Top 10 tourist attraction in China 2018 .
1. Pudong Skyline
Pudong is a district in Shanghai on the eastern side of the Huangpu River that has emerged as China’s financial and commercial hub. A skyline of gleaming skyscrapers rises out of what was mere farmland only 20 years ago. Skyscrapers includes the symbolic Oriental Pearl Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, the Jin Mao Building and the Shanghai Tower that should be finished in 2014.
2. Mogao Caves
The Mogao
Caves form a system of 492 temples 25 km (15.5 miles) southeast of the center
of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a crossroads on the Silk Road.
The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period
of about a 1,000 years. Construction of the Buddhist cave shrines began in 366
AD as places to store scriptures and art. Along with the Longmen Grottoes and
Yungang Grottoes, the Mogao Caves are one of the three most famous ancient
rock-cut temples in China.
3.Leshan Giant Buddha
The Giant
Buddha of Leshan is a gigantic Buddha statue carved out of a cliff face in
Sichuan, western China. Begun in the year 713 during the Tang Dynasty, the
statue was not completed until the year 803, and was the effort of thousands of
sculptors and workers. The Leshan Giant Buddha stands about 71 meters (233
feet) high and has three meter (11 feet) long fingers on each of its enormous
resting hands.
4.Mount Huang
One of
China’s major tourist destinations, Mount Huang is a mountain range in eastern
China also known as Huangshan (“Yellow Mountain”). The area is well known for
its scenery, pine trees, peculiarly-shaped granite peaks and views of the
clouds from above. In ancient times almost 60,000 stone steps were carved into
the side of the mountain range. Today there are also cable cars that tourists
can use to ride directly from the base to one of the summits.
5.Li River Cruise
A Li
River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is the highlight of any trip to
northeastern Guangxi Province. The landscape is decorated with amazing hills,
steep cliffs, incredible caves and farming villages, and is lined with bamboo
groves. With its breathtaking scenery and taste of a life far removed from the
concrete metropolis, the scenery along the Li River is one of the top tourist
attractions in China.
6.Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang (221 BC-206 BC), the first Emperor of China. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Xián and one of the most popular in all of China. It is estimated that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.
7.Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a major tourist attraction in Hong Kong and one of the deepest container ports in the world. The bay offers stunning views of the skyscrapers of Hong Kong island on one side, and the Tsim Sha Tsui shoreline on the other. Victoria Harbour is also one of the busiest harbors in the world with hundreds of ferries, junks and speed boats darting up and down the shore. One of the best ways to see the harbor is a trip on the Star Ferry.
8.Forbidden City
Located
in the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the world’s largest palace
covering 72 hectares. Built from 1406 to 1420, the palace complex consists of
980 surviving buildings with 8,707 rooms surrounded by a six meter (20 ft) deep
moat and a ten meter (33 ft) high wall. Twenty-four emperors reigned over the
country for almost 5 centuries from the Forbidden City until the abdication of
Puyi, the last Emperor of China. Today the Forbidden City is a museum and one
of the most popular tourist attractions in China.
9. Potala Palace
Situated
130 meters above the Lhasa valley, the Potala Palace rises a further 170 meters
and is the greatest monumental structure in all of Tibet. The construction of
the present palace began in 1645 during the reign of the 5th Dalai Lama and by
1648 the Potrang Karpo, or White Palace, was completed. The Potrang Marpo, or
Red Palace, was added between 1690 and 1694. The Potala Palace remained the
residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India, after the
Chinese invasion in 1959.
10.Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from the attacks of nomadic tribes from the north. The majority of the existing wall were built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD). The condition of the Great Wall of China ranges from excellent to ruined. The most popular area of the Great Wall is at Bādálǐng. Also renovated but less touristy are Sīmǎtái and Jīnshānlǐng.
The Great Wall of China built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from the attacks of nomadic tribes from the north. The majority of the existing wall were built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD). The condition of the Great Wall of China ranges from excellent to ruined. The most popular area of the Great Wall is at Bādálǐng. Also renovated but less touristy are Sīmǎtái and Jīnshānlǐng.
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