China, with its thousand-year-old culture and the 4th largest area in the world, is always an interesting tourist destination. Which Chinese tourist destinations are making travel enthusiasts excited? Let’s take a look at those places with Asia News Daily.
Great Wall
The Great Wall is one of the great architectural works of mankind, so this famous place always attracts a large number of tourists to China . This city wall was built from the 5th century BC until the 16th century with the original purpose of protecting China from the invasion of the Huns, Mongols, Turks and many other nomadic tribes. .
This project includes walls, trenches and surrounding retaining walls with a length of more than 8,000 km, spanning more than 15 provinces of China. The widest part of the Great Wall is about 30 m wide, the highest part is 3.65 m and the places with the top of the watchtower can be up to 7.9 m high, completely built of stone and human effort. a period of nearly 2000 years.
Today this is not only one of the symbols but also the pride of the Chinese people, one of the must-visit Chinese tourist destinations . The Great Wall shows their thousands of years of history of fighting against foreign invaders to build a strong Chinese country like today.
Forbidden City
When mentioning Chinese tourist destinations , you cannot ignore the Forbidden City in Beijing
This is the oldest palace in the world, recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage. Built in the Ming Dynasty, in 1406, this palace has an area of up to 720,000 km2, twice the area of the Vatican Palace and three times the size of Russia’s Kremlin. The magnificent Forbidden City was the residence of Chinese dynasties and 24 emperors lived here during their reigns. With a large area, this place includes more than 9,000 rooms with full amenities for royal dynasties.
Not only is it culturally significant, this is also an extremely significant architectural project filled with pride of the Chinese people. Currently, the Forbidden City is preserved and open for tourists to visit, but is only a part of this magnificent structure.
Tourists can visit this place at any time of the year, but autumn is considered the most suitable time to visit this place, when the magnificent Forbidden City has an extremely outstanding beauty among the people. The peaceful autumn weather of Beijing.
Shanghai harbour
This is a location that has been featured in many Chinese movies. Shanghai is one of the busiest ports in the world.
Here, with cultural interference and outstanding economic development in recent years, you can enjoy modern space. Modern buildings with famous architecture, luxury restaurants and eateries are all present here. In a distance of only 2 km here, there are more than 50 skyscrapers with different architectures. However, nearby there is also Minh Chau TV tower and many works with ancient architecture interwoven to create a unique landscape. Modern space without losing the unique charm of the place.
Di Hoa Vien
Called the Summer Palace, this place is about 15km from the center of Beijing, which is very convenient to get here. Di Hoa Vien is also considered a symbol of traditional Chinese garden art.
This place with palaces surrounded by grass and trees often appears in Chinese movies, making visitors step here think they are entering the world of a movie. With such a peaceful setting, this place was often visited by kings in the past to relax.
Huyen Khong Hanging Pagoda
Although this is not the only hanging temple, this temple located on Hang Son Mountain, Shanxi Province is one of the most famous Chinese tourist destinations .
The architecture of the temple is extremely special, from a distance it looks no different than flowers growing on a steep mountainside. Huyen Khong Pagoda makes all visitors here admire.
Leshan Great Buddha
This is the largest stone Buddha statue in the world located in Lingyun Mountain, Sichuan province, China.
Not only is it a famous tourist destination, but it is also a spiritual place for Chinese people for many generations. Construction of the Buddha statue began in 713 with the initial wish that people passing through here would have peace and convenience. Come to this place. Visitors can also hear vivid stories about the Buddha statue as well as the construction and existence process of this giant statue.
Jiuzhaigou
Jiuzhaigou is a nature reserve park in Sichuan province, China. This place is famous for its beautiful scenery, charming scenery like a fairyland painting, and is one of the most beautiful landscapes in China .
Jiuzhaigou is surrounded by cool green forests, this place has an extremely quiet space and the grass and trees change with the seasons, each season has its own beauty. If you come to tourist destinations, you often have to pay attention to the weather. When coming to Jiuzhaigou, you can come any season of the year because every season this place is beautiful and is often voted as one of the best places to visit. The most beautiful in China .
Ho Nguyet Nha Tuyen
Moon River Lake is special because it is located in the middle of the Gobi Desert, in Gansu province. This lake in the middle of the desert is a beautiful scene bestowed by nature on this place. If you weren’t here to witness this scene with your own eyes, you might mistake this as an edited image, but no, it completely exists in China.
The beautiful oasis is considered a paradise in the desert. In the middle of a vast desert, there exists an oasis with a garden and green trees, which is why this place attracts many tourists to visit.
Long Mon stone cave
Located in Hunan province, this is one of China’s beautiful ancient carvings.
There are more than 2,000 large and small caves here and more than 100,000 stone Buddha statues carved on extremely delicate cave walls. The statues or caves here were meticulously carved and are still preserved to this day.
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
The Tomb of Qin Shi Huang is one of China’s most important historical structures, located in Shaanxi province.
This mausoleum has an extremely grand scale with more than 8,000 clay statues of civil and military mandarins and soldiers, horses, and close people of Qin Shi Huang. You have to come here with your own eyes to fully see the majesty of this project as well as understand more about the thousands of years of ancient Chinese history.
Zhangjiajie National Park
This park is located in Zhangjiajie city, Hunan province of China. This place has majestic natural scenery like a fairyland.
In particular, this place has tall sandstone columns next to the immense green natural scenery. Coming here, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the park on a 430 m long bridge perched at a height of 300 m made of transparent glass. This will definitely be an interesting experience for adventurous tourists, standing in the middle of the clouds to admire the majestic scenery of this park.
Phoenix Ancient Town
This is an ancient town on the Da Giang River in romantic Hunan province and is also a place that Vietnamese youth have recently loved.
Phoenix Ancient Town is peaceful next to the Da Giang River with small houses like an ancient Chinese painting. There are many bridges across this river, the most famous being the covered Hong Kieu Bridge. Stepping into this place, you will have the feeling of stepping into ancient Chinese stories of the past and this is definitely a destination that will not disappoint you when you make the effort to come here.
Above are extremely famous Chinese tourist destinations. If you have the opportunity to come to China, don’t forget to visit these places to understand more about thousands of years of Chinese culture.