# The 10 must-see sights in Beijing

Based on Visit Beijing and travellers' recommendations: the imperial palaces, gardens, Great Wall and hutongs not to miss on a first trip.

- 11 votes · 12 items
- Feb 11, 2022 · backpacker_chongqing
- https://even.best/en/l/250/the-10-must-see-sights-in-beijing

## Top 10

1. **Palace Museum (Forbidden City)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Ming and Qing imperial palace, the world's largest surviving palace complex; tickets must be booked ahead with ID. <https://www.dpm.org.cn/>
2. **Badaling Great Wall** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The best-preserved and most famous Ming section of the Great Wall, about 70 km from the city.
3. **Jingshan Park** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hill north of the Forbidden City whose summit pavilion overlooks the whole palace.
4. **Ming Tombs** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Burial site of 13 Ming emperors; the underground palace of Dingling can be visited.
5. **798 Art Zone** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Contemporary art district in converted factories, full of galleries and cafés.
6. **Summer Palace** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Imperial garden built around Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, a World Heritage Site.
7. **Tiananmen Square** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — One of the world's largest city squares, with a flag-raising ceremony at dawn.
8. **Mutianyu Great Wall** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Leafy, less crowded section of the Wall with a cable car and toboggan.
9. **Temple of Heaven** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Where Ming and Qing emperors prayed for good harvests; the Hall of Prayer is a Beijing icon.
10. **Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ruins of the Qing imperial gardens burned by British and French troops in 1860.
11. **Lama Temple (Yonghe Gong)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beijing's largest Tibetan Buddhist temple, with an 18 m sandalwood Maitreya Buddha.
12. **Nanluoguxiang and Shichahai** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Well-preserved hutong area and the Houhai bar street, with rickshaw tours.

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