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Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
The Dujiangyan irrigation system was built in the 3rd century BC. The system still controls the water of the Minjiang River and delivers it to the fertile farmland of the Chengdu Plain. Mount Qingcheng is the birthplace of Taoism and there are many ancient temples here to commemorate Taoism.
An Family Courtyard Collection Museum
In Yangliuqing, an ancient town in Tianjin, there is a street called Guiyi Street, which is known as a place where the rich live. To the south of the street is the Shi Family Courtyard, the largest residential building in North China, and to the north of the street, just across the street, is the even older An Family Courtyard. The An Family Courtyard has been with history for 150 years, and has witnessed the prosperity and bustle of the ancient town, and recorded the traces and style of the years.
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica has hosted many outstanding engineers and scientists who have contributed to the town's fame. The old medieval mining center developed into a town with a Renaissance palace, a 16th-century church, an elegant square and a castle. The city center blends into the surrounding landscape and contains important relics of past mining and metallurgical activities.
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
The ancient churches of Mtskheta, the former capital of Georgia, are outstanding examples of medieval religious architecture in the Caucasus, showcasing the high level of art and culture of this ancient kingdom.
Tanzhe Temple
Tanzhe Temple has a history of more than 1,700 years and is the oldest ancient temple in Beijing. The temple faces south and is backed by Baozhu Peak. It is surrounded by nine tall mountains in a horseshoe shape, as if it is supported by nine giant dragons. The tall mountains block the cold current from the northwest, so the climate here is warm and humid. The temple has towering ancient trees, pagodas, and majestic halls. The entire temple building is cleverly laid out according to the terrain, with green bamboo and famous flowers dotted in between, and the environment is extremely beautiful. Tanzhe Temple is large in scale, covering an area of 2.5 hectares inside the temple and 11.2 hectares outside the temple. Together with the surrounding forests and mountain fields under the jurisdiction of Tanzhe Temple, the total area is more than 121 hectares. The halls are built according to the height of the mountain, with staggered layout. The Forbidden City in Beijing has 9,999 and a half rooms. Tanzhe Temple had 999 and a half rooms in its heyday during the Qing Dynasty, which is like a miniature of the Forbidden City. It is said that when the Forbidden City was built in the early Ming Dynasty, it was modeled after Tanzhe Temple. Tanzhe Temple now has a total of 943 rooms, including 638 ancient halls. The buildings maintain the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the largest ancient temple building complex in the suburbs of Beijing. The entire building complex fully reflects the aesthetic principles of ancient Chinese architecture. With a central axis running through it, the left and right sides are basically symmetrical, making the entire building complex appear regular, strict, with clear priorities and clear levels. Its architectural forms include halls, halls, pavilions, halls, pavilions, pavilions, towers, altars, etc. There are many buildings and attractions outside the temple, such as the Upper and Lower Pagoda Courtyards, the East and West Guanyin Caves, the Anle Yanshou Hall, and the Dragon Pond, which are like stars holding the moon, scattered among them, forming a tourist attraction with a radius of several miles, numerous attractions, diverse styles, and different interests. Tanzhe Temple is not only rich in cultural landscapes, but also very beautiful in natural landscapes. There are beautiful scenery in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and different moods in the morning, noon, evening and night. As early as the Qing Dynasty, the "Ten Scenes of Tanzhe" were already famous in Beijing. Today's Tanzhe Temple has majestic palaces and quiet courtyards. The palaces, halls, altars and rooms are unique. The buildings, pavilions, pavilions and vegetarian rooms have extraordinary scenery. Ancient trees and famous trees, flowers and bamboos are scattered throughout the temple. The rockery is stacked with green, and the winding water flows. The red walls and green tiles, the flying eaves and corners are hidden among the green pines and cypresses. The halls are neat, solemn and magnificent. The late President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Mr. Zhao Puchu, once wrote a couplet praising: "The air captures half of Taihang Mountain, and the land opens up Youzhou first." Tanzhe Temple not only attracts friends and tourists from all over the world with its numerous historical sites and beautiful scenery, but also has built modern tourism service facilities in recent years, and implemented a one-stop service of transportation, accommodation, catering, sightseeing, entertainment and shopping, making the scenic spot a famous tourist destination at home and abroad. In 1997, with the approval of the Beijing Municipal Government, a group of monks moved in and religious activities resumed in Tanzhe Temple.
