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Bejing
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The Great Wall of China
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• The Great Wall, symbolizing China's ancient
  civilization, is one of the world's most renowned
  projects. It is a distance of 75 kilometers
  northwest of Beijing. Its highest point at
  Badaling is some 800 meters above sea level. Now,
  nature has taken over most of the Great Wall. The
  Great Wall runs 629 kilometers in the Beijing
  area. More than 100 kilometers are well preserved
  and two other sections at Badaling and Mutianyu
  have already been renovated for tourists both at
  home and abroad.

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Buddhism

• Buddhism is one of China's most celebrated
  religions. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, it says
  that people should seek out the truth in their
  lives to reach the ultimate state of mind and
  soul Nirvana.
• Like most religions, there is a story to how it
  came about. Siddhartha Gautama was born as a
  prince to a wealthy Brahmin King. He had all that
  he wanted right before his fingertips. His family
  and his father's follower's knew that he would
  become the future King, seeing as to how he was
  perfect in every aspect of his mind, body, and
  soul. His father went to a priest to see what he
  saw in the future of his son Siddhartha. The
  priest saw two things Siddhartha would either
  become the greatest king to ever live, or he
  would become a teacher.  
• After many years of practicing asceticism,
  Siddhartha realized that this was not working.
  His followers did not like his decision and they
  left him. Siddhartha realized that the answer
  lied in the middle. He resolved to stay in the
  same place until he realizes the answer the
  Truth. He sees that the earth is the way it is
  and it cannot be changed. The world is also
  completely dependent on each of its
  characteristics cause and effect. Now his is
  Buddha the Enlightened One.
• Buddha taught his beliefs for many years before
  his death.
• To reach Nirvana one must realize the 4 Noble
  Truths and following the Eigthfold Path.

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Mandarin

• Mandarin is the most widely spoken of all Chinese
  languages/dialects and is used by upwards of 720
  million people in China, or 70 percent of the
  population of China. It is spoken in a huge area
  of the mainland running diagonally from the
  extreme southwest to Manchuria and also along the
  entire East Coast north of Shanghai. To
  generalize, most of China, with the exception of
  the southeastern provinces from Vietnam in the
  southwest to Shanghai in the northeast is
  Mandarin speaking. Other exceptional areas are in
  the Far West. There are also non-Chinese speaking
  minorities in many areas of China.
• Substantial numbers of speakers are in Taiwan,
  Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, the USA,
  Mongolia, Vietnam, Brunei, South Africa,
  Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Hong Kong. The
  total number of speakers in approximately 885
  million.

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Food

• Chinese delicacies have four branches Sichan
  Dish, Guangdong Dish, Shandong Dish and Huaiyang
  Dish, each of which can be divided into dozens of
  subbranches. All subbranches still contain
  numerous delicious dishes with various flavors in
  different methods. Chinese food is thus famous in
  the world for its special charm as well as its
  magnificence.
• Thanks to being the capital city, Beijing has the
  advantage of seeing the assembly of all the
  delicious dishes nationwide. There is no Chinese
  delicacy you cannot find in Beijing. What is
  more, many western delicacies have rushed into
  the capital city such as the French Dish, Russian
  Dish, Italian Food and American Fast Food. They
  have become the frequent enjoyment for the
  natives of Beijing. Since you have come to
  Beijing over a long distance, you should first of
  all taste the typical Beijing Dish.
• The capital today is indeed the best place to
  enjoy all the delicacies around the country and
  even around the world. People can find every
  Chinese dish with the best flavor here. So, for
  all the visitors to Beijing, it is really a
  precious chance for them to savor all the
  delicious food there.   

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• The Beijing roast duck enjoys the title of "The
  Best Flavor of the World" and is typical of
  Beijing-flavored foods. The best resort to try
  roast ducks is the Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
  and its subdivisions, located in Quanmanwai
  Street, Hepingman Street, and Wangfujing Street.
  This Restaurant was set up 130 years ago, and
  even 30 years earlier if we take into account
  when Mr. Yang Renquan, the forefather of this
  Restaurant, sponsored the duck business. The
  royal dish, as a major pillar supporting the
  series of Beijing dishes, embodies the historical
  features of Beijing being a capital for 800
  years. It has a completely noble pedigree, common
  people even couldn't have a look at their
  beautiful appearance in the past. Although they
  have strictly retained their royal styles, now
  royal dishes have become popular among the common
  people. Since it is cold in winter in Beijing,
  hot pot has always been the favor of the
  Beijingers. Another great feature of Beijing is
  various snacks. Since Beijing incorporates snacks
  from all other nationalities in China and has a
  rich variety of categories. There are many snacks
  stores in the street as well as in the night
  market and free market. In spring, the snack
  stands in the temple fair and flower fair are
  always the attractive places for their various
  snacks, including fried pie, soybean milk, rice
  cake, fried cake, bean curd, tea soup, toasted
  sweet potato, ravioli soup, baked sesame-seed
  cake, etc.

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Mongolian  Hot Pot
Peking Duck
Skewered Mutton
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Tea Culture

• The fragrance of tea has penetrated through the
  entire history of Chinese civilization of over
  5000 years. Drinking tea in China can be dated
  back to very ancient times, when, it was said,
  "God of Agriculture had used tea to detoxify the
  poisonous grass he ate while he was trying all
  the grass." After several thousand years'
  development, drinking tea has become a particular
  culture of the Chinese people. Chinese tea
  culture witnesses a long history. With the
  popularity of tea drinks, it has served to
  cultivate people's minds unceasingly. Advancing
  with the history, Chinese tea culture has widely
  spread from near to far, from home to abroad,
  over the vast land of China to the
  overseas. Nowadays, tea has grown one of the
  three most popular beverages on earth. It is
  preferred by people from all over the world. In
  Britain, tea is considered as the beauty drink.
  When tea was no longer the exclusive drink for
  imperial family but was also enjoyed by all the
  ordinary people, the fork custom of drinking
  morning and afternoon tea came into existence. A
  knowledgeable clergyman had claimed that tea was
  "a healthful drink for both body and spirit". In
  the eyes of the French, tea is "the most gentle,
  romantic and poetic drink." In Japan, tea is
  regarded as the "remedy for all diseases" and the
  "drink of atomic times". What's more, during the
  long practice of drinking tea, tea has been
  exalted by the Japanese from the everyday
  necessity to an elegant art ----- "tea moral".