Postcard 13 is on its way to BEIJING!
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| Beijing skyline |
WHERE IS BEIJING
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| Location of China |
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| Location of Beijing within China |
Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of
China and it’s located in the northeast of the country on a plain. Rivers Yongding, Chaobai, Juma and
Wenyu flow through the municipality. It has humid continental climate
characterised by hot, humid summers and cold, windy, dry winters. Its air
quality is often poor.
..being China's
political, cultural, and educational center. It is home to the headquarters of
most of China's largest state-owned companies, and is a major hub for the
national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The
Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by
passenger traffic.
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| Tiananmen Square in 1989 |
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| Beijing airport |
The city's history
dates back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of
China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for much of the
past eight centuries. The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples,
parks and gardens, tombs, walls and gates, and its art treasures and
universities have made it a center of culture and art in China.
LANDMARKS
The Forbidden City
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| The Forbidden City |
The Forbidden City
was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing
dynasty—the years 1420 to 1912. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China,
and now houses the Palace Museum.
Temple of Heaven
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| Temple of Heaven |
The Temple of Heaven is a medieval complex of religious buildings which
was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual
ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good Harvest.
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace is a recreational park with lakes, gardens and
palaces. Its origins date back to the Jin dinasty in 1153.
Ming Tombs
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| Ming Tombs |
The Ming tombs are
a collection of mausoleums built by the emperors of the Ming dynasty from 1420.
Zhoukoudian
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| Zhoukoudian entrance |
Zhoukoudian is a
cave system in Beijing. Here was one of the first specimens of Homo erectus,
dubbed Peking Man, and the bones of the gigantic hyena.
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| Great Wall of China |
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone,
brick, earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west
line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese
states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic
groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as early as the
7th century BC but the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty.
The Grand Canal
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| Grand Canal |
The Grand Canal is
the longest canal or artificial river in the World. Starting at Beijing, it
passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and
Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou, linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River.
The oldest parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, although the
various sections were finally combined during the Sui dynasty (581–618 AD)
LIFESTYLE
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| Qianmen shopping street |
80% of the
population are working age people. The population increases slightly every year
due to migration.
There are about
200,000 foreigners living in Beijing on
any given day including students, business travelers and tourists.
People speak the
Beijing dialect, which belongs to the Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese.
Watch this two-minute video to know more about Beijing:
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