What are the scenic spots in China?

The Top Ten Places of Interest in China refer to the "Top Ten Places of Interest in China" activity initiated by China Tourism News 1985. After more than half a year's appraisal, the top ten most famous scenic spots were finally selected. These ten scenic spots are distributed in all parts of China, east, west, north and south. Including natural landscapes, historical buildings, cultural landscapes and cultural relics, there are ten scenic spots such as Wan Li Great Wall, Guilin Landscape, Hangzhou West Lake, Beijing Forbidden City, Suzhou Garden, Anhui Huangshan Mountain, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, Summer Resort and Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Qin Tombs.

the Great Wall

The Great Wall was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with a history of more than 2,000 years and a total length of more than 50 million meters. The Great Wall of Wan Li that we refer to today mostly refers to the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty, starting from Jiayuguan in Gansu in the west and reaching Yalu River in Liaoning in the east, with a total length of 6.35 million meters. It is like a vigorous dragon, crossing mountains, cliffs, grasslands and deserts, and winding from the top of the mountain, the other side of the Yellow River and the Bohai Sea. People who have been to the Great Wall at all times and all over the world are amazed at its majestic momentum, grand scale and arduous project. The Great Wall is a rare treasure and an artistic relic, which symbolizes the indestructible will and strength of the Chinese nation, the pride of the Chinese nation and the pride of all mankind.

Guilin landscape

Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is a world-famous scenic city and historical and cultural city. It is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the southwest of Nanling Mountain System. It is a typical karst landform. After hundreds of millions of years of weathering and erosion, limestone all over the city has formed a unique landscape with towering peaks, surrounded by water and beautiful caves, which is praised by the world as "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world".

Hangzhou West Lake [Hangzhou West Lake, one of the five most beautiful lakes in China]

Located in the west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, in the center of Hangzhou, it was formerly known as Wulin Water, Qiantang Lake and Xizi Lake, and was called West Lake in the Song Dynasty. The West Lake has more than 40 scenic spots and more than 30 key cultural relics. In addition to the ten scenic spots of Qiantang and eighteen scenic spots of West Lake in history, the most famous ones are the ten scenic spots of West Lake named in Southern Song Dynasty and the ten scenic spots of New West Lake awarded by 1985.

the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the first of the five largest palaces in the world. The other four halls are Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the Kremlin in Russia and the Palace of the White House in the United States. After the third emperor of Ming Dynasty seized the throne, Judy decided to move the capital to Beijing, that is, began to build the Forbidden City Palace, which was completed in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420). According to China's ancient astrology theory, the purple star (i.e. Polaris) is located in the center of the sky, where the emperor lived, corresponding to heaven and man. According to the emperor's residence, it is also called the Forbidden City.

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou

The history of Suzhou gardens can be traced back to the gardens of the King of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period in the 6th century BC. Private gardens were first seen in Dongjiang Garden in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4th century). Gardens flourished in past dynasties, with more and more famous gardens. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Suzhou became one of the most prosperous areas in China, with private gardens all over the ancient city. In the heyday of16-18th century, there were more than 200 gardens in Suzhou, and dozens of them have been well preserved so far, making Suzhou known as a paradise on earth. The representatives of classical gardens are: Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master of Nets Garden, Huanxiu Mountain Villa, Lion Forest, Yiyuan Garden, Canglang Pavilion, Lovers Garden and Art Garden.

Anhui Huangshan [Google Earth: Huangshan, the top ten most beautiful mountains in China]

Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province is famous for its four wonders: strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs. It is located in Huangshan City in the south of Anhui Province (the scenic spot is directly under the jurisdiction of the city). As one of the three mountains in the Five Mountains, it has the reputation of "the first wonder mountain in the world". It is a sacred place of Taoism and has many relics. It is said that Xuanyuan Huangdi once made an alchemy here. Xu Xiake visited Huangshan twice, leaving a sigh that "the Five Mountains returned without looking at the mountains, and Huangshan returned without looking at the mountains". Great poets such as Li Bai left magnificent poems here. One of the top ten most beautiful and shocking mountains in China, 1985 was selected as one of the top ten scenic spots in China.

Three Gorges of the Yangtze River [Ten Most Beautiful Gorges in China-Three Gorges of the Yangtze River]

Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China are collectively called the Three Gorges. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is one of the 65,438+00 scenic spots in China and the first of the 40 best tourist attractions in China. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starts from Baidicheng, Fengjie, Chongqing in the west and ends in Nanjinguan, Yichang, Hubei in the east. It is the general name of Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge. It is the most magnificent landscape corridor on the Yangtze River, with a total length of192km, and is often called "the Great Three Gorges".

Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan Province

Sun Moon Lake is the "Tianchi Lake" in Taiwan Province Province, which is very beautiful. It is the largest natural lake in the province and one of the few famous alpine lakes in China, with a circumference of 35 kilometers and a water area of over 9 square kilometers. Its land is surrounded by lakes and mountains, and the lake is clear and blue. There are natural islands emerging in the lake, which are as round as pearls, forming a beautiful landscape of "green mountains and clear waters, green pearls in Tan Ming". A Qing dynasty once Zuo Lin said that "there is water in the mountains, but there is no water in the mountains"; Chen Shu swims around the lake, which means "but I feel that the water is surrounded by mountains, and the mountains are actually in the water." Over the past 300 years, Sun Moon Lake has become the crown of all the treasures on the island and is famous all over the world because of this wonderful scenery of "among thousands of mountains, lakes suddenly appear".

Emperor Kangxi's summer resort in Chengde

Chengde mountain resort, the ancient imperial palace in China, was the place where the Qing emperors spent the summer and handled government affairs. Located in the north of Chengde City, Hebei Province. Founded in 1703, it took 89 years to complete after Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties in Qing Dynasty. Together with the national key cultural relics protection units, the Summer Palace, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, it is called the four famous gardens in China. 19941February, the summer resort and its surrounding temples (Jehol Palace) were included in the World Cultural Heritage List. The architectural layout of the villa can be roughly divided into two parts: the palace area and the garden area, which can be divided into three parts: the lake area, the plain area and the mountainous area. There are 72 scenes in Kangxi's reign. There are temples, halls, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, halls, temples and other buildings 100. It is one of the three ancient buildings in China. Its biggest feature is that there are gardens in the mountains and mountains in the gardens.

Terracotta Army

1974, an underground building and pottery figurines were found in Xiyang Village, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, located at 1 km east of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. This incident shocked the world. This is the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Mausoleum, known as the "eighth wonder of the world". All these show that Qin Shihuang had a great influence in the four seas, unified the magnificent military capabilities of the six countries, and showed a very high plastic arts, which is a unique treasure house of culture and art in the world. From 65438 to 0987, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and the Terracotta Warriors Pit were approved by UNESCO to be included in the World Heritage List.