7 Wonders Of China (Pic)

1. The Great Wall of China (万里长城 ; Wàn Lǐ Cháng Chéng) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during various successive dynasties. Since the 5th century BC, several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains; the majority of the existing wall were built during the Ming Dynasty.

2. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government.

3. The Terracotta Army (兵马俑 ; Bīng Mǎ Yǒng) are the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China. The terracotta figures, dating from 210 BC, were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers near Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China near the Mausouleum of the First Qin Emperor. (秦始皇陵 ; Qín Shǐhuáng Líng). The figures include strong warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.

4. The Hanging Temple (悬空寺 ; Xuán Kong Sì) is a temple built into a cliff ( 75m Above the ground ) near Mount Heng in the province of Shanxi.The Hanging Temple is one of the main tourist attractions and historical sites in the Datong area. Built more than 1,500 years ago, this temple is notable not only for its location on a sheer precipice but also because it includes Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian elements.

5. The Leshan Giant Buddha is one of our many great wounders of the world(乐山大佛 ; Lè Shān Dà Fó) was built during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below his feet. It is the largest carved stone Buddha in the world.

6. The Wudang Mountains (武当山; Wǔ dāng Shān), Wudang are a small mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei Province of China, just to the south of the manufacturing city of Shiyan.

7. Shi Bao Zhai (石寶寨 ; shí bǎo zhài) is a hill along the bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Zhong County, Chongqing, China.