1, Beijing: Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square was originally the main gate of the imperial city in the Ming and Qing dynasties, built in the 15th year of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (1417), initially known as the Gate of Chengtian, the Qing Dynasty Shunzhi eight years (1651) to rebuild the gate and renamed the Tiananmen Square, which contains the meaning of "commanded by the heavens" and "peace of mind 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, and is also an important part of the national emblem.
2, Shanghai: Oriental Pearl Tower, Jinmao Tower
Oriental Pearl Tower is a landmark building in Shanghai, is located in Shanghai on the banks of the Huangpu River, Pudong Lujiazui on the tip of the mouth, July 30, 1991 construction began on October 1, 1994 was completed, the tower height of 468 meters, and the Bund of the 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 "Ten New Scenic Spots in Shanghai in the 1990s" and "Ten Best Tourist Attractions".
3, Tianjin: Tianjin Tower
The "Tower of Heaven" is the Tianjin Radio and Television Tower, with a total height of 415.2 meters, which is the fourth highest in the world and the second highest in Asia. Overlooking the tower, the entire city of Tianjin in full view. The tower towers into the clouds, among the world's tallest towers in the forest. 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 sunshine to welcome friends and guests.
4, Chongqing: Liberation Monument
Liberation Monument was originally completed on March 12, 1940, the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death, for the wooden structure, called the "Spiritual Fortress". 1945 after the victory in the war was rebuilt, titled "Monument to the Victory of the War". 1950 by the "Monument to the Victory of the War". "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.
5, Shijiazhuang, Hebei: Art Center
Sydney Opera House of Shijiazhuang Art Center designed by the German?GMT company, the landscape designed by a company in Australia, the construction of the Hong Kong company design. It consists of 5 main parts: Dream Lake (120 acres of water + Grand Theater), Puzzle Water Park, Natural Circulation Park, and Art Park (Avenue of Famous Calligraphy, Avenue of Wisdom Quotations).
6, Taipei, Taiwan: 101 Building
Taipei 101 Building, formerly known as the Taipei International Finance Center is a skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan. Is the world's tallest skyscraper (including antenna) and currently the world's second highest building class structures. Located in the Xinyi Planning District, the central business district (CBD) of Taipei City, the building was completed on October 17, 2003, making Taipei 101 57 meters (188 ft) taller than the Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
7, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province: Xuanwumen
Xuanwumen is an ancient city gate in the ancient city of Nanjing. Now for the Xuanwu Lake Park gate. 1909, was ordered to organize in Nanjing, "Nanyang persuasion" of the Governor of the two rivers Duanfang, in order to facilitate the merchants to play the Xuanwu Lake, close to the persuasion of the city wall to create a new door. 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. Ming Nanjing city wall with stone base, huge brick body, city brick with high quality clay and white porcelain clay firing, with glutinous rice paste mixed with lime as a binder, very strong.
8, Harbin, Heilongjiang: Sofia Church
The church was built in 1907, when it was an all-wooden structure, is the Fourth Infantry Division of East Siberia, Tsarist Russia, the infantry division of the accompanying church. The majestic and magnificent St. Sophia's Church constitutes Harbin's unique and 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 the Sofia Square sightseeing tour, 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.
9, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province: Tengwangge
Nanchang Tengwangge, built in the Tang Dynasty. Tengwang Pavilion for successive generations of feudal scholars and masters to welcome and feast guests, 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. Climbing the pavilion, the spring winds, autumn and moon in full view, near the visible antique commercial street meandering, patchwork, the west side of the Ganjiang River, the Fujiang River, the vast confluence of the distant sky, the western mountains across the Cui, Nampo flying clouds, the long bridge lying in the wave, it is refreshing and relaxing.
10, Xi'an, Shaanxi: Bell Tower
Xi'an Bell Tower, located in the center of Xi'an City, east, west, south, north and south of the four streets of the intersection, is China's ancient legacy of many bell tower in the shape of the largest, most well-preserved one. Xi'an Bell Tower, whether measured in terms of architectural scale, historical value or artistic value, are among the top of similar buildings in the country. The bell tower is built on a square base, with a brick and wood structure, three eaves and four corners, 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.
