MING TOMBS : UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
The Ming tombs are a collection of mausoleums built by the emperors of the Ming dynasty of China. The majority of the Ming tombs are located in a cluster near...
BEIJING : THE FORBIDDEN CITY (PALACE MUSEUM)
The Forbidden City (Chinese: 故宫; pinyin: Gùgōng) is a palace complex in central Beijing, China. It houses the Palace Museum, and was the former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty (the years 1420 to 1912). The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years. Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 hectares (over 180 acres). The palace exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987 and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Part of the museum’s former collection is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Both museums descend from the same institution, but were split after the Chinese Civil War. Since 2012, the Forbidden City has seen an average of 15 million visitors annually, and received more than 16 million visitors in 2016 and 2017
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA>LONGEST STRUCTURE
The Great Wall of China (Chinese: 萬里長城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng) is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders of China to protect and consolidate territories of Chinese states and empires against various nomadic groups of the steppe and their polities. This collection of fortifications known as the Great Wall of China.The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 21196 kilometers from east to west of China with a history of about 2700 years. It took more than 2,500 years to finish the construction of the Great Wall. The wall was not built in a single time period, but combined effort of many states and dynasties in history
BEIJING TIAN TAN – THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
The Temple of Heaven (Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán) is an imperial complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It is my favourite as well as a UNESCO World heritage site
SHANGHAI : MY FAVOURITE CITY & MOST MODERN ICONIC PLACE !
Having lived in Shanghai for long I love this city ! Shanghai (Chinese: 上海) is the commercial and financial center of China, and ranks 5th in the 2018 edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (and third most competitive in Asia after Singapore and Hong Kong) and transport hub, with the world’s busiest container port. Shanghai Stock Exchange ranked third among worldwide stock exchanges in terms of trading volume and sixth in terms of the total capitalization of listed companies
SHANGHAI TOWER > THE WORLDs SECOND TALLEST BUILDING (632m) : SPECTACULAR VIEWS
The Shanghai Tower (上海中心大厦 pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà -literally: ‘Shanghai Center Building’) is a 632-metre 128-story megatall skyscraper in Shanghai. It is the world’s second-tallest building by height to architectural top
SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND -INSIDE THE DISNEY CASTLE
Shanghai Disney Resort (Pinyin : Shànghǎi Díshìní Dùjiàqū) is a themed resort and the first Disney park resort in mainland China and the second in China, after the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Construction began on April 8, 2011 and the resort opened to the public on June 16, 2016. The site covers 963 acres (3.9 square kilometres) in Pudong, or approximately 3 times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland at a cost of US $ 5.5 billion
HONG KONG FROM ABOVE > AN AMAZING & WONDERFUL SPECTACLE
Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world - most surrounding Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong also has the WORLD's HIGHEST HOTEL BAR & SWIMMING POOL @ THE...
HONG KONG : THE PLACE WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SKYSCRAPPERS IN THE WORLD
Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world – most surrounding Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong also has the WORLD’s HIGHEST HOTEL BAR & SWIMMING POOL @ THE RITZ CARLTON HONG KONG ! With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world !
TIAN TAN BUDDHA : THE SECOND LARGEST OPEN AIR BRONZE BUDDHA
Tian Tan Buddha is a large bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue is sited near Po Lin Monastery and symbolises the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and faith. It is a major centre of Buddhism in Hong Kong, and is also a tourist attraction. The statue is 34 metres (112 ft) tall, weighs over 250 metric tons (280 short tons) and was constructed from 202 bronze pieces