Landmarks of China's provinces and cities \x0d\ 1, Beijing: Tiananmen Square \x0d\ Tiananmen Square was originally the main gate of the imperial city in the Ming and Qing dynasties, built in the Ming Yongle fifteen years (1417), initially known as the Gate of Chengtian, the Qing dynasty Shunzhi eight years (1651) to rebuild and renamed the Gate of Heavenly Peace, containing the meaning of "commanded by heaven" and "peace and rule of the people". It was renamed Tian'anmen in 1651, meaning "to be commanded by heaven" and "to secure the state and rule the people". It has a history of more than 580 years. Tiananmen Square, built on a huge stone Sumeru-style platform, the shape of the solemn and thick, grand and elegant, is one of the typical masterpieces of traditional Chinese architectural art. Located on the central axis of the city of Beijing, Tiananmen Square is the main venue for the Founding Ceremony of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and is an important part of the national emblem pattern. \x0d\ 2, Shanghai: Oriental Pearl Tower, Jinmao Tower \x0d\ Oriental Pearl Tower is a landmark building in Shanghai, located in Shanghai on the banks of the Huangpu River, the tip of the mouth of Pudong Lujiazui, July 30, 1991 construction began on October 1, 1994 was completed, the tower height of 468 meters, and the Bund's Universal Architecture Expo group across the river, listed in the first in Asia, the world's third highest tower. The Oriental Pearl Tower integrates the functions of sightseeing and dining, shopping and entertainment, river tour, conference and exhibition, historical display, travel agency and other services, and has become one of Shanghai's landmarks and tourist hotspots. It has become one of the "Top Ten New Scenic Spots in Shanghai in the 1990s" and one of the "Top Ten Tourist Attractions". \x0d\ 3, Tianjin: Sky Tower \x0d\ "Sky Tower" that is, Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, a total height of 415.2 meters, for the world's fourth, Asia's second tallest tower. Overlooking the tower, the entire city of Tianjin in full view. The tower towers into the clouds, among the world's tallest towers. Tower weighs more than 4 million tons, flying saucer tower. Water area of 22 hectares, the edge of the tower named "Tianta Lake". Tianta is located in the Nie Gong Bridge, east of Zijinshan Road, west of the floating Cui Longtan. Woods up in the water, only the world's unique: upright and handsome, as much as the flow of the Kyushu wind. The corridor in the waterfall falls three layers of blue water, the disk building rotating palace by nine heavenly stars. Lake tower shadow with red lotus and green willow, moonlight and sunrise to welcome friends and guests. \x0d\ 4, Chongqing: Liberation Monument \x0d\ Liberation Monument was first completed on March 12, 1940, the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, for the wooden structure, called the "spirit of the fortress. 1945 after the victory in the war was rebuilt, titled "War Victory Monument". 1950 by a wooden structure, the monument was built by a wooden structure. "In 1950, Liu Bocheng changed the title to "Chongqing People's Liberation Monument". As one of the iconic buildings of Chongqing, Jiefangbei is often seen in the logos of various commodities and places. Jiefangbei Center Shopping Plaza is not only the prime business district on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but also the largest commercial pedestrian zone in western China, integrating shopping, leisure, tourism, business, catering, entertainment and other comprehensive functions. \x0d\ 5, Hebei Shijiazhuang: Art Center \x0d\ Sydney Opera House of Shijiazhuang Art Center designed by Germany?GMT, landscape designed by a company in Australia, construction designed by a Hong Kong company. It mainly consists of 5 parts: Dream Lake (120 acres of water + Grand Theater), Puzzle Water Park, Nature Cycle Park, Art Park (Avenue of Famous Calligraphy, Avenue of Wisdom Quotes). \x0d\ 6, Taipei, Taiwan: 101 Building \x0d\ Taipei 101 Building, formerly known as the Taipei International Finance Center is a skyscraper located in the Xinyi District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is the world's tallest skyscraper (including antennae) and currently the world's second tallest building-type structures. Located in the Xinyi Planning District, the central business district (CBD) of Taipei City, the building was completed on