I have always wanted to visit China. I have been fascinated by its rich culture and 5,000 years of history. China was to Asia what Rome was to Europe. Isn't it amazing at how China was able to transform its economy from a third-world economy to now the second largest economy in the world?
On the other hand, I often wondered why all the major cities in the world have a Chinatown district, except Beijing...
The Forbidden City was the Chinese Imperial Palace from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
Tiananmen Square is located at the center of Beijing and the largest city square in the world. I tried to imagine how the protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989 must have felt while dreaming of freedom and liberty.
The Great Wall of China, or as the local Chinese tradition calls it, "The Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li" is the iconic structure of China. It is China's best known architectural landmark designed to protect Imperial China from the northern barbarians. This is also the only man-made structure that can be seen from space.
When we visited this part of the Great Wall near Beijing, it was quite hazy and smoggy. We were only able to climb up to three towers because of the air pollution.
The Temple of Heaven, a popular tourist destination in Beijing, is a complex of Taoist buildings. This is the holy site where Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties led the annual ceremonies of prayer to heaven for a bountiful harvest.
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