China is a land of exceptional beauty.A series of geoglogical and five
-thousand years of history have made China one of the world's most
attractive countries from the tourist's viewpoint.

1 Which season is the best season to visit China?


If you like visit China, Spring and Autumn are the best seasons. It's
not very hot . Teachers and students always choose July and August
visit China.The cost of traveling is a little bit lower than Spring and



Autumn.


2 Which places are worthy to visit?


(1) Beijing (See the photo from www.chinatourmap.com)
The long history of Beijing as an ancient capital has turned it into a
natural museum making Beijing the first choice for tourists to
China.Tiananmen Square,the largest city-center square in the world with



an area of 44 hectares,can hold as many as 500,000 people.To the north
of the square is the symbol of the new China,the Tananmen Rostrum,where



the late Chairman Mao proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic
of China on October 1,1949.In Beijing You can also visit Great Wall,
Summer Palace , and Forbidden City.


(2) Shanghai( See the photo from
http://www.chinatourmap.com/shanghai.htm)


Shanghai,whose name means "a port on the sea",is one of the world's
largest saeaport and China's major industrial and commercial
center.Known to the world as the Orental Pearl,Shanghai is China's
major eastern gate to the outside world. Back in the Tang and Song
dynasties, Shanghai functioned as China's key foreign trade port and
had mercantile ties with Japan,Korea and Southeast Asia. Shanghai has
over 70 soites of historical interest and culture relics under the
protection of the state and municipal goverments,which best represent
the distinctive characteristics of Shanghai regional culture.


(3) Xian (See the photo from http://www.chinatourmap.com/Xian.htm)


Xian is the capital city of Shanxi Province.Xian enjoyed world-wide
fame as early as Tang Dynasty as the biggest and most prosperous city
of that time.Due to its long history and rich culture,Xian ranks first
on the list of China's largest ancient capitals.Xian is the cradle of
ancient Chinese civilization.It is from Xian that caravans started on
the Silk Road to Europe in the 9th century,changing the Western
world.The life -size warrior figures of the 6000 strong terra-cotta
armymen,known as the Eighth Wonder of the World.There are other sights
like Wild Goose Pagodas,Forests of Steles ,Famen Monastery.These relics



are not only the treasures of Chinese culture,but also important parts
of world cultural relics. 


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