Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China, is today one of the most attractive tourist cities in the far East. This Asian metropolis is of interest to more and more thousands of tourists who come each year to discover a vibrant and dynamic city that is developing at a frantic pace, but which is careful, however, to preserve its age-old traditional characteristics.
It is a city of contrasts where small traditional houses jealously rub shoulders with modern skyscrapers that rise majestically in the Beijing sky. In addition to this urban diversity, Beijing is also a city of myths and legends with a past marked by emperors of divine origin and luxurious palaces worthy of fairy tales.
All these attractions make Beijing a popular tourist destination today.
In 2017, moreover, the city welcomed around four million people who came to discover the cultural, political and social heart of a country that has become, in the
space of a few years, one of the great powers of this world.
The interest in the great Chinese city is therefore due in part to a curiosity to understand the miracle and the success of people, but also to such a simple reason: the visitor here cannot get tired of it, the city has both a historical aspect with its temples and monuments and a very modern and commercial aspect reflected by its many skyscrapers and luxury shops.
One could go to the Forbidden City – a fortress from which Chinese
emperors ruled for more than 500 years, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the marvelous Imperial Gardens. As one could visit, if one is keen on modernity, the new architectural buildings designed in an extravagant way, such as the sumptuous Peking Opera or the headquarters of the Chinese television CCTV.
The Chinese capital also has various pleasure gardens and splendid green spaces for walkers who wish to take a break to rest after a trip to the city.
But of all these sites as interes ting as each other, two prestigious places must absolutely be visited. This is Tiananmen, the largest square in the world and of course the Great Wall of China considered one of the seven wonders of the world which is also only a stone’s throw away. from the city. You should therefore not miss the opportunity of your presence in Beijing to make a pilgrimage to these two impressive places which are steeped in history and will allow you to better understand the history and genius of an entire people.
The Chinese have succeeded in making Beijing, their capital, a world-renowned tourist city, because they have been able to reconcile the modern and the traditional, the universal and the singular, the public and the private…, while adapting their ideology Communist to the values of competitiveness and economic progress.