11, Lanzhou, Gansu: the Yellow River Zhongshan Bridge
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, White Pagoda under the mountain, in front of the Jincheng Pass, was built in the A.D. 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 the renovation, and added five arc-shaped frame arch beams, so that the iron bridge appears durable, majestic.
12, Yinchuan, Ningxia: Drum Tower
Located in the center of Jiefang Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, also known as the "Cross Drum Tower", "four drums", commonly known as the "Drum Tower". The 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, ascent of the building looking away, the ancient cityscape in full view.
13, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province: Leifeng Pagoda
Leifeng Pagoda is located in Hangzhou West Lake on the south shore of Nanping Mountain, Rihui Peak under the net Ci Temple. Leifeng Pagoda is said to be the king of Wu Yue to celebrate the yellow princess child and built, so the initial name of "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". Ming Dynasty when the ancient tower building corridor was burned by the Japanese, the tower foundation brick was stolen, resulting in the tower on September 25, 1924 collapse.
14, Lhasa, Tibet: Potala Palace
Potala Palace was built in the 7th century A.D. during the period of the 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.
15, Urumqi, Xinjiang: International Grand Bazaar
The International Grand Bazaar in Xinjiang has a strong Islamic architectural style, covering the functionality of the building and the sense of the times on the basis of the re-creation 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.
16, Xining, Qinghai: Dongguan Mosque
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 Dynasty Hongwu years, is the city of Xining City hundreds of thousands of Muslims to carry out religious activities of the center, the largest in Qinghai Province, the oldest, is one of China's four major mosques. one of the four major mosques in China. And with the number of congregations under its jurisdiction, it is ranked as the fifth largest zhangmati in the Islamic world. It is also the highest school of Islamic scriptural studies.
17, Zhengzhou, Henan Province: two - seven Memorial Tower
Zhengzhou two seven Memorial Tower is located in Zhengzhou City, two seven Square, was built to commemorate the general strike of the two seven workers. Tower for the double body parallel tower, tower height of 63 meters, **** 14 layers, of which the tower base for the 3 layer tower body for 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 called Erqi Memorial Hall, displaying a variety of historical artifacts and pictures of the "Erqi" strike.
18, Changchun, Jilin: South Lake Pavilion
Nanhu Park is located in Changchun, with a total area of more than 2.22 million square meters, was built in 1933, is the largest municipal 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 of the bridge is called the rainbow bridge, the new bridge was built in 1979, known as the South Lake Bridge.
19, Shenyang, Liaoning: Shenyang Imperial Palace (Dazheng Hall)
Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as the Imperial Palace of the Jin Dynasty, was built in 1625 AD, is the Qing Dynasty before the entry of the Qing dynasty Nurhachu, Emperor Huang taiji, Qing dynasty, the 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 court.
20, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia: diamond seat relic pagoda
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, diamond seat relic pagoda, built in the Qing dynasty in the Yongzheng years, was originally Cideng Temple (commonly known as the five towers of the 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.
21, Taiyuan, Shanxi: Postal Building
Taiyuan Postal Building is located in the provincial capital of Hezhou Road, is currently one of the city's highest 10 buildings, is also one of the most iconic buildings in Taiyuan. 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 Taiyuan city center, listening to the beating sound of the city's heart every day, adding a touch of modern modernity to this ancient old city.
22, Kunming, Yunnan: East Temple Pagoda
Kunming East Temple Pagoda today in Shulin Street, Yunnan People's Publishing House next. East Temple Tower is 40.57 meters high, 13 layers, built in 840 AD. Temple tower 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.
23, Jinan, Shandong Province: Quancheng Square
Quancheng 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, covering 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 first-class cross-century modernized plaza that displays the image of Qilu culture and economic powerhouse province.
24, Wuhan, Hubei: Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower, one of the three famous buildings in China's history, was destroyed by fire a hundred years ago; in 1985, it re-established itself on the banks of the Yangtze River. 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.
