Top Cultural, Religious and Historic Sites in China
- The highlights of any China tour, Stroll the medieval remains of the breathtaking Great Wall of China. Though it may not be visible from space as legend has it, that takes nothing away from the sheer immensity of a structure stretching 6250 kilometers.
- Head to Xian and come face to face with the 8000-person strong Terracotta Army in the 2,500-year-old Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, only discovered in 1974.
- Gaze at the amazing architecture of Beijing’s Forbidden City, the palace complex that was the main residence of China’s emperors for close to 500 years. The world’s largest collection of ancient wooden buildings, many of the 1000 buildings date back to the early 1400's.
- Hop aboard a bullet train to Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, where centuries of Buddhist tradition continue amid impressive relics from former ages, including the Potala Palace, the historic home of the Dalai Lamas.
- Glimpse the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, the man who created modern China, at his Mausoleum in Beijing, where he has laid at rest under guard since his death in 1976.
