China – Ancient to modern marvels to witness
China is like Chamber Music. It may lack fun and frolic but is still seductive and delineates more layers if listen studiously. Like wine it is more enjoyable as it get older.
Seat of one of the ancient civilizations of the world, China tourism thrives on the various historical monuments, manmade and natural marvels, exotic fauna and flora and diverse geographical terrains. Because of its historical richness and topographical diversity China tour package will lead to new discoveries and wonders in every turn of one’s trip.
China holiday packages will include visits to magnificent cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Honk Kong and to sites like Great Wall of China and forbidden city. Other prominent cities worth looking at are Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Suzhou and X’ain.
Prominent in package tour to China is visit to Great Wall of China. It is the only man made structure on earth visible from moon and is a mammoth affair. Great Wall of China is adjacent to Beijing and is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in Northern China. It was actually built to protect the northern borders of Chinese empire from intrusions by various nomadic groups. One of the more famous is the wall built by Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Now little of that wall remains and the major chunk of existing wall was built during Ming Dynasty. The Great wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Lake in the west. It is measured to be about eight thousand eight hundred and fifty eight kilometers long by a comprehensive archeological survey done using advanced technologies.
Apart from Great Wall of China, Beijing has many more attractions. One of them is the Forbidden City situated in the middle of Beijing. The Forbidden City was home to the Imperial Court during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For more than five hundred years, it served as home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Containing about thousand buildings and covering an area of over seventy two thousand square feet, this is testimony to the greatness of traditional Chinese Palatial architecture. It is a declared UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now, it homes the Palace Museum. One of the other important landmarks of Beijing is Tiananmen Square. It is the centre of Beijing city. Tiananmen Square is the largest public square of the world and a must see for all visitors. The square is surrounded by grand buildings including the Great Hall of the People, the Museum of Chinese History, the Museum of the Chinese Revolution, the Qianmen Gate and the Forbidden City. It is also home to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and the Monument to the People’s Martyrs. Another architectural marvel of note is National Stadium which stands proudly reminding one of the grand success of Beijing Olympics of two thousand and eight. Two important modern day constructions are CCTV tower and World Trade Center Tower III. With these there are remains of medieval city which includes Ming Dynasty City Wall Site Park, Drum and Bell towers and Qianmen. Beijing also homes large number of parks.
Shanghai is described as “showpiece” of booming economy of Chinese mainland. Shanghai is situated at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast.
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