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Badaling Great Wall
The Badaling Great Wall is located in the northwest of Beijing, and it's a pass of Jundu Mountain. It extends in all directions, therefore termed Badaling.
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Palace Museum
The Palace Museum, former home to the 24 Ming and Qing emperors, is also known as the Forbidden City. Completed in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty, it occupies a total space of more than 720, 000 square meters.
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Summer Palace
The Sumer Palace occupies 300.8 hectares, three-fourths of which is water, mainly the Kunming Lake at the foot of Longevity Hill. Its 70,000 square meters of building space features a variety of palaces, gardens and other ancient-style architectural structures.
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Temple of Heaven
Located on the east side outside the Zhengyang Gate, the Temple of Heaven was used as a site by emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to offer sacrifice to heaven and pray for bumper harvests.
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Beijing Zoo
Located on the Xizhimenwai Street, Xicheng District of Beijing, and built in 1906, Beijing Zoo is the oldest public zoo with the largest variety of animals. Officially named "Beijing Zoo" in 1955, it covers an area of 80.05 hectares and is home to around 400 rare species, totally more than 5,000 wild animals.
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Zizhuyuan Park
Consisting of three lakes, two islets ad one dike, it is a landscape garden featuring bamboo, and has been free to visit since July 1.
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