Tourism of Beijing
Tourism
Despite the turmoil of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries — including damage caused by European military occupation, the Japanese invasion of WWII and the Cultural Revolution — and the recent intense urbanisation and transformation, including the demolition of hutongs, Beijing still maintains tourist attractions that are rich in history.
Tourist destinations in Beijing include:
The Forbidden City;
Tiananmen Square, which contains the Monument to the Heroes of the People, the Great Hall of the People and National Museum of China ;
The Temple of Heaven (15th cent.);
The Great Wall;
The Summer Palace;
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong;
Historic Hutongs and Siheyuans in many older neighborhoods ;
Ruins of the Old Summer Palace;
Bell Tower and Drum Tower;
Yonghegong (Lama Temple);
The Fragrant Hills (Xiangshan);
The Ming Dynasty Tombs;
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
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