mood had cleared, and build sophisticated, artistic and elegant, rich cultural connotations in Suzhou example of classical gardens and numerous representatives. 1997 and 2001, nine gardens listed as a UNESCO World Heritage List

Seventh place: Xi'an Terracotta Warriors

Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an Lishan Mountain, lush trees set off a large-scale, appearance and unique building, which is the famous Terracotta Warriors Museum. Warriors method of combining multi-mold made of ceramic mold used to make the beginning of the first child, then covered with a layer of fine mud carved add color processing, some first, followed by burning, and some first then burned again. In fact, each year the Warriors have a bright and harmonious painting. We found during excavations unearthed some pottery figurines of local retained just bright colors, unearthed due to air dry, the color and then slowly fell off. Can now only see the traces of paint residue. Terracotta warriors and horses of the chariots, infantry, cavalry fitted to a variety of battle. The overall style of vigorous, bodybuilding, succinct. If you look closely, face, hair, body, nuances are different: Some pottery horses erect ears, mouth and some scream, some shut up vigil. Terracotta Warriors are all infected by the artistic charm of the rich.

Sixth: Guilin

Guilin, Guilin Lijiang River Scenic Area is the world's largest and most scenic tourist area of karst landscape, thousands of years, I do not know how many men of letters intoxicated. Scenic Lijiang River in Guilin Guilin as the center, north Xing Lingqu, south of Yangshuo, a water connected by the Lijiang River. Guilin to the "Green hills, odd holes," Ruin famous. One River (Lijiang), two holes (Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Crags), three hills (Solitary Beauty Peak, Fubo Hill, Folded Brocade Hill representative

Five: West Lake in Hangzhou

West Lake in Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province Hangzhou, Hangzhou city, formerly known as martial arts water, Qiantang Lake, West Lake, Lake said before the Song Dynasty. It is the beautiful lakes and mountains and many famous historical sites, is a famous tourist destination, also known as a paradise on earth. As the center of West Lake Scenic Area is divided into lake area, lake district, North Mountain, Nanshan District, and five regions of Qiantang area, with a total area of 49 square kilometers. West Lake is the sunny beauty of glittering water, mountain air kept the rain. Neither snow nor rain Partly cloudy, no matter as early as late-hui Xia, can changes into the scene; in the spring flowers, autumn moon, Xiahe, each with the beauty of winter snow. Lakes with Sir Georg Solti, two King said a section of the beautiful scenery. West Lake is a three-dimensional and all-round, regardless of the angle from which to see more of her grace, with a "neutral scene in the city, people travel in the picture" feeling. The history of the "Ten Qiantang", "West-eighth King" and, most notably the Southern Song Dynasty, naming the "West Lake." 1985, named its "new West Lake" in 2007 and selected the new Ten New West. In the center of West Lake Scenic Area of Justice for 60 square, the distribution of the main scenic spots in the 40 key cultural relics in various 30 places. West Lake summed up mainly of a lake, the second peak, three springs, four Temple, five mountains, six parks, seven holes, eight tombs, Jiuxi, Ten for the win. 1982 West Lake has been identified as a national scenic area in 1985 was named "China's top ten scenic spots" one. May 8, 2007, Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area formally approved by the National Tourism Administration for the state 5A class tourist attractions. "Shuiguang glittering sunny side is good, the rain kept empty mountains are strange", beautiful West Lake are showing her graceful Fang-greet friends from the five lakes, guests from the whole world.

Fourth place: Anhui Huangshan

Huangshan, Huangshan City in Anhui Province, across the city Yixian County, Xiuning County and Huangshan District, Huizhou District, an area of 1078 square km. Huangshan Mountain is one of the Three Sanshanwuyue. Beautiful natural scenery of Huangshan Mountain, pines, rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs, Huangshan winter snows Su said the "five no", so that overseas visitors to the Festival. 82 peaks of Huangshan, or Cui Wei powerful, or sheer beauty, the layout of patchwork, into a natural coincidence, and Heavenly Capital Peak, Lotus Peak, Bright Summit three weeks spread to the main peak as the center, falling for the deep valleys and deep valleys into the mountainous uplift cliffs. Huangshan has a long history, far away in six to seven years ago, that 51 century BC, the late matriarchal society in China, humans have been in this beautiful mountain labored and lived a rich. In the back three or four years of the Shang period, here called a mountain inhabited by the ancestors of Vietnam. Bai Yue Yue is the one. In the Spring and Autumn period, here is the first Wu, Wu is more death, more death is Chu. Qin Shi Huang, after unifying the six states, the implementation of prefectures and counties, where the Hueiji County possessions. Southern begins to set new gun, Junfu Xin'anjiang relocation has never been out of the upstream, Xin Gu Cheng Huizhou, the source of cover for this. Song Huizong Vision and three round-May Day (AD 1121), Xi Zhou were recalled to Huizhou. On the origin of the name of Huizhou, a territory that its emblem Ridge, the emblem of water, large emblem of the village and so on, the state due to its name; the other is to take the Song Dynasty Zhao said, "Hui who, goodness is also" intended to show off his recovered in this region. The coexistence of these two that eight hundred years, State has also been used since ages, the Qing Emperor Kangxi six years (AD 1667) when the province is the removal of Anqing, Huizhou two words as the provincial government's first name.

