【正文】 uments were Man lived 690,000 years ago, during Paleolithic indicate that Peking Man knew how to make ’s Mausoleum and Terracotta ArmyQinshihuang’s Mausoleum is located in Lintong District, 35 kilometers east of Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi ofthe mausoleum lasted 38 years and involved over 700,000 the years, a total of 50,000 important cultural relics have been 1980, two bronze painted horsedrawn chariots were are the largest and most plete bronze chariots and horses discovered so 1974, farmers who were digging a well about kilometers east of Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum discovered three vaults containing Qinshihuang’s Buried largest of the three vaults contains 6,000 lifesize terracotta warriors and collection of warriors isoften dubbed the“eighthwonder of the world”. Mogao Grottoes at DunhuangDunhuang Grottoes prise of the Mogao grottoes, West 1,000Buddha Cave, and Yulin Mogao Grottoes, representative of the three sites, are located 25 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu of the grottoes began in 366 welldesigned grottoes are a treasure house containing painting, sculptures, documents, and cultural Huangshan MountainLocated in Huangshan City in southern Anhui Province, the scenic area of the Huangshan Mountain covers 154 square kilometers and is famous for its four wonders: strangelyshaped pines, grotesque rock formations, seas of clouds and hot also features a natural zoo and botanical The Huanglong Scenic Area is located in Songpan County, Sichuan ponds, beaches, waterfalls and embankments characterize Huanglong Summer Resorts and Surrounding TemplesChengde Summer Resort, known as “The Mountain Hamlet for Escaping the Heat”, is located in northern Chengde, Hebei Emperors used to spend their summer days handling state affairs at the of the resort lasted from 1703 to is the largest and bestpreserved imperial palace outside the of the scenic spots around the resort’s lake area mimic famous landscaped gardens in southern China, and the buildings of the Outer Eight Temples feature architectural style of minority ethnic groups such as Mongolian, Tibetan and , Confusius’Mansion, Temple and CemeteryQufu, in southwestern Shandong Province, was the capital of the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period(770476 BC)and the hometown of Confusius, a great thinker and ’Mansion was the residence of Confucius’ eldest male descendants for mansion holds more than 9,000 volumes of archives dating from 1534 to 1948 and many cultural relics, ancient costumes, and ’ Temple is famous for its 2,000 stone steles and more than 100 portrait stones from the Han ’Cemetery houses tombs for Confucius and his Buildings on the Wudang MountainThe Wudang Mountain, located in northwestern Hubei Province, is a sacred Taoist mountain that is best known as the birthplace of Wudang martial Gold Hall built on the mountain in 1416 represents advanced architectural styleand building techniques of that Palace PotalaPalace in Lhasa is situated on Red Hill 3,700 meters above the sea palace was built by Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo in the 7 th century for Tang Princess features the essence of ancient Tibetan architectural art and houses many artifacts of the Tubo Lushan MountainThe Lushan Mountain, located south of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is one of the most famous mountains in mountain features beautiful peaks, seas of clouds, waterfalls and historical Academy is one of Chinese first schools of higher Emei Mountain and Leshan Giant Buddha The Emei Mountain is one of China’s four famous Buddhist is located 7 kilometers southwest of Emeishan City, Sichuan are 150 temples on the mountain features more than 3,000 plant species and 2,000 varieties of Giant Buddha is located on the east bank of the Minjiang River in Leshan city, Sichuan Buddha is carved out of a cliff and, being meters tall, is the largest sitting Buddha in of the Buddhastarted in 713 and was pleted in body of Buddha has a water drainage system to prevent Ancient CityLijiang ancient city, located in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is an ancient town inhabited mainly by the Naxi minority town was founded in roads in the town are paved with colored pebbles produced in Lijiang, and there are many stone bridges and memorial archways built during the Ming and Qing of the residences are made of earth and murals depicting religious themes were painted during the Ming traditional Dongba Culture of the Naxi ethnic grouphas been preserved in Ancient CityPingyao of Shanxi Province was built 2,000 years ago during the Zhou city wall was renovated in is one of China’s earliest and largest countylevel city streets, government offices, markets, stores and residences have been preserved, providing invaluable resources for research on China’s ancient Ming Dynasty county GardensSuzhou in Jiangsu Province is a famous historic and cultural city that is more than 2,500 years features more than 200 ancient small private gardens are especially famous nationwide and reflect architectural styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Summer Palace of BeijingThe Summer Palace, featuring the best of China’s ancient gardens, is located in the western suburbs of palace was built in 1153 as a temporary imperial was rebuilt in Summer Palace consists of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Long Corridor, painted with exquisite paintings, was included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992 as the longest corridor in the corridor links the area where Empress Dowager Cixi handled state affairs with the residentialand sightseeing Temple of Heaven of BeijingThe Temple of Heaven, built in 1420, is located in southern the Ming and Qing Dynasties, emperors came to the temple to worship the God of Heavenand pray for a good harvest.