Forbidden City opens disabled tourist paths ( 08-05-19 )

Disabled tourists now have better access to Beijing's famous Forbidden City following extensive renovations. New facilities were opened yesterday, to mark National Help-the-disabled Day.

Forbidden city resorts to e-ticketing to cap visitors ( 07-10-10 )

An e-ticketing system is under development inside China's Forbidden City to cope with the large number of visitors.

The Great Wall of China ( 06-08-14 )

Great Wall is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It winds its way westward over the vast territory of China from the bank of the Yalu River and ends at the foot of snow-covered Qilianshan(祁连山) and Tianshan Mountains(天山),up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles ).As the Great Wall was reconstructed in Qin, Han and Ming Dynasties, its length exceeded 5,000 km. Hence the name "Wan Li Chang Cheng(万里长城)" or ...

Songshan Nature Reserve ( 06-08-14 )

Songshan Nature Reserve is situated in the northwest of Yanqing County, in Beijing. And it is on the Jundu Mountain in the depths of Yanshan Mountains. It was listed by the State Council as a state-level nature reserve in 1986 for its special geographical position, well preserved natural environment and abundant animal and plant resources. Covering an area of 4,660 hectares, the Reserve mainly protects natural Chinese pine trees (Pinus tabulaeformis) and temperate forest ecosystem as a whole. ...

Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian ( 06-08-14 )

Beijing Zhoukoudian site was among the first sites in China to enter UNESCO's World Heritage List. It is also the only site in the world to yield evidence of human activity and mankind's earliest use of fire 500,000 to 600,000 years ago. Chinese scientists have excavated 26 previous sites of academic value here since the 1920s. Peking Man(北京人) was discovered in Zhoukoudian(周口店) Village, on the Longgu Mountain, Fangshan District, 50 km south-west of Beijing. The find was the only existing human ...