Top Ten Landmark Buildings in Ten Chinese Cities-Top 1 Imperial Palace

The Imperial Palace with the full name of Palace Museum is located at downtown Beijing, called Forbidden City in old times. Served as the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it could be an incomparable old architectural masterpiece, and also be existing biggest and most complete old wooden architectural complex in the world. Beijing Imperial Palace was the site for the emperors to live in and deal with the national affairs. It had been declared as one of the first China key cultural relics protection units and listed as World Cultural Heritage.

In the Imperial Palace, there is no featured food just some fast food shops. After touring the Imperial Palace, the tourists could go to the nearby Wangfujing food street to taste the palatable dishes. The street gathers various snacks from all over the country. Apart from the snacks, there are also many booths of making and selling folk artworks.

Other famous attractions around the Imperial Palace include Tian’anmen Square, National Centre for the Performing Arts, National Museum of China, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Altar of Land and Grain, Beihai Park, Jingshan Park and Wangfujing Street. Passing Tian’anmen and Duan Gate, you could arrive at the Imperial Palace.

In the Imperial Palace, some shops with local features and the palace features could be found. The tourists could buy some goods as souvenirs according to their own ideas.

Beijing is China capital city and also a great tourist destination in the world. If you are a traveler with a keen eye for old city, you might have a try to tour Beijing where lots of rare old constructions apart from Imperial Palace like Summer Palace and Great Wall could meet your wish for exploring historical sites. Besides, you could also watch another aspect of Beijing as a world metropolis with a forest of skyscrapers. Know more on how to travel Beijing? Visit www.beijingtour.com.