The watch was also bought, and Lin Yueya finally rested.

It's past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the weather is a little bit, but it's not bad.

So the two discussed and went shopping together, Zhou Fangyuan came to the capital a lot of times, but he almost never went shopping. Lin Yueya has lived in the capital for the past two years, but her main task is to go to school, and she doesn't like to play with her classmates very much, so when other classmates go out shopping, she is always with that best friend, and she rarely goes to famous attractions to play, and now her girlfriend is gone, but she just has time to be with Zhou Fangyuan.

Beijing, the capital of China, is so famous in today's world. It is the city with the largest number of World Heritage Sites in the world and the first capital city in the world to have a Global Geopark. There are more than 200 tourist attractions open to the outside world, including the world's largest imperial palace, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Beihai Park, the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace, as well as the Badaling Great Wall, the Mutianyu Great Wall and the world's largest courtyard courtyard Gongwang's Mansion and other places of interest. There are 7,309 cultural relics and historic sites in Beijing, 99 national key cultural relics protection units, 326 municipal cultural relics protection units, 5 national geological parks, and 15 national forest parks.

Let's put it this way, the city of Beijing alone may have more attractions and cultural relics than other provinces combined.

Zhou Fangyuan discussed with Lin Yueya and decided to start with the most basic and famous attractions.

Forbidden city!

The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, is the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, located in the center of the central axis of the capital.

The Forbidden City is centered on the three major halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters, more than 70 large and small palaces, and more than 9,000 houses.

It is a rectangular castle with a length of 961 meters from north to south and a width of 753 meters from east to west, surrounded by a wall 10 meters high on all sides, and a moat with a width of 52 meters outside the city. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Palace, and the Baohe Palace, collectively referred to as the three major halls, which are the places where the state holds great ceremonies. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Hou Three Palaces, which are the main palaces where the emperor and empress live. At the same time, it is also one of the world's largest and most well-preserved wooden structure ancient buildings, is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, in 1961 was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, in 1987 was listed as a world cultural heritage.

The fame of the Forbidden City is really too great, Zhou Fangyuan has been able to hear all kinds of legends about the Forbidden City since he was a child, not only him, he is basically a Chinese, and he may not lack the figure of the Forbidden City in his education from childhood to adulthood.

Zhou Fangyuan had been here before, but the last time he came here, he didn't take a good look at the scenery of the electrostatic force, but he just took a cursory look at it like a marquee, and he hadn't seen it all. This time, he can finally enjoy the scenery in the Forbidden City.

The history of the Forbidden City is not much to say, in fact, it is not very long, the Ming Dynasty only began to build, only a few hundred years ago, in the long 5,000 years of China, this time is really nothing.

However, the special thing about the Forbidden City is that it is the imperial city of the closest dynasties to modern times, and it is the most familiar and well-known imperial city.

The Forbidden City was built by Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty and was designed by Kuaixiang. Covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with 1 million migrant workers, built for 14 years, there are 9,999 and a half houses, in fact, according to the 1973 expert on-site measurement, the Forbidden City has more than 90 large and small courtyards, 980 houses, a total of 8,707 rooms.

The front palace of the Forbidden City, at that time, the architectural shape required to be magnificent and magnificent, the courtyard was bright and open, symbolizing the supremacy of the feudal regime, the Taihe Hall was located in the center of the diagonal of the Forbidden City, and there were ten auspicious beasts on each of the four corners. The designers of the Forbidden City believed that this would show the majesty of the emperor and shock the world. The inner court in the back is required to be deep and compact, so the east and west six palaces are self-contained, each with a palace gate and palace wall, which is relatively arranged and orderly. The inner court is followed by the palace garden.

The palace of the Forbidden City is arranged along a north-south central axis, and the three major halls, the last three palaces, and the imperial garden are all located on this central axis. And spread out to both sides, straight from north to south, symmetrical from left to right. This central axis not only runs through the Forbidden City, but also reaches Yongding Gate in the south, and reaches the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north, running through the entire city.

Such a scale of architecture, not to mention ancient times, is quite remarkable even in modern times, let alone ancient times. And it has survived to this day on such a scale, to be honest, it is indeed very difficult.

Nowadays, what was once a royal palace has become a huge cultural relics protection unit.

There are a large number of precious cultural relics here, according to statistics, there are as many as 1052653 pieces in total, collectively referred to as 1 million pieces of cultural relics, accounting for 1/6 of the total number of cultural relics in the country.

As of December 31, 2005, the total number of first-class cultural relics in the collection of cultural relics collection units in China's cultural relics system has reached 109197, and all of them have been filed with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Among the 1,330 collection units that preserve first-class cultural relics in the country, the Palace Museum tops the list with 8,273 pieces (sets), and contains many unique national treasures. Some palaces of the Forbidden City have set up a comprehensive history and art museum, a painting museum, a classified ceramics museum, a bronze museum, a Ming and Qing arts and crafts museum, an inscription museum, a toy hall, a study room four treasures, a playthings hall, a treasure hall, a clock hall and a Qing Dynasty court rules and cultural relics exhibition, etc., a large number of ancient art treasures are collected, and it is the museum with the richest collection of cultural relics in China.