October 17, 2003, bringing the height of Taipei 101 to 57 meters (188 ft.) above that of the Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. \x0d\ 7, Nanjing, Jiangsu: Xuanwumen \x0d\ Xuanwumen is an ancient city gate in the ancient city of Nanjing. It is now the gate of Xuanwu Lake Park.In 1909, Duanfang, the governor of the two rivers, was ordered to organize the "Nanyang Persuasive Society" in Nanjing, and for the convenience of the merchants to visit Xuanwu Lake, a new gate was built on the city wall near the Persuasive Society. This gate was named "Fengrun Gate" after its completion, and was renamed "Xuanwumen Gate" during the Republic of China. It is part of the ancient city wall of Nanjing. The Ming Nanjing city wall was built with stone foundation and huge bricks. The bricks were burnt with high quality clay and white porcelain clay, and lime was mixed with glutinous rice paste as the binder, which was very strong. \x0d\ 8, Harbin, Heilongjiang: St. Sophia's Church\x0d\ The church was built in 1907, when it was an all-wooden structure, and was the accompanying church of the infantry division of the 4th Infantry Division of East Siberia in Tsarist Russia. The majestic and magnificent St. Sophia's Church constitutes Harbin's unique exotic humanistic landscape and urban style, and is also a historical witness to the invasion of the Northeast by Tsarist Russia and an important treasure for the study of Harbin's modern history. Visitors can cool off in Sofia Square sightseeing tours, enjoy Harbin in different periods, different schools and styles of architectural excellence information, but also to watch, participate in a rich and colorful cultural and artistic activities. \x0d\ 9, Nanchang, Jiangxi: Tengwangge \x0d\ Nanchang Tengwangge, was built in the Tang Dynasty. Tengwang Pavilion for successive generations of feudal scholars and masters to welcome and feast guests place, the reason why it is famous all over the world mainly originated in the Tang Dynasty literati Wang Bo's ancient song "Tengwang Pavilion Preface". It is located on the east bank of the Ganjiang River at Yanjiang Road in Nanchang City, and is one of the three most famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, together with Yueyang Tower in Hunan Province and Huanghe Tower in Hubei Province. Ascending the pavilion, the spring winds, autumn and moon in full view, near the visible antique commercial street meandering, staggering, the west side of the Ganjiang River, the Fujiang River, the vast confluence, the distant sky miles, the western mountains across the Cui, Nanpu flying clouds, the long bridge lying in the wave, it is refreshing and relaxing. \x0d\ 10, Xi'an, Shaanxi: Bell Tower \x0d\ Xi'an Bell Tower, located in the center of Xi'an city at the intersection of the east, west, south, north and south of the four avenues, is China's ancient legacy of many bell tower in the shape of the largest, the most well-preserved one. Xi'an Bell Tower is the largest and best-preserved bell tower among the many ancient bell towers in China. It is the largest of its kind in the country in terms of architectural scale, historical value and artistic value. The bell tower is built on a square base, a brick and wood structure, with three eaves and four corners of the roof, with a total height of 36 meters. The Bell Tower was built in the 17th year of Hongwu of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty (1384 A.D.), and got its name because of the iron bell hanging on the upper floor. Bell Tower is a typical Ming Dynasty architectural style, heavy eaves arch, save the roof soaring, eaves slightly warped, gorgeous and solemn. \x0d\ 11, Lanzhou, Gansu Province: Zhongshan Bridge on the Yellow River \x0d\ Lanzhou Zhongshan Bridge, commonly known as the "Zhongshan Iron Bridge", "Yellow River Iron Bridge", is located in the middle of the north side of the River Road, under the White Pagoda Mountain, Jincheng Pass, built in AD 19? Seven years (Qing Guangxu 33 years), in 1942, to commemorate Mr. Sun Yat-sen and renamed "Zhongshan Bridge", is the oldest bridge in Lanzhou, but also 5,464 kilometers of the Yellow River on the first real sense of the bridge, and therefore has the "world of the Yellow River, the first bridge". "In 1954, after renovation, five more arc-shaped frame arch beams were added to make the iron bridge look sturdy and durable, and majestic. \x0d\ 12, Ningxia Yinchuan: Drum Tower \x0d\ is located in the center of