China Historical Attractions

Chinese Gardens are a special aspect of traditional Chinese culture and art. It is not an expanse of green with accompanying buildings, but more of an area harmoniously mixing man-made landscape with...

• Yuyuan Garden
• Humble Administrators Garden
• Lingering Garden
• The Lion Grove

There are over 2,000 museums in China. Some museums of cultural relics, such as the Terracotta Army Museum in Xian, has become famous tourist attractions. Find below the most visited museums in China...

• Wuhan Provincial Museum
• Hunan Provincial Museum
• Sackler Museum of Art and Archeology
• Museum of Chinese Characters

China’s religious culture plays a significant role in the development of Chinese culture and arts. The following are several top religious sites in China, and all of them have at least have hundreds of ...

• Gandan Monastery
• Songshan
• Lama Temple
• Jokhang Temple

Castles in China play an important role in military and defense, and they have various structures. We have selected representative castles of several structural types, and all of these castles witnessed...

• China Gate
• Monte Fort
• The Site of Rewake Buddha Temple
• Yumenguan Pass

Chinese art is splendid, and includes paintings, sculptures, performing arts, calligraphy, and handicrafts. The art galleries listed below are not professional art galleries in the strictest sense. Howe...

• Lijiang Ancient Town
• Pingyao Ancient Town
• Tongli
• Zhujiajiao Water Town

From the ubiquitous city walls to the world-known Great Wall, buildings functioning city defense are very common in ancient cities in China. They are important parts of China's historical relics...

• The Great Wall of China
• Xian Ancient City Wall
• The Great Wall on the Cliff

Pagodas in China were built for religious purpose. It began to be constructed in China since the Buddhism was introduced to China. Today, these pagodas have become famous tourist attractions, known for ...

• Four Towers in Early Qing Dynasty
• Big Goose Pagoda
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda
• Three Pagodas
• Drum Tower

Temples are ceremonial sites between religious and non-religious buildings and are served for offer sacrifices to the heaven, the earth, the sun, the moon, the country, mountains, emperor and scholars o...

• Famen Temple
• Lingyin Temple
• Yonghe Lama Temple
• Hanging Monastery

Chinese Buddhist caves leave China a great number of art works related to Buddhism. Inside these Buddhist caves, numerous exquisite murals, sculptures and other historic relics are well kept. All of the...

• Mogao Grottoes
• Xumishan Grottos
• Bingling Thousand Buddha Caves

Mausoleums are the most majestic and also the biggest building complexes in ancient China. These mausoleums are always built back on the mountains; some of them are also on the plains...

• Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
• Qianling Tomb
• Dr Sun Yat Sen Mausoleum
• The Ming Tombs

Imperial palaces in China keep the remnants of China's imperial history. Two best sample of China's ancient imperial palace are the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Potala Palace in Tibet. Both has be...

• The Forbidden City
• Shenyang Imperial Palace
• Potala Palace
• Beijing Summer Palace

The numerous historical relices are many travelers' reasons to visit China. These historical sights are the best places to explore China's ancient history...

• The Forbidden City
• Shenyang Imperial Palace
• Forest of Stele Musuem
• Potala Palace