What are the landmark buildings in Beijing?

1. The Forbidden City in Beijing

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. It was formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located at the center of the central axis of Beijing and is the essence of ancient Chinese palace architecture. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on the three main halls, covering an area of ??720,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??about 150,000 square meters. There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and best preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.

2. Tiananmen

Tiananmen is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of the Republic of China, at the southern end of the Forbidden City, and is closely connected with Tiananmen Square, the Monument to the People's Heroes, and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. , the Great Hall of the People, and the National Museum of China face each other across Chang'an Street, covering an area of ??4,800 square meters. It has attracted the attention of the world for its outstanding architectural art and special political status.

Tiananmen was the main entrance to the imperial city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was built in the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417). It was originally named "Chengtianmen", which means "carrying destiny and receiving orders from heaven". meaning. The designer was Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1651), it was renamed Tiananmen Square.

It consists of two parts: the city platform and the city tower. It has a white marble Xumizuo with a total height of 34.7 meters. Tiananmen Gate Tower is 66 meters long and 37 meters wide. There are five gates under the city platform. The middle gate is the largest and is located on the central axis of the Imperial City of Beijing. In the past, only the emperor could enter and exit through this gate. A portrait of Mao Zedong hangs above the central doorway, and on both sides are large slogans "Long live the Republic of the People's Republic of China" and "Long live the great unity of the people of the world."

3. Temple of Heaven Park

The Temple of Heaven is located in the south of Beijing, on the east side of Yongdingmennei Street in Dongcheng District. It covers an area of ??approximately 2.73 million square meters. The Temple of Heaven was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), and was rebuilt during the Qianlong and Guangxu reigns of the Qing Dynasty. It was a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the emperor and prayed for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven is the general name for the two altars of the Circle Qiu and the Qigu Altar. It has two layers of altar walls, forming an inner and outer altar. The altar walls are round in the south and north, symbolizing the round sky and the square place.

The main building is the inner altar, with the Circular Mound Altar in the south and the Praying for Grain Altar in the north. The two altars are on the same north-south axis, separated by a wall in the middle. The main buildings in the Circular Mound Altar include the Circular Mound Altar, the Imperial Vault of Heaven, etc. The main buildings in the Qigu Altar include the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Hall of Emperor Qian, and the Gate of Prayer for Good Harvests.

4. Water Cube

The National Aquatics Center, also known as the "Water Cube", is located in the Beijing Olympic Park. It is the main swimming pool built by Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is also one of the landmark buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Its design plan is the "Water Cube" ([H2O]3) plan produced through a global design competition. It and the National Stadium (commonly known as the Bird's Nest) are located on both sides of the northern end of the central axis of Beijing, forming a relatively complete image of Beijing as a historical and cultural city.

5. Bird's Nest

The National Stadium (Bird's Nest) is located in the south of the central area of ??Beijing Olympic Park and is the main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The project covers a total area of ??21 hectares and has approximately 91,000 audience seats.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, track and field competitions and football finals were held. After the Olympic Games, it became a large-scale professional place for Beijing citizens to participate in sports activities and enjoy sports entertainment, and became a landmark sports building and Olympic heritage.

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Forbidden City

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tiananmen

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia-National Aquatics Center

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Temple of Heaven Park

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-National Stadium