1 Day 4 Major Landmarks [ Temple of Heaven + Jingshan Park + Drum Tower + Summer Palace ]

▲ Beijing Drum Tower and Bell Tower are part of Beijing's central axis, including two ancient buildings, Beijing Drum Tower and Beijing Bell Tower. Beijing Drum Tower is bright red, with two floors, 46.7 meters high, facing south, covering an area of ​​about 7,000 square meters, covered with gray barrel tiles and green glazed edges, and is a double-eaved three-drop water wooden structure pavilion building, with 25 large drums remaining inside. The Bell Tower is a gray brick and stone building, with two floors, 47.9 meters high, facing south, covering an area of ​​about 6,000 square meters, with a double-eaved hip roof, and octagonal wooden frame bell racks and bronze bells and other cultural relics remaining inside

▲ The Beijing Central Axis, with the Bell and Drum Tower at the north end and Yongding Gate at the south end, runs through the old city from north to south, with a total length of 7.8 kilometers. It is a combination of buildings and ruins that govern the entire old city planning pattern. The Beijing Central Axis was first built in the 13th century and formed in the 16th century. Since then, it has been continuously improved. After more than 7 centuries, it has formed an urban building complex composed of ancient royal palace buildings, ancient royal sacrificial buildings, ancient urban management facilities, national ceremonial and public buildings, and central road remains.

▲ The Temple of Heaven, formerly known as the Temple of Heaven and Earth, is located at No. 7 Dongli, Tiantan, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was first built in the 18th year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty (1420) and renamed the Temple of Heaven in the 9th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1530). It was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties "worshipped heaven" and "prayed for good harvests". With a total area of ​​273 hectares, it is the largest existing ancient sacrificial building complex in China. On January 1, 1918, it was opened to the public as the Temple of Heaven.

▲ The Summer Palace is a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty in China. Its predecessor was the Qingyi Garden. It is located at No. 19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, west of Beijing. It is a large natural landscape garden built on the site of Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, modeled on the scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou, and absorbing some design techniques and artistic conception of Jiangnan gardens. It is also the best-preserved royal palace and garden, and is known as the Royal Garden Museum.