It is a well-known Buddhist establishment where the finger bones of Sakyamuni are preserved. It has China’s largest underground Buddhist palace.

The Great Wall is a symbol of the ancient Chinese civilization. It was built as a defensive structure. Stretching 6,350 kilometers, it is classified as a World Cultural Heritage.

The Forbidden City, lies in the center of Beijing. Built between 1406 and 1420, it served as the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Located in the center of Beijing, Tian’anmen Square covers 400,000 square meters. It is the largest city square in the world.

The Temple of Heaven, built in 1420s, is the place where emperors of the Ming and Qing would pray to Heaven for good harvest. It is the largest temple complex in China.

Covering an area of 40 square kilometers, the Ming Tombs is a group of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors and their empresses and concubines.

The Summer Palace was a grand imperial palace and a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty. It is an outstanding example of imperial gardens in classical Chinese style. It houses tens of thousands of precious cultural relics.

Built in 1694, the Yonghe Lamasery is the largest lamasery in Beijing. In the tower there is a standing figure of the Buddhist saint Maitrya carved in sandalwood, eight meters in diameter and 18 meters tall.

Hutongs are a special feature of downtown Beijing, where there are 4,550 of them. A hutong is a kind of lane or alleyways lined on both sides by courtyards containing compound houses.

Xijiang Miao Village is a picturesque mass of closely packed traditional dwellings ranged up the side of two adjacent hills, about 40 km southeast of Kaili and 30 km northeast of Leishan.