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Wutai Mountain Foguang Temple is a world cultural heritage, located in Foguang New Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province, the main hall of the temple is the East Hall, built in the Tang Dynasty in the eleventh year, that is, in 857 AD. The main hall of Foguang Temple is now the largest existing wooden building of the Tang Dynasty and the second earliest wooden structure in China (second only to the main hall of Nanchan Temple in Wutai County). It shatters the assertions of Japanese scholars:

There are no wooden buildings of the Tang Dynasty and its predecessors on the land of China, so it was praised as "China's first national treasure" by the architect Liang Sicheng. The Tang Dynasty wooden hall, colored sculptures, murals, ink inscriptions, Jinjian Wenshu Palace, Wei and Tang Dynasty tomb towers, Tang stone scripture buildings, etc., are all precious cultural relics with high historical and artistic value. Foguang Temple of Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province is a national key cultural relics protection unit, Foguang New Village in Wutai County, 30 kilometers away from the county seat.

Therefore, the temple has a long history, and the Buddhist cultural relics in the temple are precious, so it is called "the light of the Buddha in Asia". The main hall of the temple is the east hall, which was completed in 857 AD.

The Forbidden City is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis, and is the essence of ancient Chinese court architecture. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three major halls, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters, more than 70 large and small palaces, and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved wooden structures in the world.

The Forbidden City is undergoing the renovation of cultural relics and monuments, environmental remediation, and the expansion of open areas for exhibitions. On November 23, 2014, the mascot of the Forbidden City in Beijing was unveiled for the first time, which is derived from the traditional Chinese auspicious image of the dragon and phoenix, namely the dragon "Zhuangzhuang" and the phoenix "Meimei". On October 11, 2015, the Palace Museum officially opened the Cining Palace area, the Wumen Yanyi Tower area, the Donghua Gate and other new areas to the audience, increasing the open area of the Palace Museum from the current 52% to 65%.

Yueyang Tower is located in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, the ancient city wall of the West Gate, looking down at Dongting, looking at Jun Mountain in front, since ancient times, it has the reputation of "Dongting Tianxia Water, Yueyang Tianxia Tower", and Hubei Wuchang Yellow Crane Tower, Jiangxi Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion and called "the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River". In January 1988, it was identified as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Songyue Temple Tower, located in Songyue Temple, 5 kilometers northwest of Dengfeng City, Songyue Temple, south foot of Songshan Mountain. Songyue Temple was founded in the second year of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was originally the palace of Emperor Xuanwu, and was later rebuilt as a Buddhist temple; Emperor Xiaoming Zhengguang changed its name to "idle temple" in the first year, and widely increased, the palace reached more than 1,000 rooms, and there were more than 700 monks. Emperor Wen of Sui changed its name to Songyue Temple in the second year of Renshou, and when Wu Zetian and Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty visited Songshan, they had taken Songyue Temple as a palace.

Dujiangyan is located in Guankou Town, Dujiangyan City, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, which is a large-scale water conservancy project built in ancient times and used until now, known as the "originator of the world's water conservancy culture", and is a famous tourist attraction in the country. It is generally believed that the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project was built by Li Bing, the Taishou of Shu County of Qin State, and his son around 256 B.C., which is the world's oldest and only surviving grand water conservancy project characterized by water diversion without dams, and is also a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Confucius Temple (this temple) is located in the south gate of Qufu City, Shandong Province, is the first temple to worship Confucius, was built in 478 BC, with the former residence of Confucius as the temple, built with the specifications of the imperial palace, is one of the three major ancient buildings in China, occupies an important position in the history of world architecture. There are more than 100 buildings and more than 460 rooms, covering an area of about 95,000 square meters.

That's a lot to go.

Forbidden City complex.

The Forbidden City is one of the largest palace complexes in the world and is the location of the imperial palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. The architectural style of the Forbidden City is dominated by Chinese-style wooden buildings, with the three major halls on the central axis as the core, and there are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses around it, which is one of the largest and most well-preserved wooden buildings in the world.

The Bell Tower is a traditional building located in the center of Xi'an City, which is the largest and best-preserved bell tower building in China today. The Xi'an Bell Tower was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years, witnessing the historical changes of the city of Xi'an.

Hagia Sophia.

Harbin was once known as the "Moscow of the East", and this cold city has too many traces of its northern neighbors, and the most Russian-style building is the Hagia Sophia. Built in the early 20th century, the church is a Russian-style Orthodox church built by Russian colonists, and it has been expanded several times to reach its current size, with the typical "onion head" shape of a Russian church on the top. The best time to photograph Hagia Sophia is in winter, when the onion heads in the snow are even more unique to Russia.

Ancient Chinese architecture generally refers to the buildings, structures, construction methods and related systems produced under the dominance of ancient Chinese culture before modern Western civilization decisively influenced Chinese civilization. The influence of ancient Chinese architecture covers half of Asia and many ethnic minority areas, and occupies an important position in the history of world architecture.

Outstanding examples: the Forbidden City, the ancient city of Pingyao, the Temple of Heaven, the Suzhou Garden.

1. The Great Wall. The Great Wall symbolizes the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient Chinese working people. The mountains overlap here, the situation is dangerous, and the extremely majestic city wall circles north and south and extends among the mountains and mountains.

2. The Forbidden City. The Forbidden City, the palace buildings of the Forbidden City are all wooden structures, yellow glazed tile roofs, blue and white stone bases, decorated with brilliant paintings. It is an incomparable masterpiece of ancient architecture, and it is also the world's largest and most complete ancient building complex with wooden structure.

3. Mogao Grottoes.

Mogao Grottoes, Mogao Grottoes is one of the world's largest, longest-built, richest and best-preserved Buddhist cave temple sites, known as the "art gallery in the desert" and "museum on the wall", famous for its exquisite murals and statues.

4. Penglai Pavilion.

The pavilions and pavilions of the whole ancient building complex are properly distributed, and the temples and gardens complement each other, and the scenery is set according to the situation, and the coordination is magnificent. The whole building is steep and precipitous, the momentum is majestic, Zhu Bi shines, and the scenery is magnificent.

5. Potala Palace.

Potala Palace, Potala Palace is a large-scale palace-style complex, known as the "Roof of the World Pearl", it is the symbol of Lhasa and even the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the world's highest and most majestic palace, the collection of extremely rich cultural relics and handicrafts, but also cherishes the unique snowy cultural heritage.

1.The Forbidden City: Also known as the "Forbidden City of Purple Laughter", located in the center of Beijing, it is the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and has rich cultural history and architectural value.

2.The Great Wall: It is an ancient Chinese city wall building and one of the most well-preserved ancient defensive projects in the world. The Great Wall stretches across northern China and has a total length of more than 10,000 miles.

3.Fujian Tulou: Distributed in the south of Fujian, it is a unique residential building, also known as "Cloud Ladder Building" and "Bird's Nest Building". Its unique structural form and layout, as well as its meticulous detailing, showcase the essence of traditional Chinese architecture.

4.Luoyang Longmen Grottoes: It is one of the representative works of Chinese stone carving art, which was built in Luoyang, Henan Province, and was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, after the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and other periods. Its scale is large, the carvings are exquisite, and the artistic value is extremely high.