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You are on the page of Beijing Attraction Guide, a big helper for you to locate the attractions you like. It doesn't matter if you will stay here for a day, a few week or even several months: Beijing has much to offer surprising and delightful enough to drag you out of your hotel or your hideout you are calling home.


It takes time to enjoy everything that Beijing City has to offer. But if you only have a few days to spare, you can do the top 10 things in Beijing City. In that way, you can say that you have experienced Beijing City, even if your stay there lasts only for a few days or just the weekend.

Forbidden City	Tiananmen Square	Temple of Heaven	Summer Palace	Ming Tombs
Great Wall	Hutongs	Olympic Sites	Beijing Roast Duck	Beijing Opera

There are eight sections of the Great Wall around Beijing including Badaling, Juyongguan, Huanghuacheng, Jiankou, Mutianyu, Gubeikou, Jinshanling, and Simatai. Most of the sections of the Great Wall in Beijing are well-preserved and mainly the remains from the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), an era of huge construction. All the eight sections of the Great Wall in Beijing have their own unique features.

Badaling Great Wall	Juyongguan Great Wall	Huanghuacheng Great Wall	Jiankou Great Wall
Mutianyu Great Wall	Simatai Great Wall	Jinshanling Great Wall	Gubeikou Great Wall

Badachu in the Western Hills	Baoguo Monastery	biyun_temple.php
Cibei Nunnery	Cliff Carvings in Stone Buddha Village	Confucius Temple
Cishan Temple	Dahui Temple	Dajue Monastery
Dayansheng Monastery	Dongyue Temple	Emperor Worship Temple
Fire God Shrine	Fuyou Temple	Guanghuan Temple
Hongluo Temple	Statue Dating from the Northern Wei Dynasty
Huguo Monastery	Jietai Temple	Juesheng Temple
Longquan Monastery	Long’an Temple	Miaoying Monastery
Niujie Mosque	Pudu Temple	Tanzhe Temple
Tianning Temple	Wanshou Temple	Tongjiao Temple
Xihuang Temple	Yunju Temple	Yong’an Monastery
Zhenjue Temple	Zhihua Temple

Beijing is an ancient city with a histoy of over 800 years. It boasts a great number of historical sites like old hutongs, temples, pagodas, palaces, private mansions, Celebrities Residences, religious sites and more.

Forbidden City Tiananmen Square Ancient Observatory Lama Temple Temple of Earth Confucian Temple East Church Imperial College Lao She Memorial Hall Hutong Travel Gong Palace Garden Beijing Cuandixia Village

Song Qingling Memorial Hall Xu Beihong Memorial Hall Former Residence of Meilanfang Guangji Temple White Cloud Temple ( Baiyunguan ) White Pagoda Temple Yuandadu Relics Park Temple of Heaven Arrow Tower in Gate Zhengyang Mosque in Huashi Fayuan Temple Beijing Ancient Cliff House

Guo Meruo Memorial Hall Temple of Sun Park Gaobeidian Summer Palace Ruins of Yuanmingyuan Lying Buddha Temple Fa Hai Temple Millennium Monument Marco Polo Bridge Ming Tombs Tailing Mausoleum Zhangfang Ancient Battle Tunnel

Cai E’s Former Residence	Cheng Yanqiu’s Former Home	Dong Biwu’s Former Home
Former Home of Zhang Shizhao and Qiao Guanhua		Liang Qichao’s Former Home
Mao Zedong’s Former Home	President Yuan Shikai’s Office	Qi Baishi’s Former Home
Song Jiaoren’s Residence	Tan Sitong’s Former Home	Tian Han’s Former Home
Wen Tianxiang Memorial Temple	Xun Huisheng’s Forme Home	Yang Jiaoshan Memorial Temple
Ye Shengtao’s Residence	Zhang Zhidong’s Former Home	Zhang Zizhong’s Former Home
Zhanghenshui’s Former Home

Visiting the museums in Beijing is the best way to better understand the city you are exploring. There are a rich variety of museums with different themes in Beijing. You may choose some of them per your personal hobby.