After 1949, the Palace Museum further enriched its collection, and as of 2011, the total number of cultural relics reached 1807558, including 1684490 precious cultural relics, 115491 general cultural relics, and 7,577 specimens.

The establishment of the Palace Museum has two significances: one is a fatal blow to the restoration forces at that time, and the other is a great achievement in the history of Chinese culture and art. A museum is an institution that collects, researches, exhibits, and preserves physical objects for the purpose of cultural education. It is a pre-favorable blow to the prerogatives of the monarch to turn precious cultural relics, which are the symbols of the monarchy's legal system and for the emperor's enjoyment only, into the common wealth of the whole nation. At the same time, it also allows us to better protect the cultural relics inside, as well as the entire Forbidden City complex.

The two of them were in the Forbidden City, and they walked around for most of the day.

After coming out of the Forbidden City, the two discussed it and went straight to Beihai Park.

Beihai Park is located in the northwest of the Forbidden City, and is called the Three Seas together with the China Sea and the South China Sea. It belongs to the ancient Chinese royal garden. The whole park is centered on the Beihai Sea, with an area of about 71 hectares, with 583 acres of water surface and 480 acres of land. It was originally the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasty palaces, and the Ming and Qing dynasties were the imperial gardens, which is one of the oldest, most complete, most comprehensive and representative royal gardens in our country.

There are many scenic spots in Beihai, which are generally divided into four major areas: North Shore Scenic Area, East Coast Scenic Area, Qiongdao Scenic Area, and Tuancheng Scenic Area.

Zhou Fangyuan: They mainly visit the North Shore Scenic Area and Qiongdao Scenic Area.

Qionghua Island is referred to as Qiong Island, because there is a white tower built on the island, so it is also commonly known as "White Tower Mountain". The height of the island is 32 meters, and the circumference is 913 meters. Qionghua, which means gorgeous jade, is named after it to indicate that the island is a fairyland treasure island built with beautiful jade. According to myths and legends, Qionghua is the flower of the Qiong tree, which grows on Penglai Immortal Island, and people can live forever if they eat it, which also means that the island is built in imitation of Yaochi fairyland. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, a letter fort was set up on the top of the mountain, which was garrisoned by the Eight Banners Army, condescendingly, looking out over the whole city, and once there was an alarm, it could immediately send out a signal.

The west side of Qiongdao was originally a palace of pleasure for the Qing Dynasty emperor to rest, discuss matters or hold banquets when he visited the garden. The Qingxiao Building behind the palace is the place where Emperor Qianlong accompanied his mother to watch the ice bocce competition in winter. In the northwest there is the ancient building of reading, the building stores 340 pieces of law from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, more than 210 pieces of inscriptions, 495 square carved stones. The inner wall embedded in the copy of the Forbidden City in the "Sanxi Hall Law", can be called the ink treasure, for the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty original. There are also Linguang Palace, Yannan Smoke Pavilion and the "Copper Immortal Chenglu Plate" in the mountainside in this area. The northeast slope of Qiong Island is full of ancient trees, and here is the "Spring Shade of Qiong Island", one of the "Eight Views of Yanjing". Walking along the path next to the "Qiongdao Chunyin Monument" of Emperor Qianlong's imperial inscription, you can go straight to the twists and turns of "Seeing Spring Pavilion" and "Seeing Gallery".

There is another temple on the island is Yong'an Temple, which is located at the southern foot of Baita Mountain. It was founded in the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. It is built by the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty in response to the request of the Tibetan lama Fumu Khan, and the name is the White Pagoda Temple.

When it was first built, the temple buildings included the Zhengjue Hall, the Pu'an Hall, the Shengguo Hall, the Zongjing Hall, the Corner Room, the Shunshan House and the White Tower. The temple of enlightenment is the mountain gate. In the sixth year of Qianlong, it was renamed Yong'an Temple. In the eighth year of Qianlong, Yong'an Temple was expanded, and the ** hall, bell tower, drum tower and Yong'an Temple mountain gate were added. In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, the temple of good cause and the two pavilions of Yinsheng and Dihaze were added. In the 39th year of Qianlong (1774), a tablet was erected in each of the two pavilions, and the Qianlong imperial system was engraved with the "General Record of Baita Mountain" and "The Four Faces of Baita Mountain" respectively. Yong'an Temple is a group of buildings that reflect religious culture. It is built on the mountain, the height is staggered, colorful, and magnificent. Due to historical reasons, some of the buildings in the temple have been destroyed, and the statues no longer exist. In 1993, the park management office carried out a comprehensive renovation of Yong'an Temple, and restored all the original buildings and statues in the temple, so that Yong'an Temple reproduced the style of the year.

There are more attractions in the North Shore Scenic Area.

Xiaoxitian, Iron Shadow Wall, Nine Dragon Wall, Jingxinzhai, Kuaixuetang Calligraphy Museum, Wulong Pavilion, Xitian Brahma Realm, etc.

