Landmarks, the first vision and impression of a city, carry the unique cultural connotations of history and reality, tradition and avant-garde, some show the high-tech of a city, and some reflect the long history and cultural traditions of a city. Go with Xiaobian to see the landmark buildings of major cities in China, but how many are familiar to you? Which ones have you been to?
Forbidden City, Beijing
The Forbidden City in Beijing was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis, and is the essence of ancient Chinese court architecture. It is one of the largest and best-preserved wooden structures in the world.
The palace building of the Forbidden City is the largest and most complete ancient building complex in China, with a total area of more than 720,000 square meters, and it is said that there are 9999 and a half palace rooms in the temple, known as the "Sea of Temples", which is magnificent and spectacular. Whether it is the layout, the three-dimensional effect, or the majesty of the form, it is an unparalleled masterpiece.
The Eye of Tianjin
Tianjin Eye, full name Tianjin Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel (, located on the banks of the Hai River in Hongqiao District, Tianjin, is a ferris wheel built across the river and integrated with bridges and wheels, which has both sightseeing and traffic functions. It is the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world and is one of the landmarks of Tianjin.
A legend about the Ferris wheel says that every box on the Ferris wheel is filled with happiness, so when people look up at the Ferris wheel, they are looking up to happiness. The Eye of Tianjin is the only Ferris wheel in the world built on a bridge, and it also gives people who expect happiness more desire. Indeed, from the day it "opened", the Eye of Tianjin began to let happiness overflow, and began to watch over our city of hope and witness its continuous changes.
Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower
Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, referred to as "Oriental Pearl", is located at No. 1 Lujiazui Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, located on the banks of the Huangpu River, backed by the modern buildings in Lujiazui area, and the Bund International Architecture Expo Group across the river.
The main body of the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is a multi-barrel structure, consisting of 3 diagonal braces, 3 columns and squares, tower seats, lower spheres, 5 small spheres, upper spheres, space capsules, transmission antenna masts, etc., with a total height of 468 meters and a total construction area of 100,000 square meters.
Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower
A number of auxiliary buildings such as the cast copper yellow crane shape outside the Yellow Crane Tower, the statue pagoda, the archway, the Xuan Corridor, the pavilion and so on, make the main building more magnificent. Around the main building, there are also buildings such as Baiyun Pavilion, Elephant Pagoda, Monument Corridor, and Mountain Gate. The whole building has a unique ethnic style, which is reflected in the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge at the foot of Snake Mountain; Climbing the tower to overlook the scenery of the three towns in Wuhan.
The Yellow Crane Tower is on the verge of the Yangtze River, standing on the top of the Snake Mountain, standing tall and unique, brilliant and magnificent, and naturally becomes a famous tourist attraction. Successive celebrities such as Cui Hao, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Jia Dao, Lu You, Yang Shen, zhang Juzheng, etc., have all come here to play and sing poems.
Chongqing Hongya Cave
Hongya Cave is located in the riverside area where the two rivers of The Liberation Monument Cangbai Road, the Yangtze River and the Jialing River meet in the core business district of Chongqing, and enjoys the urban tourism landscape, business and leisure landscape and urban cultural landscape in one. With the "stilt house" style with the characteristics of Bayu traditional architecture as the main body, it is built along the river according to the mountain situation, and the Liberation Monument goes directly to the riverside.
Exotic city balcony is the largest urban traffic transfer station in Chongqing, Hongya Cave city balcony parking lot can accommodate 30-40 vehicles at the same time, need to visit the Liberation Monument or stay in Hongya Cave tourists can take the escalator or sightseeing elevator straight up to the Liberation Monument or reach any floor of Hongya Cave.
Xi'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built in the Great Ci'en Temple in Jinchangfang (present-day Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province) in the Tang Dynasty, also known as the "Ci'en Temple Pagoda", which exists today. The tower is 64 meters high, and the tower body, bucket arch and railing are all green brick imitation wood structures. A five-story brick pagoda built by Gen Xuanzang to enshrine Buddha statues, relics and Sanskrit scriptures brought back from India.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the symbols of Tang Chang'an City that has been preserved to this day. The stone tablets "Order of the Three Sacred Teachings of the Great Tang Dynasty" and "Records of the Sacred Teachings of the Three Tibetans of the Great Tang Dynasty" further corroborate the history of the spread of Buddhism in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Silk Road. The Baye Sutra in the Collection of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is also a precious Buddhist relic.
Guangzhou small brute waist
With the status of the first tourist tower in China and the third in the world, Canton Tower shows the world the vision and courage to take off in Guangzhou, challenge themselves, and face the world. Standing at the intersection of guangzhou's new central axis and pearl river landscape axis, located in the city's CBD central business district, across the river from Haixinsha Asian Games Park and Zhujiang New Town, with its unique design shape, the perfect combination of strength and art shows the ambition and majestic style of Guangzhou's big city, and becomes a beautiful landscape on the new central axis.
As one of the "New Eight Scenic Spots of Yangcheng", Guangzhou Tower shoulders the historical mission of inheriting Guangzhou's historical and cultural heritage for more than 2,000 years and spreading the development trajectory of Guangzhou's international metropolis, and has become a new landmark of the city and the most popular tourist attraction in Guangzhou.
Potala Palace in Tibet
Located on Mount Maburi in the northwest of Lhasa, the capital of The Tibet Autonomous Region of China, potala palace is a fortress-like complex originally built by the Tubo Dynasty Zampsong Zanganpo to marry Princess Wencheng.
The Potala Palace is built on a mountain base, the buildings overlap, the temple is saga, the momentum is majestic, there is a sky- and majestic, the solid granite wall, the pine-level white horse grass wall collar, the golden and brilliant golden roof, the huge gilded vase, building and prayer flag with strong decorative effect, the contrast between the three colors of red, white and yellow, the architectural type of the division and the layer of the layer, all reflect the charming characteristics of Tibetan ancient architecture.
Mogao Grottoes, Gansu
Mogao Caves, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, are located in Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. It was built in the former Qin Xuanzhao Emperor Jianjian period, and then through the Northern Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Western Xia, Yuan Dynasty and other dynasties of construction, forming a huge scale, there are 735 caves, murals 45,000 square meters, clay painted sculptures 2415 statues, is the world's largest and richest Buddhist art site.
The grotto murals are rich and colorful, with a variety of Buddhist scripture stories, mountain and river scenery, architectural paintings such as pavilions and pavilions, landscape paintings, floral patterns, flying Buddha statues, and various scenes of production by working people at that time, which are the artistic reproduction of folk customs and historical changes from the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Qing Dynasty for more than 1500 years, and are majestic and magnificent.
The first Chinese landmark will be introduced to you here, welcome everyone to continue to pay attention. In the next issue, we will introduce the remaining city landmarks.