Jiefang Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, also known as the "Cross Drum Tower", "four drums", commonly known as "Drum Tower". Built in the first year of the Qing dynasty Daoguang (1821), for the Ningxia governor Zhao Yihuan presided over the construction, and handwritten cave inscription. It is the youngest one among the ancient buildings in Yinchuan City. Drum tower 26 meters high, square pedestal, each side of the arch open doorway. Above the eaves flying ridge cross hermitage three-story building, four corners with coupon shed hermitage-style corner room. The whole drum tower carved beams and paintings, vivid modeling, majestic, climbed the tower and look away, the ancient city scenery in full view. \x0d\ 13, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province: Leifeng Pagoda \x0d\ Leifeng Pagoda is located in Hangzhou West Lake on the south shore of the South Ping Mountain, Rihui Peak, under the net Ci Temple before. Leifeng Pagoda is rumored to be the king of Wu Yue to celebrate the Huang Fei child and built, so the initial name "Huang Fei Pagoda". But the folk because the tower was built in Leifeng, are called Leifeng Pagoda. Leifeng Pagoda used to be the landmark of West Lake. In the old days, Leifeng Pagoda and Baochuan Pagoda on the North Mountain, one from the south and one from the north, were opposite to each other across the lake, with the reputation of "Leifeng is like a cassock, and Baochuan is like a beautiful woman", and whenever the sun sets, the tower's shadow is across the sky, which gives you a unique view, and thus it is known as "Leifeng Sunset". So it is called "Leifeng Sunset". During the Ming Dynasty, the ancient tower corridor was burnt down by Japanese invaders and the bricks of the tower foundation were stolen, resulting in the tower's collapse on September 25, 1924. \x0d\ 14, Lhasa, Tibet: Potala Palace \x0d\ The Potala Palace was built in the 7th century AD during the time of Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo, 1300 years ago. Potala Palace overlapping, tortuous, with the mountain fusion together, towering, spectacular and majestic. Palace walls are red and white, the palace roof is brilliant, with a strong artistic influence. The whole complex covers an area of more than 100,000 square meters, reflecting the high skill of Tibetan architects. Potala Palace is the center of the unity of Tibetan political and religious power. Whenever the festival activities, the palace door crowded with faith Tibetan Buddhist believers, become a famous Buddhist shrine. It is the symbol of the city of Lhasa, a precious treasure of Tibetan architectural art and a unique human cultural heritage on the snowy city plateau. \x0d\ 15, Urumqi, Xinjiang: International Grand Bazaar\x0d\ Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar has a strong Islamic architectural style, covering the functionality of the building and the sense of the times on the basis of the reproduction of the prosperity of the ancient Silk Road, focusing on the rich Western ethnic characteristics and regional culture. The International Grand Bazaar integrates Islamic culture, architecture, ethnic commerce and trade, and is the gathering place and exhibition center of Xinjiang tourism products, the "Window of Xinjiang", "Window of Central Asia" and "Window of the World". It is the "Window of Xinjiang", "Window of Central Asia" and "Window of the World". Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar is the world's largest Grand Bazaar, Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar is a symbol of Xinjiang's commercial and tourism prosperity, as well as Urumqi as an ethnic minority city's landscape architecture, and a landmark building. \x0d\ 16, Xining, Qinghai: Dongguan Mosque \x0d\ in the plateau of the ancient city of Xining City, Dongguan Street in the south of the road stands a magnificent, quiet and solemn Islamic buildings - Dongguan Mosque, built in 1380 AD around the Ming Hongwu years, is the city of Xining City hundreds of thousands of Muslims to carry out religious activities in the center of the largest in the province of Qinghai, the oldest, is one of the four major Chinese mosque. mosques in China. It is one of the four major mosques in China, and is ranked as the fifth largest Zumati in the Islamic world in terms of the number of congregations under its jurisdiction. It is also the highest school of Islamic scriptural studies. \x0d\ 17, Zhengzhou, Henan