Among them, the most famous is Xiao Xitian, Xiao Shi was built in the 33rd year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and was built in the 35th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. The main building is Elysium, the total area is 1200 square meters, its beam span is 13.5 meters, it is the largest square pavilion palace building in China, the hall is surrounded by windows, Nanfan fine carving pattern, the gold plaque is hung in the high place in the hall, and the book "Elysium" is the Qianlong imperial pen. Above is the golden octagonal dome dragon caisson well, which is very solemn. The hall is surrounded by water on all sides, there is a bridge to pass, there is a glazed archway in the east and west, there is a small square pavilion in each of the four corners, there is a crescent moon river in the south, a carved railing stone bridge is erected, the whole building is magnificent, majestic and magnificent. The hall originally has a clay sculpture of Putuo in the South China Sea, there are 226 Arhat Buddha statues on the mountain, and the mountain is painted with sea water, in order to symbolize the victory of Putuo in the Buddha world, so it is called "Luohan Mountain" and "Island".

The Iron Shadow Wall is a relic of the Yuan Dynasty, the wall is brown, carved from neutral volcanic block conglomerate, because the color and texture resemble iron, so it is called the Iron Shadow Wall. The wall is 1.89 meters high, 3.56 meters long, and the two sides are shallow carved with moire beasts, and the carving is simple and vigorous. The Iron Shadow Wall was originally the wall in front of an ancient temple outside the Jiande Gate. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, this wall was moved to the front of the Desheng Gate to protect the country in Desheng Nunnery, and in 1947, the wall body was moved to Beihai Park. In 1986, Beihai Park recovered the pedestal from Tieyingbi Hutong, thus restoring this cultural relic.

The Nine Dragon Wall is the shadow wall in front of the original Great Round Mirror Zhibao Palace, which was built in the 21st year of Qianlong. The wall is 5.96 meters high, 1.60 meters thick, and 25.52 meters long. The two sides of the wall are made of seven-colored glazed bricks and tiles. There are nine colorful dragons on each side, flying in the waves. There are a total of 635 large and small dragons on the wall. There are three ancient nine dragon walls in our country, only this one is a double-sided wall, which is the essence of Chinese glazed architectural art.

In fact, there are also nine dragon walls in Beitong, and they are also well-known in China, and the history is longer than the nine dragon walls here. The Nine Dragon Wall of Beitong is more than 400 years earlier than this side here, but it is a pity that Beitong itself is a small city, and naturally cannot be compared with the capital, so the fame of the Nine Dragon Wall of Beitong, some people say that it is bigger than the capital here, and some people say that it is not as good as the capital here...... It's hard to say.

Jingxinzhai, formerly known as "Jingqingzhai", covers an area of about 8,700 square meters. It is one of the most exquisite gardens in Beihai. Jingxinzhai was originally an ordinary official house in the Ming Dynasty, and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty built Jingxinzhai in the 24th year of the expansion of the "West Heaven Brahma Realm", also known as "Qianlong Small Garden". The main buildings in the park include Jingqingzhai, Baosu Library, Yunqinzhai, Bixian Pavilion, Hojichawu, Gonghuaxuan, Qinquan Corridor, Pillow Pavilion, Stone Bridge, etc. Jingxin Zhai east pillow mountain, west of the temple, south of the waves, pavilion, pavilion, corridor, Xuan, stone bridge, pool, stacked stone, rockery and the platform, the palace building form does not lose the magnificent and magnificent spirit of the northern garden, and has the small and exquisite taste of the garden in the south of the Yangtze River, is the treasure of Chinese gardening art.

Kuaixuetang Calligraphy Museum, was founded in Qianlong 44 years, there are two halls in the courtyard, Chengguan Hall, Yulanxuan. The verandah on the east and west sides of Kuaixue Hall is embedded with 48 ink stone carvings of 20 calligraphers from the Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, among which Wang Xizhi's Kuaixue Shiqing Post and the Kuaixue Hall made by Emperor Qianlong are the most famous.

Five Dragon Pavilion, built in the Ming Dynasty Wanli 30 years, the middle is the Longze Pavilion, the left is the Yongrui Pavilion, the Fucui Pavilion, the right is the Chengxiang Pavilion, the Xiangxiang Pavilion. It was originally a place for the emperor and his ministers to fish and admire the moon, and in the 28th year of Qianlong, the wooden arc bridge was changed to a stone bridge, and bluestone railings and pillars were installed. In the 26th year of Guangxu, the railings and pillars were destroyed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and they were restored as they were in 1974. The existing Five Dragons Pavilion has become a place for people to look at the White Pagoda and the mountains of Beihai Lake and rest.

Western Heavenly Brahma Realm

"West Heaven Brahma Realm" is also known as the Great West Heaven, east of Jingxin Zhai, west and the Great Circle Realm Zhibao Hall dependent, south and Qionghua Island into a line, is one of the most prestigious scenic spots in Beihai, originally the Ming Dynasty West Heaven Zen Lin Lama Temple, the Qing Dynasty rebuilt in 1759, and expanded to the west, in 1980 after rebuilding and opening to the public. [5]