Zhonglouwan, Dongcheng, Beijinh

Being the landmarks of the northern end of Beijing Central Axis in the commercial district of the old city, the Bell and Drum Towers, together with the Tian'anmen Gate, the Upright Gate and the Forbidden City, form a paradigm of the imperial court area of capital city planning, embodying "court in the front, market in the back" as prescribed in the Kaogongji. The magnificent statures of the Bell and Drum Towers contrast with the surrounding low-lying residential buildings with their gray walls a... View attractions guide

No.1 Wenjinjie (St), Xicheng, Beijing

The formation and development of Beihai went through several dynasties of the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, carrying nearly a thousand-year of Chinese history and culture. It has formed the style of gardening art represented by the royal gardens, which is a masterpiece that unites the great achievements of gardening culture and art of all generations. Beihai is the oldest and most complete imperial palace so far preserved in China, with a unique style of gardening art, and is one of the mo... View attractions guide

No. 44 Jingshan Xijie (St), Xicheng, Beijing

The Jingshan Park is the tallest point and a key skyline node on Beijing Central Axis. Its position and relationship to the north of the Forbidden City demonstrate the planning concept of Chinese palaces and gardens. Its towering hill picturesque garden, and ornate buildings enrich the architectural sequence of the Axis. With its unique garden landscape, the Jingshan Park has dual functions for both sacrificial rituals and the artificially created mountain setting providing a high elevation from... View attractions guide

No.4 Jingshan Qianjie(St), Dongcheng, Beijing

Located on Beijing Central Axis, the Forbidden City was the palace city of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its location in relation with the old city of Beijing epitomizes the ancient Chinese concept of urban planning of
"building the imperial palace at the central location". The imperial court area formed by the Tian'anmen Gate, the Upright Gate, and the Forbidden City, together with the Bell and Drum Towers in the north exhibit the urban planning paradigm of "court in the front, market in the... View attractions guide

Dongchang 'anjie(Ave), Dongcheng, Beijing

The Tian‘anmen was the main front gate of the imperial city during the Ming and Qing dynasties, leading to the palace city and forming a part of the imperial court area. It exhibits the ideal urban planning paradigm of "court in the front and market in the back" as prescribed in the Kaogongji. The Tian'anmen Gate was where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties issued their imperial edicts. It has become a venue for major national events and a carrier of national rituals and stood witness t... View attractions guide

No. 16, Dongchang'anjie (Ave), Dongcheng, Beijing

The history of the NMC can be traced back to 1912 when the Preparatory Office of the National Museum of History was founded. According to the decision of the CPC Central Committee, the NMC was founded in 2003, merging from the National Museum of Chinese History and the National Museum of Chinese Revolution. The renovation and expansion of the Museum was started in 2007 and completed in March 2011, when the Museum began to reopen to the public. The new building keeps the western, northern and southern facades of the old building. Covering a land area of 70,000 square meters, the new building stands 42.5 meters high, consisting of five stories above the ground and two stories underground; with a total of 48 galleries, the renovated museum has a floor space of nearly 200,000 square meters. In terms of the floor space it is the largest single-building museum in the world.

The NMC houses more than 1.4 million items of collection, covering ancient and modern artifacts, rare and antiquarian books, and works of art. Specifically, it collects 815,000 pieces/sets of ancient cultural heritage, 340,000 pieces/sets of modern cultural heritage, more than 240,000 rare and antiquarian books. Notably, its collection includes nearly 6,000 Grade One cultural relics. Over recent years and especially after the 19th National Congress of the CPC, the NMC has stepped up efforts to collect representative material evidence reflecting revolutionary culture and contemporary advanced culture of China. Annually it collects 50 pieces/sets of ancient cultural heritage and more than 1,000 sets of modern cultural heritage and artwork.
The NMC holds permanent, special and temporary exhibitions which combine to form a multi-dimensional exhibition system. Specifically, its permanent exhibitions include "Ancient China" "The Road of Rejuvenation" and "The Road of Rejuvenation: New Era", which makes the MMC an important base to promote the excellent traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture of China, and to foster and implement the core socialist values. The ten-plus special exhibitions that mainly feature the NMC collection display Chinese ancient bronze ware, Buddhist statues, jade ware, porcelain, national gifts, modern classical works of fine arts and African wood carving. In addition, on an annual basis the NMC holds 40-plus temporary exhibitions which include those curated by the Museum itself and the exchange exhibitions from outside, covering history and culture, selected artifacts, archaeological discovery, modern masterpieces of fine arts, culture of specific regions, and international communication. In 2018 the NMC received a record high of as many as over 8.61 million visitors, which made it rank among the most popular museums in the world. In particular, during the "Great Reform: A Major Exhibition Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up", the NMC registered more than 4.23 million visits. This exhibition that gives a concentrated demonstration of the miracle China has performed and the immense changes the country has undergone over the past four decades has not only become the focus of attention of domestic and international media, but also created many records in the exhibition arrangement, number of visits and vistors' response to the exhibition. It has thus become a new benchmark for large-scale exhibitions.

The NMC, boasting rich research resources, a solid research foundation and a strong contingent of research personnel, leads the development of the domestic museological community.
Since 2018 the NMC implements in a deep-going way the major decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, deepens reform across the board, forges ahead to break new ground, and upholds the principle of stressing the exhibition rather than the collection for mutual benefit and win-win cooperation to build ties of strategic cooperation with museums, research institutes and higher education institutions in and beyond China to conduct joint academic researches, hold selected cultural heritage exhibitions, convene seminars, launch pos-doctoral research programs, and lead the efforts to build the BRICS Alliance of Museums and International Alliance of Museums of the Silk Road. It endeavors to play a greater role in promoting core socialist values, enhancing cultural confidence of Chinese people, boosting communication and mutual learning among Chinese and foreign civilizations and building a socialist cultural power.">The National Museum of China (NMC) is China's supreme establishment that collects, researches, displays and interprets China's fine traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture. NMC is the top palace of history and art and a cultural parlor for China. Led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, all members of the Standing Committee of the 18th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau visited NMC's permanent exhibition "The Road of Rejuvenation" on November 29, 2012. During th... View attractions guide

No. 16 Qianmen Dajie(St), Dongcheng, Beijing

Being a famous commercial street of Beijing, Qianmen Street is located on the central axis of urban Beijing, spanning from the northern Qianmen Yueliangwan (Moon Bay)to the southern road junction of Beijing Bridge, connecting with Tianqiao South Street. The present shops with street frontage on Qianmen Street were developed after the Qing Dynasty. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the period of the Republic of China, Qianmen Street, commonly known by the folk, was called “Zhengyangmen Street”.... View attractions guide