Province: Er - seven memorial tower \x0d\\\x0d\ Zhengzhou Erqi Memorial Tower is located in Zhengzhou City, Erqi Square, was built to commemorate the general strike of the Erqi workers. The tower is a double body parallel tower, the tower is 63 meters high, **** 14 layers, of which the tower base is 3 layers tower body is 11 layers, reinforced concrete structure. Each layer of the top corner of the antique corner eaves, green glazed tile roof. Tower plane for the east and west connected to the two pentagon, from the east-west direction for the single tower, from the north-south direction for the double tower. It is now known as the Erqi Memorial Hall, displaying various historical relics and pictures of the "Erqi" strike. \x0d\ 18, Changchun, Jilin: South Lake Four Pavilions \x0d\ South Lake Park is located in Changchun, a total area of more than 2.22 million square meters, built in 1933, is the largest city park in the Northeast, for the country's second-largest park, second only to the Summer Palace. And the garden has distinctive features. The water surface area of 920,000 square meters, the lake is clear, the bank willow low hanging, curved bridges and pavilions, like Jiangnan. There is a bridge in the park that divides the South Lake into two. The original name is called the Rainbow Bridge, the new bridge was built in 1979, known as the South Lake Bridge. \x0d\ 19, Liaoning Shenyang: Shenyang Imperial Palace (Dazheng Hall) \x0d\ Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as the Imperial Palace of Houjin, was built in 1625 AD, is the Qing Dynasty before the entry of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Emperor Nurhachu, Qing Emperor Huang taiji construction of the Palace, also known as the Shengjing Palace. Qing Emperor Fulin was here to assume the throne as emperor. Shenyang Imperial Palace is a national key cultural relics protection units, is one of China's two existing complete palace complexes, has been opened for the Shenyang Palace Museum. Chongzheng Hall is the most important building in the Shenyang Imperial Palace, is the place where Huang taiji daily prothonotary. \x0d\ 20, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia: Vajra Seat Relic Pagoda \x0d\ Inner Mongolia Hohhot Vajra Seat Relic Pagoda, built in the Qing Dynasty during the Yongzheng period, was originally Cideng Temple (commonly known as the Five Pagodas Temple) within a building. Temple other buildings have long been collapsed and destroyed, only the tower survives alone. Vajra seat relic pagoda mainly by the vajra seat and the upper five square relic pagoda composition. This form of pagoda is relatively rare in China. The pagoda is a masonry structure with a height of about 13 meters and a rectangular plan. It is beautifully shaped and rigorously proportioned, and is highly accomplished in the art of architecture. From the second to the seventh floor under the eaves, *** there are 1,119 gilded Buddha statues in various postures. \x0d\ 21, Taiyuan, Shanxi: Postal Mansion \x0d\ Taiyuan Postal Mansion is located in the provincial capital of Hezhou Road, is currently one of the 10 tallest buildings in Taiyuan, but also one of the city's most iconic buildings. It is 145 meters high, with a floor area of 1436 square meters, consisting of 36 floors of the main building, 16 floors of the building and 5 floors of the podium combination, set of trade, office buildings, restaurants as one. In Taiyuan people's view, the postal building has become the coordinates of the city center of Taiyuan, daily listening to the beating sound of the heart of the city, to the ancient old city added a touch of modern modern breath. \x0d\ 22, Kunming, Yunnan: East Temple Pagoda \x0d\ Kunming East Temple Pagoda is now in Shulin Street, next to the Yunnan People's Publishing House. East Temple Pagoda is 40.57 meters high, 13 layers, built in 840 AD. Temple Tower is 36 meters high, 13 layers. After the tower was built, had successive generations of repair. Its shape is similar to the main tower in the Dali three towers. Slightly higher than the West Temple Tower. The two towers, one west and one east, facing each other, look more ancient and pale against the backdrop of modern architecture. The two towers are more than 1,100 years old. \x0d\ 23, Shandong Jinan: Quan Cheng Square \x0d\ Quan Cheng Square is the center square of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. She south screen Thousand Buddha Mountain, north