Badachu Park
Badachu Park is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, one of the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Beijing, and a boutique park in Beijing. It is located at the southern foot of Beijing Xishan Scenic Area. Badachu Park is a Buddhist temple garden with a long history and rich cultural heritage, and a modern urban forest closest to the city center. Badachu Park is surrounded by Cuiwei Mountain, Pingpo Mountain, and Lushi Mountain, the remnants of Taihang Mountains. It covers an area of 253 hectares, with the highest peak at an altitude of 464 meters and a vegetation coverage rate of 97.4%. The mountain is warm and windy in winter and cool and pleasant in summer. The eight ancient temples were founded in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and have been rebuilt for generations. So far, the ancient buildings are still well preserved. The eight ancient temples and the famous "Twelve Scenes" carry the profound Chinese Buddhist culture and Chinese literati culture respectively, and also constitute the unique core tourism resources and tourist attractions of Badachu. Badachu Park is located at the southern foot of Xishan Scenic Area in the western suburbs of Beijing. The park is named "Badachu" because there are eight ancient temples (Lingguang Temple, Chang'an Temple, Sanshan Temple, Dabei Temple, Longquan Temple, Xiangjie Temple, Baozhu Cave, Zhengguo Temple). The eight ancient temples were first built in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and were rebuilt in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Among them, Lingguang, Chang'an, Dabei, Xiangjie and Zhengguo Temples were all built by the emperor. The tooth relic of Sakyamuni Buddha was once enshrined in the Liaozhaoxian Pagoda of Lingguang Temple. Badachu Park was destroyed by the artillery fire of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Premier Zhou Enlai approved the construction of a new Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda. Badachu Park is surrounded by three mountains and is famous for its natural "Twelve Scenes". The ancients praised it as "Three Mountains are like a beautiful house, Eight Temples are like antiques in the house, and Twelve Scenes are like a garden outside the house". It is also said that "The beauty of Xiangshan is artificial, and the beauty of Badachu is natural, and its natural beauty is better than the scenic spots in Xishan." There are three most worthwhile places to visit in Badachu. The first is Lingguang Temple, where there is a towering Buddha Tooth Relic Pagoda, a Thousand Buddhas Pagoda with ancient Liao Dynasty portraits, a goldfish pond with brocade scales playing, and the magnificent "Arhat Wall" and "Heart Sutra Wall". The second is Dabei Temple, where the famous Yuan Dynasty sculptor Liu Yuan sculpted the 18 Arhats in the Main Hall, which are lifelike. The third is the well-organized Xiangjie Temple, where Buddha statues and offerings are complete. Particularly noteworthy are the two dragon-headed turtle-seated imperial steles under the Main Hall, on which are engraved the writings of the three Qing Dynasty emperors Kangxi, Qianlong, and Jiaqing. Badachu Park is warm and breezy in winter and cool and pleasant in summer. The soil is fertile and the vegetation is rich. Among them, there are more than 80 kinds of trees, more than 400,000 trees, 18 kinds of precious ancient trees, 590 trees, such as the white pine in Chang'an Temple, the horse chestnut in Lingguang Temple, the ginkgo in Dabei Temple, and the Pistacia in Zhengguo Temple, all of which are over 600 years old and still full and beautiful. There are nearly 140,000 red-leaf trees such as Cotinus coggygria, Torchwood, and Acer truncatum. After the autumn frost, the forests are all dyed red.
Beijing Jingxi Ancient Road Scenic Area
The Jingxi Ancient Road is like a big network that stretches across the entire Mentougou area. There are many long roads. These ancient roads mainly include commercial roads, military roads, and incense roads. They are interconnected. Among them, the commercial roads have the most historical relics. After hundreds of years of history, although they appear to be dilapidated, the ancient charm is still there. You can choose any small section to hike through. The Shuiyuzui-Dongshi Guyan Village section belongs to the North Road of the Xishan Ancient Road. It basically runs along the Yongding River Valley and is not very intense. Although Xishan Avenue starts from Sanjiadian in the east, we can also start directly from Shuiyuzui, cross Niujiaoling, and then pass Qiaoerjian and Magazhuang to reach Dongshi Guyan Village.
Miaofeng Mountain Scenic Area
One of the famous mountains in Beijing, a tourist attraction in the suburbs of Beijing, the district is located in Mentougou District in the west of Beijing, and is the boundary mountain between Mentougou District and Changping County. It belongs to the remnant of Taihang Mountain. It is located more than 30 kilometers northwest of Beijing and 55 kilometers from the urban area. It has an altitude of 1,291 meters and an area of 20 square kilometers. Formerly known as Yangshan, it is famous for "ancient temples", "strange pines", "strange rocks" and "exotic flowers". Because of its majestic mountain terrain, five peaks are standing side by side, and Miaogao is one of them, so it is also called Miaogao Peak. The mountain is lush with trees and beautiful scenery. There are many ancient temples, seasonal landscapes such as sunrise, sunset, rime, and mountain market. There are thousands of acres of roses with the best quality in my country. It is famous for the "Tianxian Shengmu Bixia Yuanjun Temple" founded in the late Ming Dynasty. The temple is located on the golden top. From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, a grand temple fair was held from the first to the fifteenth day of the fourth lunar month every year, and the mountain became famous because of it. The temple was destroyed during the Anti-Japanese War, and the temple fair declined. Today, it is still famous for the beauty of natural scenery, especially the scenery of Shannan Yingtao Valley. There are many roses in the nearby streams. Now it is a key greening area in the city. The long-renowned Miaofeng Mountain Niangniang Temple was first built in the Liao Dynasty. The three temple complexes (Linggan Palace, Huixiang Pavilion, and Yuhuangding) are built on the mountain, with 14 temples dedicated to Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and secular gods. It was the center of public belief in North China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.