25, Nanning, Guangxi: International Convention and Exhibition Center
Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center is located in the east section of Minzu Avenue in Nanning City, which is a landmark building in Nanning. 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 to the outside world and the development of Guangxi's conference and exhibition economy.
26, Changsha, Hunan: Yuelu Academy
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 on the basis of schooling, 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 the ancient Chinese architectural grandeur of the magnificent scene.
27, Hefei, Anhui Province: Holiday Inn Express & Dadongmen Shouchun Road Bridge
Hefei Gujing Holiday Inn Express, managed by the renowned InterContinental Hotels Management Group, is located in the center of the commercial and bustling downtown area, and can be reached by foot to enjoy various attractions in the city, including the Promenade, Baogong Ancestral Temple and Nine Lions Garden. The hotel's guest rooms include suites, apartments and presidential suites. The second-floor coffee bar in the hotel lobby serves coffee, tea, cakes and snacks from around the world, while the Charles Bar is famous throughout the city for its live performances by singers and bands.
28, Fuzhou, Fujian
Originally known as the Repayment of Light Duo Bao Pagoda, it was built in the first year of the Tang Dynasty (904) by Wang Shenzhi, the Min Wang, 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.
29, Guangzhou, Guangdong: CITIC Square
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 tallest tower, the world's fourth tallest tower. September 28, 2010, the Guangzhou Municipal Urban Investment Group held a press conference to formally announce the new TV tower in Guangzhou, the name of the Canton Tower, the overall height of the new TV tower. The name of the Canton Tower, the overall height of 600 meters, the tallest tower in China, and the "Little Barbarian Waist" of the thinnest in the 66th floor. From October 1, Guangzhou Tower official public ticket reception for tourists.
30, Chengdu, Sichuan: Anshun Gallery Bridge
Chengdu Anshun Gallery Bridge is located at the confluence of the Funan River, 135 meters upstream of the South River, across the South River, the bridge spanning the main body of the 81-meter-long, 23.6-meter-wide, is a collection of history, culture, trade, food and beverage, pedestrian function as one of the landscape bridge, take "heavenly magpie bridge, the ground Gallery 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 view of the water color, nostalgia for the past and present of the perfect place to go.
31, Guiyang, Guizhou: jiaxiulou
Jiaxiulou is located in Guiyang city south of the Nanming River in a boulder on top of the 26th of the Ming Wanli (1598), Guizhou governor Jiang Dongzhi began to build. The building's name Jixiu, is the hope that Guizhou "Koa 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 original doorway hung with the Qing Dynasty Guiyang Hanlin Liu Yushan made two hundred and six words of the long couplet, jiaxiulou can be called the symbol of Guiyang City, is now a provincial cultural relics protection units.
32, Haikou, Hainan: Century Bridge
Century Bridge is located in Haikou City, 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. The bridge is 2,663 meters long, because of its majestic and spectacular shape and become an important tourist landscape in Haikou and the city's iconic architecture, to promote the development of tourism in Haikou City. A bridge hangs over the sea, and the north and south banks are wide. Head high in the sky, air through the rainbow of the Century Bridge is like a silver dragon, and Binhai Avenue on the Wanlv Park, Binhai Park, the Century Plaza, the beautiful sandy peninsula and other famous attractions together, the construction of the "Haikou Bund" embellished with a bright and colorful.
33, Hong Kong SAR: Bank of China Tower
Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, designed by I.M. Pei, built in 1990 when it was completed is Hong Kong's tallest building, but also outside the United States is the highest skyscraper. The building is one of the landmarks of Hong Kong. The structure is supported by 4-cornered, 12-story-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 facades vary within the strict geometric norms, the appearance of bamboo like "rising up", symbolizing the strength, vitality, thriving and enterprising spirit; the base of the hemp stone facade represents the Great Wall, on behalf of China.
34, Macao SAR: Ruins of St. Paul's
The Ruins of St. Paul's is Macao's most representative monument, for the front wall of St. Paul's Cathedral, completed in 1637, reflecting the fusion of Eastern and Western art. The Ruins of St. Paul's, completed in 1637, reflect the fusion of Eastern and Western arts. The carvings are exquisite and magnificent. 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.