of Daming Lake, west of Baotu, east of the Liberation Pavilion, covers an area of about 250 acres. From west to east, the main components are: Baotu Square, Spring Marker Square, Lotus Musical Fountain, Cultural Promenade, and Ginza Shopping Plaza and more than ten parts. This high emotional and cultural place can meet the needs of people of all classes and ages for green leisure, cultural entertainment, commercial shopping and socializing and other activities. It is a national first-class cross-century modernized plaza that displays the image of Qilu culture and economic powerhouse province. \x0d\ 24, Wuhan, Hubei: Yellow Crane Tower \x0d\ Yellow Crane Tower, one of the three most famous buildings in Chinese history, was destroyed by fire a hundred years ago; it re-established itself on the banks of the Yangtze River in 1985. In the past, the Yellow Crane Tower was known as "the best view in the world", and today's Yellow Crane Tower is even more majestic and magnificent. According to historical records, the Yellow Crane Tower was built in the Three Kingdoms. 1700 years, repeatedly built and destroyed, only the Ming and Qing dynasties, was destroyed 7 times, reconstruction and maintenance of 10 times. It has retained some of the characteristics of the ancient building, mainly designed according to the changes in people's view of aesthetics nowadays, and has become a symbol of Wuhan. \x0d\ 25, Nanning, Guangxi: International Convention and Exhibition Center \x0d\ Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center is located in the east section of Minzu Avenue in Nanning City, which is the landmark building of Nanning City. Its completion further improves the function of Nanning City as a frontier open city of China - ASEAN Free Trade Zone, and strongly promotes the opening up of Nanning and the development of Guangxi's exhibition economy. \x0d\ 26, Changsha, Hunan: Yuelu Academy \x0d\ Yuelu Academy is located in Changsha City, Xiangjiang River, under the Yuelu Mountain, is one of the four major ancient academies in China, the Northern Song Dynasty, Tanzhou governor Zhu Dong in the monks to run the school on the basis of the formal establishment of Yuelu Academy. Through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, officially named Hunan University in 1926 to the present, after 1,000 years, the song never ends, so the world called "millennium school". Zhu Xi, the Southern Song Dynasty philosopher, once lectured here. Yuelu Academy covers an area of 21,000 square meters, most of the existing buildings for the Ming and Qing Dynasty relics, the parts are connected to each other, as a whole, a complete display of ancient Chinese architectural grandeur of the magnificent scene. \x0d\ 27, Hefei, Anhui: Holiday Inn and Dadongmen Shouchun Road Bridge\x0d\ The Holiday Inn Hefei Gujing is managed by the renowned InterContinental Hotels Management Group and is located in the heart of the commercial and bustling downtown area, within walking distance of the Promenade, the Bao Gong Ancestral Temple and the Nine Lions Garden to view the various attractions and monuments. The hotel rooms include suites, apartments and presidential suites. The second floor coffee bar located in the hotel lobby offers coffee, tea, cakes and snacks from all over the world; Charles Bar is famous throughout the city for its live performances by singers and bands. \x0d\ 28, Fuzhou, Fujian \x0d\ formerly known as the Repayment of Light Multi-precious Pagoda, was built in the first year of the Tang Dynasty (904) by Min Wang Wang Shenzhi, who recommended blessings for his parents. Legend has it that when the foundation was opened, a radiant pearl was found, so it was named Dingguang Pagoda. When it was first built, the tower was built with a brick shaft inside and a wood-framed pavilion around the outside, and it was a seven-story brick-centered wooden tower with a height of 66.7 meters. When it was rebuilt in Jiajing 27 (1548), it was changed to a seven-story octagonal brick tower with a height of 41 meters. It is called the White Pagoda because the outside is coated with a white ash layer. \x0d\ 29, Guangzhou, Guangdong: CITIC Square \x0d\ Guangzhou Tower is located in the center of Guangzhou City, the city's new central axis and the Pearl River landscape axis of the intersection, and Haixinsha Island and the 21st Century CBD area of Guangzhou City, Pearl River New City, across the river, is China's first tallest tower, the