Covering unbelievable 720,000 square metres of land, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest ancient palace in the world, serving as…
Beihai Park, also known as the Winter Palace, is a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial…
The Yonghe Temple, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of…
Beijing Temple of Confucius is the second-largest Confucian temple in China, after the one in Confucius's hometown of Qufu.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts, and colloquially described as The Giant Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in…
The Imperial Ancestral Temple, or Taimiao of Beijing, is a historic site in the Imperial City, just outside the Forbidden City, where…
The Beijing Ancient Observatory is a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China.
A sun temple is a building used for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, dedicated to the sun or a solar deity.