Beijing, also known as Peking, a metropolis in northern China and is the capital of the People's Republic of China. a municipality directly under central government administration in Beijing borders Hebei Province as directed north, west, south and east for a small portion, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast. Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing is one.
After Beijing, Shanghai is China's second largest city. 16 urban and suburban districts of the city and is divided in two rural areas. Beijing, a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and motorways passing through the city. Also arriving in China, where many international flights. Beijing People's Republic of China, educational, political and cultural center are considered. Shanghai and Hong Kong was dominant in the economic field. The city has hosted the 2008 Olympic Games.
"Beijing", in line with the common East Asian tradition, where in capitals clearly such as are named with the northern capital "means. Like naming the other cities," southern capital "; Tokyo, Japan, and Đông Kinh, now in Hanoi, Vietnam, both the" eastern capital "means, in Kyoto, such as Japan and Gyeongseong (京城 sense among the Chinese in Nanjing, now Seoul), Korea, both meaning simply" capital. "
three styles of architecture, mainly in urban Beijing. First, the traditional architecture of imperial China, perhaps the largest Tian'anmen (Heavenly Peace Gate), by which the People's Republic of China, the trademark remains the example of the Forbidden City, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven. What's next there, sometimes called "China-show" style, the 1950 and 1970s buildings were built between the corners tend to be soft and will be called bad. Finally, a much more modern architectural forms - the most prominent and Beijing Financial Street in Beijing CBD.
