798 Art Zone is the biggest and most important art area in Beijing, that houses a thriving artist community among 50-year old decommissioned military factory buildings of unique architectural style.

Gudai Jianzhu Bowuguan is Beijing’s Museum of Ancient Architecture, focusing on the collection, preservation, study and display of China’s ancient architectural technology and art.

The Forbidden City at the heart of Beijing was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and now houses the Palace Museum.

The National Museum of China (Guojia Bowuguan) was formed to educate about the history and arts of China.

Wanshou Si (Temple of Longevity) is a complex of traditional buildings and gardens now home to the Beijing Art Museum (Beijing Yishu Bowuguan).

Tian Yi Mu (Tomb of Tian Yu) is a mausoleum dedicated to perhaps the most celebrated of all Chinese eunuchs, who spent 63 years of his life serving the imperial court of three emperors.

Yonghe Gong was the former mansion of Qing Emperor Yongzheng in the northeastern part of Beijing, later converted to a monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism.

The Baiyun Guan (White Cloud Temple) in Beijing is one of The Three Great Ancestral Courts of the Complete Perfection Sect of Taoism, and is titled The First Temple under Heaven.

The Temple of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer for good harvests.

Dong Yue Miao (Eastern Peak Temple) was the largest ancient temple set up by the Zhengyi Sect of Taoism in 1319 to worship Emperor Dongyue.

Kong Miao (Temple of Confucius) in Beijing is among the largest temples devoted to the memory of the sage who has deeply influenced not only Chinese but Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life.

Lidai Diwang Miao (Temple of Successive Emperors) is a key historical and cultural site where Ming and Qing emperors made sacrifices to the rulers of previous dynasties.

Tian’anmen Square is a historically significant public plaza near the centre of Beijing, the site of several key events in Chinese history.

Cháng Láng (The Long Corridor) is a 728-meter covered walkway by the KunMing lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing, famous for its length and its rich decoration of over 14,000 paintings.

Beijing’s Dixia Cheng (Underground City) was built as an underground bomb shelter complex in the event of a Soviet attack at the time of the Sino-Soviet conflict over the Zhenbao Island in 1969.

Shiqi Kong Qiao (Seventeen-Arch Bridge) is a 150 m (490 ft) long marble bridge connecting Nan Hu Dao (South Lake Island) to the east shore of Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing.

Tian’anmen, or Tian An Men (Gate of Heavenly Peace), was the main entrance to the inner living quarters of the Imperial Family in the Forbidden City during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian) is the largest and most striking structure within the entire Forbidden City, where Ming and Qing Emperors hosted their enthronement and wedding ceremonies.

The Summer Palace, or Yíhé Yuán, literally the Garden of Nurtured Harmony, is an elaborate complex of traditional buildings and classical gardens used as a summer resort by China’s Imperial Family.

Tai Miao, the Imperial Ancestral Temple, was the site of the emperor’s premier place of worship, set southeast of the Forbidden City.

Milu Yuan (Milu Park) is a wildlife sanctuary in Beijing devoted to the conservation of critically endangered species.

BeiHai Gongyuan (BeiHai Park) is one of the oldest and most authentically preserved imperial gardens in China, set northwest of the Forbidden City in central Beijing.

Ming Chéngqiáng Gongyuan (Ming Dynasty City Wall Relics Park) is a scenic spot of ancient architectural relic, located 3 km from the center of the city, between the southeast turret and Chongwen Gate in the west.

Yuánmíng Yuán (the Garden of Gardens) was a complex of palaces and elaborate gardens 8 km (5 mi) northwest of the walls of Beijing, used by the Qing Emperors as a summer palace.

Beijing Aquarium (Beijing Haiyangguan) was billed as the largest aquarium in Asia, and the world’s largest inland aquarium when it was built in the late 1990s.

Beijing Zoo (Beijing Dongwuyuan) is the largest urban zoological park in China, covering an area of 86 hectares and home to over 7,000 creatures of 600 different species from all over the world.