Beijing Attractions

The Beijing Police Museum is located at No. 36, Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng District of Beijing, and it was built in a western style by the Beijing Public Security Bureau.Read More

The largest professional national-level film museum in the world, the China National Film Museum is located at No. 9, Nanying Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, and was built in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese films.Read More

The biggest aviation museum in China and Asia, the Chinese Aviation Museum is located at the foot of Datang Mountain, Changping of Beijing. It was built in October 1986 and open to the public in November 1989, and it conveniently combines scientific and military education with tourism.Read More

Covering an area of 550 square meters, the Beijing Industrial Arts Museum is on the fourth story of Gongmei Mansion, Wangfujing Avenue, Beijing. The museum was once the Beijing Industrial Arts Library and was open to the public in August 1987, making it the first local museum run by a company in China.Read More

The Beijing Museum of Natural History is located at No. 126, Nanda Avenue, Tianqiao, Chongwen District, Beijing, backing the Temple of Heaven Park and facing the modern Tianqiao Theater. This impressive museum hosts collections of paleontological fossils, animal specimens, and plant specimens, and prides itself on and popularizing scientific knowledge for wide audiences.Read More

One of the 10 memorial architectures dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution is located at No. 9, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing.Read More

The only state-run folklore museum in Beijing, the Beijing Folklore Museum is located on Waida Avenue, Chaoyangmen, Chaoyang District, Beijing.Read More

The first civilian-run medicine museum in China, the Yushengtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum is located at No. 235, Wangfu Flat, Qijia Town, Changping District, Beijing. Yushengtang is a well-known drugstore in China with a more than 300-year history.Read More

The Beijing Museum of Traditional Operas is located at No. 3, Hufang Road, Beijing. It initially functioned as Huguang Guildhall built in the 12th year of the Jiaqing Period in the Qing Dynasty and served as a meeting center in Beijing for students and merchants from the Hunan Province and Hubei Province in the Qing Dynasty.Read More

Situated in western outskirts of Beijing, the summer palace, named as Qingyiyuan, covers an area of 290 hectares, three quarters of which is made up of shallow lakes.Read More

The temple of heaven, located in the southeast of old Beijing city, was built in Ming dynasty in 1420. It is the place where china emperors of the Ming and the Qing dynasty have a ceremony for worshipping heaven. The temple of heaven is regarded as the biggest ancient building group for holding ceremony for worshipping heaven in the world.Read More

Bystreet is an old style city alleyway only in Beijing. The word"hutong" came from Mongolian, which means back street alleyway. Most of these bystreets are formed in the 13 century, and has experienced several centuries' development up to now.Read More

With the 500 years profound connotation of history and the highly concentration of Chinese ancient and modern culture, Tian An Men Square has become an ideal place that all Chinese nations are looking forward to.Read More

The Beijing National Stadium, as many people call it"bird's nest", is located in the Olympic Park in Beijing. It is a new building for the 2008 Olympic Games, covering an area of 2.58 million square miters. The opening and closing ceremony, as well as track and field, men's football evens of Olympic Games and Paralympics Games were all held in the nest.Read More

The Ming Tombs, well-known around the world, is the mausoleums of 13 emperors in the Ming Dynasty. It lies on the piedmont of Yan Mountain in Jiao Changping County which is Located in the northwest outskirt of Beijing.Read More

The Forbidden City was first built in 1406 by the Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty and completed in 1420, with 961 meters long from south to north and 753 meters wide from east to west. The palace, served as the palace of the Ming and the Qing dynasties, is an incomparable masterpiece of the ancient building and now is best and completely preserved.Read More

798 Art District is located in the 718 Joint Factory of Beijing Sevenstar Science and Technology Co., LTD. Because it belongs to the Dashanzi Area of the Chaoyang District, it is also called the Dashanzi Art District (DAD).Read More

Beihai Park is located in the center of Beijing and covers an area of 71 hectares, including a 39-hectare lake. It is one of the oldest and most authentically preserved imperial gardens in China.Read More

Located in the center of Beijing and standing on the central point of the south-north axis of the city, Jingshan Park covers an area of about 230,000 square meters and boasts a history of over 1000 years. It was opened to the general public in 1928 and listed as an important cultural landmark under national protection in 2001.Read More

The Temple of Earth, also known as Fangze Altar, is located at the east side of Yongding Gate of Beijing and covers an area of 430,000 square meters. It was built in the ninth year of Emperor Jiajing’s reign of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt some time in the Qing Dynasty. Most of the existing buildings seen today were built in the years of Emperor Qianlong’s reign of the Qing Dynasty.Read More

Tanzhe Temple is a Buddhist temple located in the mountainous area in the southeastern Mentou Gou District of Beijing. It is about 30 kilometers from the center of the city.Read More

The National Center for the Performing Arts is located in the center of Beijing and covers an area of about 118.9 million square meters. The unique and inspired architecture of the center is in sharp contrast to its neighbors, the Great Hall of the People and Tiananmen Square.Read More

CCTV Tower, located at the mid-road of West 3rd Ring Road in the Haidian district of Beijing, covers an area of about 15.4 hectares. The tower is a total of 405 meters high which makes it the third tallest tower in China and the fifth tallest in the world. Inside it is a multi-functional building, providing services such as broadcasting and TV transmissions as well as opportunities for sightseeing and entertaining. A night observation of the CCTV Tower is well worth enjoying.Read More

Xiangshan Park, also known as Fragrant Hill Park, is situated at the eastern foot of the Western Hills. It is more than 20 kilometers from Beijing and covers an area of 160 hectares.Read More

Beijing Zoo, one of China's largest, is located in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The history of the zoo can date back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Ming Dynasty, it was named the Royal Manor, and in the early Qing Dynasty, it was the private garden of Beile Fu Kang’an, the third son of Fu Heng who a relative of the emperor and a meritorious official.Read More

The Capital Museum, formerly located in the Confucius Temple, was built in 1953 and formally opened to the public in 1981. The new Capital Museum is located at the western part of Changan Street, the most famous and important boulevard in Beijing. It was finally opened to the public on May 18th 2006 after nearly 4 years of construction.Read More

The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest man-made wonders in the world. It stretches across eight provinces of North China, and its winding paths over the steep mountains offer awe-inspiring scenery and experience of ancient glory. Read More

The White Cloud Taoist Temple is located at Xibian Gate of Beijing and covers an area of 6,000 square meters. It was built in the 29th year of Emperor Kaiyuan’s reign of the Tang Dynasty, and originally named Heavenly Long Temple.Read More

The Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site is located in the village of the Zhoukoudian Fangshan District at the intersection of the mountains and the plains area, about 50 kilometers away from Beijing. The climate here is moderate and was once the residence of the Peking Man, New Cave Man, and Upper Cave Man.Read More

Guozijian, also named the Imperial College, is located on Guozijian Street in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. It covers an area of about 28,000 square meters and its neighbors are Confucian Temple and Lama Temple (Yonghe Gong).Read More

The Drum and Bell Towers are located at the northern end of the central axis of Beijing and have been listed as important cultural landmarks under national protection. During the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, the Drum and Bell Towers were the central time-telling units of the capital city.Read More

The Eastern Qing Mausoleum is located in Tangshan of the Hebei Province, about 125 kilometers northwest of Beijing. It is one of the finest and largest existing mausoleum complexes in China.Read More