Three: Chengde Mountain Resort

Chengde Mountain Resort in Chengde City, Hebei Province, People's Republic. Was the summer palace of the Qing dynasty emperor of China. 230 km away from Beijing. Palace by the Emperor, the Royal Gardens and the magnificent temple complex of the composition. Chengde Mountain Resort is located north of downtown, along the West Bank wulie narrow valley floor, which was founded in 1703, after three generations of Qing emperors: Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, took 89 years completed. Villa palace building layout can be divided into two major scenic areas and Garden, Garden area can be divided into Lakes, plains and mountains of three parts. Emperor Qian Long Qin given within 72 King. A house, hall, floor, hall, pavilion, pavilion, House, Villa, fasting, Temple, and other buildings are more than 100. Its biggest feature is the mountain in Park, Park in the mountains. Summer Mountain Resort is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty government in the summer and processing sites, as the famous palace of the emperors, was built in four years of Emperor Kangxi (1703), built in the Qianlong fifty-five years, the last 87 years. Mountain Resort covers an area of 5,640,000 square meters, surrounded by rolling a wall winding Villa meters long, is the largest remaining classical imperial garden. The equivalent of twice the Summer Palace, Beihai Park, a big eight. Compared with Beijing Forbidden City, Summer Resort Village by the simple rustic charm of the elegant style, taking qualities of natural landscapes to absorb the scenery Saibei south, an area of China's largest existing ancient imperial palace. Mountain Resort and the surrounding temples are closely related to an organic whole, while the strong contrast of different styles, simple elegant summer resort, around the magnificent temples. This is an important measure for the Qing emperor of dealing with ethnic relations. Because of historical and cultural heritage of many groups, so that the surrounding temples Mountain Resort and a national key cultural relics protection units, the top ten spots, and forty-four one scenic protection area, Chengde has thus become the first batch of historical and cultural twenty-four city. December 1994, the Summer Resort and the surrounding temples (formerly Rehe Palace) is the World Heritage List. May 8, 2007, Chengde Mountain Resort and the surrounding area temples formally approved by the National Tourism Administration for the state 5A class tourist attractions. Mountain Resort and the Summer Palace in Beijing, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden in Suzhou The four first batch of national key cultural relics protection units inside the garden together and known as the four famous gardens in China. Fourth place: Anhui Huangshan

Chengde Mountain Resort in Chengde City, Hebei Province, People's Republic. Was the summer palace of the Qing dynasty emperor of China. 230 km away from Beijing. Palace by the Emperor, the Royal Gardens and the magnificent temple complex of the composition. Chengde Mountain Resort is located north of downtown, along the West Bank wulie narrow valley floor, which was founded in 1703, after three generations of Qing emperors: Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, took 89 years completed. Villa palace building layout can be divided into two major scenic areas and Garden, Garden area can be divided into Lakes, plains and mountains of three parts. Emperor Qian Long Qin given within 72 King. A house, hall, floor, hall, pavilion, pavilion, House, Villa, fasting, Temple, and other buildings are more than 100. Its biggest feature is the mountain in Park, Park in the mountains. Summer Mountain Resort is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty government in the summer and processing sites, as the famous palace of the emperors, was built in four years of Emperor Kangxi (1703), built in the Qianlong fifty-five years, the last 87 years. Mountain Resort covers an area of 5,640,000 square meters, surrounded by rolling a wall winding Villa meters long, is the largest remaining classical imperial garden. The equivalent of twice the Summer Palace, Beihai Park, a big eight. Compared with Beijing Forbidden City, Summer Resort Village by the simple rustic charm of the elegant style, taking qualities of natural landscapes to absorb the scenery Saibei south, an area of China's largest existing ancient imperial palace. Mountain Resort and the surrounding temples are closely related to an organic whole, while the strong contrast of different styles, simple elegant summer resort, around the magnificent temples. This is an important measure for the Qing emperor of dealing with ethnic relations. Because of historical and cultural heritage of many groups, so that the surrounding temples Mountain Resort and a national key cultural relics protection units, the top ten spots, and forty-four one scenic protection area, Chengde has thus become the first batch of historical and cultural twenty-four city. December 1994, the Summer Resort and the surrounding temples (formerly Rehe Palace) is the World Heritage List. May 8, 2007, Chengde Mountain Resort and the surrounding area temples formally approved by the National Tourism Administration for the state 5A class tourist attractions. Mountain Resort and the Summer Palace in Beijing, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden in Suzhou The four first batch of national key cultural relics protection units inside the g

