Beijing Icons

Real landmarks and neighbourhoods across Beijing, China.

Quests on this wheel

• Forbidden City — Completed in 1420, this palace complex with 980 buildings features a museum with art & artifacts.
• Tiananmen Square — Historic, sprawling city square & cultural center, featuring a 37m-tall obelisk.
• Temple of Heaven — Renowned temple complex from 1420 featuring distinctive circular buildings set in a popular park.
• Summer Palace — Lakefront palace renowned for its ornate temples & artworks plus its lavishly landscaped grounds.
• The Palace Museum — Massive palace complex & museum featuring tours, art exhibits & restaurants.
• Lama Temple — Ornate Tibetan Buddhist temple complex built in 1694 & featuring bronze statues & incense burners.
• Wangfujing Pedestrian Street — Restaurants, food stalls & stores line this bustling, well-known pedestrian street with sculptures.
• Jingshan Park — Historic 57-acre park located on a hill & offering views of the Forbidden City.
• Hongqiao Market — Huge marketplace famous for trading in pearls with around a million visitors each year.
• Tiananmen — Symbolic, famed gateway to the Forbidden City dating to the 15th century but rebuilt many times.
• National Stadium — Iconic stadium known as the Bird's Nest built for the Olympics & now hosting concerts & sports.
• Beihai Park — First opened to the public in 1925, this 69-hectare former imperial park features a massive lake.
• Zhengyangmen — Iconic gatehouse originally built in 1419 as part of Beijing's city wall, now offering a museum.
• National Museum of China — Free, massive (2.2 million-sq.-ft.) museum of Chinese history & art with more than 1 million relics.
• 798 Art Zone — Decommissioned factory buildings now holding artist studios & exhibits, vendors & eateries.
• Meridian Gate — Imposing gateway & former ceremonial entrance to the Forbidden City for Ming & Qing Emperors.
• Prince Gong Mansion — This grand, well-preserved 1777 mansion with courtyards & gardens now houses a museum.
• 北京鼓楼和钟楼 — Red watchtower reconstructed in 1420, offering views & performances with replica Ming dynasty drums.
• CCTV Headquarters — Contemporary, 44-story skyscraper by Rem Koolhaas featuring a geometric shape & housing TV offices.

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