Freely Explore Beijing (Super IN China Travel Guide 1) (Includes Disk): Super IN China Travel Guide

Author: Li Xuanyan
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: For those with memories of Beijing, whether they linger on the Tiananmen Square era of the Eastern Red Banner, or simply the spring sandstorms, or countless subterranean and above-ground cultures, music scenes, as well as the 2008 Olympics and Zhongguancun—every Chinese person, inevitably, has a deep "Beijing Connection." After all, it is the hometown. This book is the world's only interactive game book that captures and documents every route and attraction, ensuring players won't get lost. The urban planning of Beijing exhibits the characteristics of ancient Chinese capitals: streets and hutongs intersect in a grid-like pattern, symmetrically arranged on either side of the Yongdingmen-Tiananmen-Zhonglou axis. Six hundred years of imperial history have imbued modern Beijing with a profound cultural atmosphere, leaving behind magnificent and exquisite royal structures: the world's most complete wooden-palace complex of the Forbidden City, the elegant and magnificent Temple of Heaven, the real-life paradise of Beihai Park, the highest national academy of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties—the Imperial College, and the Gugong Mansion that records the life of imperial and noble families.