About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Beijing city fortifications, Beijing Capital International Airport, Old Summer Palace, Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Ten Great Buildings, Olympic Green, Zhongnanhai, Long Corridor, Underground City, Beijing Zoo, Xiyang Lou, National Library of China, Imperial City, Beijing, Monument to the People's Heroes, Great Hall of the People, Golden Resources Mall, Prince Gong Mansion, C-Space, Beijing, Zhengyangmen, Gate of China, Beijing Botanical Garden, Simatai, Dajue Temple, Workers, Gulou and Zhonglou, Guozijian, Tianning Temple, Jiankou, Badachu, Mutianyu, Badaling, Linked Hybrid, Commune by the Great Wall, Beijing apm, Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Huanghuacheng, Deshengmen, China Central Television Tower, Temple of the Sun, Wanping Fortress, Jinshanling, The Imperial Granary, Jade Peak Pagoda, Pagoda of Monk Wansong, Athletes Alley, Fragrant Hills Pagoda, Yongdingmen, Lufthansa Center, Hongluo Temple, Dahui Temple, Duobao Glazed Pagoda, Beijing Yintai Centre, Beijing Yintai Centre Tower 2, Beijing Exhibition Center, Wenyuan Chamber, Beijing Department Store, Shao yuan, Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, Xiaoyue Tunnel, Prince Chun Mansion. Excerpt: The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. It was 23.5 km long. The thickness at ground level was 20m and the top 12m. The wall was 15m high, and it had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 it was removed to give way to 2nd Ring Road and the loop line subway of Beijing. Only in the southeast, just south of Beijing Railway Station, stands one part of the wall. Beijing was the capital city of the last three dynasties (the Yuan, Ming and Qing) as well as two northern dynasties (the Liao and Jin) in the history of China, as such, Beijing is often referred to as an "ancient capital of Five dynasties" ( ). It had an extensive fortifi...