Anti-Janpanese Museum Beijing Liao Jin City Wall Museum Beijing Dabaotai Xi Han Dynasty Tomb Museum China National Museum China Art Gallery The Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao The Capital Museum The Ancient Observatory The Art Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing Museum for Cutural Relics Exchange Zhengyang Gate Ancestral Temple for Wen Tianxiang Beijing Bell and Drum Tower Poly Art Museum Beijing Police Museum Beijing Museum of Tap Water The Imperial City Art Musem Beijing Memorial Hall of New Cultural Movement Luxu Museum The Geological Museum of China China Palaeozoological Hall China Science and Technology Museum Beijing Planetarium China Currency Museum Beijing Natural History Musuem Southeastern Corner Tower of Beijing Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum Beijing Red Mansion Cultural and Art Museum Museum of Ancient Poterry Civilization The Traditional Opera Museum of Beijing Songtangzhai Carving Museum China Sports Museum Agricultural Museum of China Yanhuang Art Museum Guangfu Classic Art Museum He Yang and Wu Qian Modern Gallery National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature

Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum Beijing Folklore Museum China Red Sandalwood Museum Museum of Ethnic Costumes in Beijing Institue of Clothing Technology Beijing Jintai Art Museum China Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution Ancient Bell Museum in Great Bell Temple Beijing Art Museum Sackler Museum of Art & Archeology at Peking University Museum for Nationalities of Central University for Nationalities Beijing Aviation Museum Dajue Temple The Bee Museum of China Cao Xuqin Memorial Hall China Telecom Museum Nalan Xingde Memorial Hall at Shanzhuang China Millennium Art Museum China Display Hall of Quaternary Glacier Relics Beijing Yushengtang herbal Medicine Museum Changping Museum Laojia Art Gallery The Tank Museum China Aviation Museum Shangzhai Cuture Exhibition Hall Mentougou Museum Yan Capital Site Museum of Western Zhou Dynasty Stone Scriptures Display Museum in Yunju Temple Peking man at Zhoukoudian Tongzhou Museum Beijing Cuiyongping Art Museum of Leather-Silhouette Show ( China Leather-Silhouette Museum ) The Great Wall Museum of China Zhan Tianyou Memorial Hall Horse Cuture Museum of China Miyun Museum

Great efforts has been made to build Beijing into a greener city. There are many neat parks, clear lakes, beautiful gardens, grandeour reservoirs and green hills in Beijing.

Changpu River Park Nan Guan Park Beihai Park Longtan Park Taoranting Park Badaling National Forest Park Jiufeng National Forest Park Miyun Reservior Songshan Forest Park Xiaolongmen Forest Park

Beijing Grand View Garden Chaoyang Park Underwater World of Blue Zoo in Worker's Stadium Baihua Mountain Baiwangshan Forest Park Lingshan Mountain Mt. Baihua White Dragon Pond Yunmengshan National Forst Park

Chinese Ethnic Park Botanical Garden Fragrant Hills Park Badaling Wild Animal World Jingshan Park Beigong National Forest Park Mangshan National Forest Park Wulingshan Nature Reserve

Yuyuan Pond Park Black Bamboo Park Badachu Park World Park China Zhongshan Park Ditan Park Shangfangshan National Forest Park Miaofengshan Mountain

Beijing is a fast developing metropolitan city with a blend of old and modern. To know Beijing better, you are kindly requested not only to know its past, but also know its present and future development. There are many new sites and buildings in Beijing - National Grand Theater, Xidan Commercial Street, Beijing Financial Street, The China Millennium Monument, CCTV Tower, National Stadium (nest), National Swimming Center ( Water Cube ), Central Business District (CBD) and many more.

Millennium Monument, Shijingshan Sculpture, CCTV Launching Tower, Olympic Sites, Top 10 New Buildings, Beijing Modern City Tour


We have listed some of the children friendly sights both fun and educational in and around Beijing that come highly recommended not just by us and our tour guides, but from the hundreds of families who have enjoyed their personal sightseeing with Beijing Xinhua International Tours. If you have any suggestions, email them to us.

Sony ExploraScience	Beijing Planetarium	Beijing Zoo to see the Giant Pandas
Beijing Aquarium	China Science & Technology Museum	Beijing Happy Valley
The Beijing World Park	Beijing Museum of Natural History	China Military Museum
China Aviation Museum	Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park	Goose and Duck Ranch
Natioal Flag Raising Ceremony	China National Children's Center (CNCC)	Beijing Creation Park
Beijing Children's Palace

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