Beijing
Beijing, referred to as “Beijing”, is the capital of the people’s Republic of China, one of China’s four municipalities directly under the central government, one of China’s four ancient capitals;The total area of Beijing is 16410.54 square kilometers. As of the end of 2018, the permanent population of Beijing is 21.542 million.Beijing is rated as the first tier city in the world by GaWC, the world’s authoritative organization. It has the most world heritage sites in the world and is the first capital city in the world to have a World Geopark. There are more than 200 tourist attractions open to the outside world in Beijing, including the world’s largest Forbidden City, Temple of worship, Beihai Park, summer palace and Yuanmingyuan, Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, the world’s largest quadrangle palace and Prince Gong’s palace. Beijing snacks, Beijing opera, Jingyun drum, crosstalk, stage drama, iron plate express book, cloisonne, ivory carving, hairy monkey, lacquer carving, saibi and Bi cage, sugar blower, dough kneader, etc. Beijing is the “capital of museums”, with 151 registered museums. The National Museum is the largest museum in the world, and the Palace Museum is one of the five largest museums in the world.