Chengde Mountain Resort in Chengde City, Hebei Province, People's Republic. Was the summer palace of the Qing dynasty emperor of China. 230 km away from Beijing. Palace by the Emperor, the Royal Gardens and the magnificent temple complex of the composition. Chengde Mountain Resort is located north of downtown, along the West Bank wulie narrow valley floor, which was founded in 1703, after three generations of Qing emperors: Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, took 89 years completed. Villa palace building layout can be divided into two major scenic areas and Garden, Garden area can be divided into Lakes, plains and mountains of three parts. Emperor Qian Long Qin given within 72 King. A house, hall, floor, hall, pavilion, pavilion, House, Villa, fasting, Temple, and other buildings are more than 100. Its biggest feature is the mountain in Park, Park in the mountains. Summer Mountain Resort is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty government in the summer and processing sites, as the famous palace of the emperors, was built in four years of Emperor Kangxi (1703), built in the Qianlong fifty-five years, the last 87 years. Mountain Resort covers an area of 5,640,000 square meters, surrounded by rolling a wall winding Villa meters long, is the largest remaining classical imperial garden. The equivalent of twice the Summer Palace, Beihai Park, a big eight. Compared with Beijing Forbidden City, Summer Resort Village by the simple rustic charm of the elegant style, taking qualities of natural landscapes to absorb the scenery Saibei south, an area of China's largest existing ancient imperial palace. Mountain Resort and the surrounding temples are closely related to an organic whole, while the strong contrast of different styles, simple elegant summer resort, around the magnificent temples. This is an important measure for the Qing emperor of dealing with ethnic relations. Because of historical and cultural heritage of many groups, so that the surrounding temples Mountain Resort and a national key cultural relics protection units, the top ten spots, and forty-four one scenic protection area, Chengde has thus become the first batch of historical and cultural twenty-four city. December 1994, the Summer Resort and the surrounding temples (formerly Rehe Palace) is the World Heritage List. May 8, 2007, Chengde Mountain Resort and the surrounding area temples formally approved by the National Tourism Administration for the state 5A class tourist attractions. Mountain Resort and the Summer Palace in Beijing, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden in Suzhou The four first batch of national key cultural relics protection units inside the garden together and known as the four famous gardens in China. Fourth place: Anhui Huangshan

arden together and known as the four famous gardens in China.

Two: Beijing Forbidden City

Beijing Forbidden City is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, also known as the Forbidden City. former palaces are "Gong Li as the day" to represent the monarchy "orders from heaven." The king as emperor, the imperial palace as the Emperor of Heaven lived "Purple Palace" off-limits, hence the name Forbidden City. Yongle Palace was built during the four years (1406), eighteen years of Yongle (1420) completed. After Emperor Ming and Qing 24. Palace scale, covering 72 million square meters, construction area of 15,000 square meters, there are 9,999 housing rooms, is the largest and most complete ancient palace of the world. To emphasize the supreme authority of the emperors, the Forbidden City is a north-south across Miyagi, in this central axis, in accordance with "the former after sleep," the old system, the layout of controls imperial a symbol of political power center of the room three main (Wo Hall, the Hall of Preserving Harmony), and after having lived three Empress Palace (Palace of Heavenly Purity, Jiao Tai Dian Kunning). Party in its courtyard (Dry Clean doors north) on the formation of a lord lived in the palace --- Ningshou Gong and live in the palace --- Chi Toffee life as the center of the minor axis of the palace, the two minor axis and the outer section and to Ethernet and doors as ZTE, and the left Wenhua Dian Wu echoes right Yingdian. Two minor axis and the central axis between the palace and the Temple of mental culture are vegetarian, then concubine Fei Liu Gong living things. For purposes of defense, the periphery of the palace built a wall 10 meters, there are turret corners, outside the ditch.

Ten famous scenic spots in China-first

First: the Great Wall

Great Wall, Great Wall built in the fifth century BC, Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Shi Huang unified China the third century BC, led 300,000 troops to send Penpower North by the Huns, the Great Wall built by the original sub-link, and continue to build. Later dynasties continued maintenance expansion, to the middle of the seventeenth century AD, the Ming Dynasty not years, before and after the construction of over two thousand years. The miracle of human history a continuous construction of the Great Wall long time, large quantities, the construction of the difficult historical and cultural significance of the rich world is really difficult to match the ancient works. Modern China's democratic revolution, the great pioneer Sun Yat-sen reviews the Great Wall, said: "China's most famous engineering who is also the Great Wall. ... ... Works great, without the piece of ancient, one of the wonders of the world alone." Former U.S. President Nixon visited the Great Wall said: "Only a great nation, to build the Great Wall to come to such a great." So, the Great Wall as a miracle in human history, in 1987 under the "World Heritage List", a well-deserved. Such a mammoth project, not only in China is in the world, is unique, so a few hundred years ago, and the Roman Colosseum, Leaning Tower of Pisa and other one of the seven wonders of the world as the Middle Ages.

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