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Beijing
Beijing is the capital of China with an area of 16880 square kilometers. Beijing is one of the few inland capitals of the world not built on a major river, it has a good strategic geographical position.
Beijing first achieves prominence during the Warring States Period, it became the capital of the Kingdom of Yan and was called Ji. Beijing has always been the capital of the nation, except for a period during the civil war in the first half of this century, when Jiang jieshi’s commanding army again moved the government to Nanjing.
It was from the rostrum(演讲台) in Beijing’s Tian’anmen square that, the late Chairman Mao Zedong formally proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
When talking about Beijing, one can’t help mentioning the largest public square in the world, Tian’anmen Square. The square can accommodate a million people. During the Ming Dynasty, the square was only one-quarter of its present size and was enclosed by a red wall. The square was expanded to its present size after the founding of the People’s Republic.
Beijing not only ranks high among the tourist destinations in the world, but also becomes the capital of Chinese cuisine.
Xi’an
Xi’an, the largest city on the southern bank of the Wei River, is in northwest China. It’s the political, economic and cultural center of the province of Shaanxi. The northern plateau shelters Xi’an from the biting northerly winds in winter, and the southern mountains protect the town from the hotter weather of the south.
Xi’an was established as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, when Chang An, as the city was then called, was the most important center of Asia and the meeting point of the east and the west.
Xi’an was populated by Neolithic(石器时代) settlements as far back as 6000 BC. The excavations(古迹) outside Xi’an, at Ban Po village, has shown conclusive(确实的) evidence of the Yang Shao culture.
Qin Shi Huang Di set about enlarging the settlement of Xian Yang near the present-day Xi’an. A Fang palace(阿房宫) was begun. However, the work was never completed in his lifetime.
The town was damaged when the Tang Dynasty fell. After that ,it was never again the capital of China.During the reign(统治) of the Qing Dynasty it was considered the most beautiful towns in China. It was largely developed after 1949 revolution. Shaanxi is rich in minerals(矿产), coal and crude oil(原油). Since 1949, emphasis has been placed on the development of secondary industry.
Shanghai
Shanghai is one of the world’s largest seaports. Formerly the largest metropolis(大都市) of the Far East, Shanghai has become China’s important center of economy, finance, trade, science and cultural city, Shanghai attracts millions of tourists from home and abroad with its unique charm.
Shanghai museum is situated in the downtown’s People’s square. The museum keeps a collection of over one hundred and two hundred thousand pieces of cultural relics(文物) in 21 categories.
The most attractive work of architecture is the Oriental Pearl Tower standing by the bank of the Huangpu River. The local residents take pride in this 468-meter –tall tower which ranks the tallest in asia and the third tallest in the world. The tower consists of three “sky-support” column(圆柱) and 11 large spheres(圆球) of varying sizes.。