world's fourth tallest tower. on September 28, 2010, the Guangzhou Municipal Urban Investment Group held a press conference to formally announce the name of the new TV tower in Guangzhou for the Guangzhou Tower, the overall height of 600 meters, the tallest tower in China, and the "Little Barbarian Waist" in the thinnest at 66 floors. From October 1, Guangzhou Tower official public ticket reception for tourists. \x0d\ 30, Chengdu, Sichuan: Anshun Corridor Bridge \x0d\ Chengdu Anshun Corridor Bridge is located at the confluence of the Funan River at the mouth of the South River upstream 135 meters across the South River, the bridge across the main body of the bridge is 81 meters long, 23.6 meters wide, is a collection of history, culture, trade, food and beverage, pedestrian functions as one of the landscape bridge, take "heavenly magpie bridge, the ground corridor bridge It is named after the meaning of "magpie bridge in the sky and corridor bridge on the ground". On the bridge can be viewed in the Tang poetry and Song Dynasty as the theme of large-scale reliefs, ladder water features and "bridge on the bridge **** flowing water" beautiful landscape, in person "bridge meeting" love journey, a unique flavor, is the night to watch the water color, the ancient and modern thinking about the perfect place to go. \x0d\ 31, Guiyang, Guizhou: Jixiu Lou \x0d\ Jixiu Lou is located in Guiyang city south of the Nanming River in a boulder on top of the Ming Wanli twenty-six (1598), Guizhou governor Jiang Dongzhi began to build. The name of the building Jixiu, is the hope that Guizhou, "Section A quite show". The building is about twenty meters high, three layers of three eaves and four corners save the tip of the roof, brilliant, grand and magnificent. The bottom of the building on the doorway of the original hanging of the Qing Dynasty Guiyang Hanlin Liu Yushan made two hundred and six words of the long couplet, Jiexiulou can be called the symbol of Guiyang City, is now a provincial cultural relics protection units. \x0d\ 32, Haikou, Hainan: Century Bridge \x0d\ Century Bridge is located in Haikou Longkun North Road, the main bridge across the Haidian River, the southern end and the Binhai Overpass, the North Approach Bridge and Haidian Island, Haidian five West Road level. Bridge length of 2663 meters, because of its majestic shape and become an important tourist landscape and urban landmarks in Haikou, Haikou City, to promote the development of tourism. A bridge hangs over the sea, and the north and south banks are wide. The Century Bridge is like a silver dragon with its head in the sky and a long rainbow, together with the Wanlv Park, Binhai Park, Century Square, the beautiful sandy peninsula and other famous spots on Binhai Avenue, embellishing the constructed "Haikou Bund" with bright colors. \x0d\ 33, Hong Kong SAR: Bank of China Tower \x0d\ Hong Kong Bank of China Tower, designed by I.M. Pei, was the tallest building in Hong Kong when it was completed in 1990, and is also the tallest skyscraper outside the United States. The building is one of Hong Kong's landmarks. The structure is supported by 4-cornered, 12-storey-high giant steel columns, with not a single column in the interior. The plan is diagonally divided into four groups of triangles, each with a different height, rising up, making the fa?ade varied within the strict geometric norms, the appearance of bamboo like "rising up", symbolizing the strength, vitality, thriving and enterprising spirit; the base of the linen stone facade on behalf of the Great Wall, on behalf of the Chinese. \x0d\ 34, Macao SAR: Ruins of St. Paul's \x0d\ The Ruins of St. Paul's is the most representative monument of Macao, the front wall of St. Paul's Cathedral, completed in 1637, embodies the fusion of Eastern and Western arts. The Ruins of St. Paul's are finely carved and majestic. It was destroyed by fire in 1835, and was named for its resemblance to a Chinese pagoda. The pagoda is about 27 meters high and 23.5 meters wide, and it is a building of the Italian Renaissance in the style of the "Pearl of Odd Shape". The Ruins of St. Paul's on a variety of statues vivid, both to retain the traditional, more innovative; not only shows the European architectural style, but also inherited the Oriental cultural traditions, reflecting a combination of Chinese and Western cultural characteristics, known as "three-dimensional Bible", is the Far East's famous stone religious buildings.