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Beijing Shuntian Hall

Shuntian public hall in East Street, Dongcheng District, 45. Ming and Qing dynasties Shuntian the lobby of the Department. Shuntian responsible for the matter of Gyeonggi, where there belong in Daxing County near Beijing Wanping County and 22 counties. Shuntian triple the original hall door, in the second, between the triple gate, the west memorial temple, the temple prison, prisons, the Office of the Chief Secretary, according to Hall and writes the Department; East has five shrines, the quality of the candidates , food halls, temples and East Branch officials, households punishment, salt room, studio and other premises. The third is the heavy door of the courtyard lobby, east to west, 26 meters, 14 meters into the deep South, where inmates are Read more:

The blue night is when Beijing has stars lit a the most beautiful place.PianQiao, then you just shopping malls, and the wangfujing walking street garden in intimate partner, so, I suggest you to the north, in a short walk from the church saw an stands on the right, go after had more than 100 meters, traffic came to always lights in the Beijing people’s art theater — the capital theatre.Buy two tickets in theatre, is the 21st century of college students and culture circles and white-collar elegant good, drama is not only a kind of art, is also a kind of grade, drama itself and the process is worth view play long aftertaste, should say enchanted!

Said of the Beijing people great theatre and theater is the most beautiful place to go there, the first refers to the Read more:

During the Ming and qing dynasties, Beijing area residents by walking, short travel more noble, officials, rich some sedan chair or sit by the donkey cart in the majority.Speaking of sedan chairs, to know, can be divided into two no creature small litters, four people small litters and eight people above lift of big jiao, etc.According to the purposes and points officer litters, people litters, xi litters, fast car, etc.At the time, take litters a status symbol, a level requirement, if there is a particularly severe violates will severely punished.

Qianlong emperor, mules car began to rise.Use commonly elm wood, willow, birch manufacturing, high-grade and use red wooden, adornment also than the donkey, carriage exquisite, fast and steady.Have a large saddle, small saddle Read more:

The arrival of Jesuit missionaries in China, in the seventeenth century introduced Western astronomy into China. In 1674, during the reign of the Kangxi emperor, six large-scale bronze instruments constructed according to Western astronomical science by Father Verbiest were built “and installed on the observatory: a celestial globe, an equatorial theodolite, a zodiac theodolite, an altazi-muth, a quadrant and an ancient sextant. The less sophisticated Ming instruments were then moved down to the ground. In 1716, another large altazimuth in decorative Louis Quatorze style was added to the set. By now the platform was becoming somewhat crowded, and the eastern side was widened by about 5 metres. In 1745, in the Qianlong period, work began on the design and manufacture of an Read more:

Beijing, the capital of China, will play host to the 2nd Chinese Antique International Fair from October 22nd through 25th, 2010. As the largest Chinese antique art fair, Chinese Antique International Fair will offer you a marvelous opportunity to enjoy hundreds of the top, rare Chinese art treasures collected from New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other cities. Some individual overseas collectors will also attend the fair. The rare treasures cover ancient paintings and murals, chinaware, lacquer works, jade ware, enamel, and antique furniture, etc. Highlights are the imperial jade seal used by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and some exquisite painting and murals created by the famous ancient artists. An excellent team of experts will offer you a Read more:

The Forbidden City, occupying a prime location in the heart of Beijing, is a magnificent ancient palace complex originally built by Yongle Emperor (that was Zhu Di) in 1406 BC during the Ming Dynasty. The fabulous palace which now is the largest, best-preserved ancient imperial palace in China was home to totally 24 emperors during the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The Forbidden City in Beijing, the Versailles Palace in Paris, the Buckingham Palace in London, the Kremlin Palace in Moscow Russia and the White House in Washington are widely acknowledged as the Top 5 Palaces in the world. Here is a brief introduction to the Forbidden City in Beijing China.

The Forbidden City, covers an area of roughly 725,000 square meters, is home to approximately 8,707 rooms. With a Read more: