Beijing, China

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Beijing, China
No Longer the Forbidden City
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BeijingHome of the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Beijing

• Click tovisit Beijing.

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BeijingHistory

• Originally built by Kublai Khan 1260 - 1290
• Original name was Camubluc
• As Beijing (Chinese for northern capital), was
  the capital from 1421-1911
• Captured by Great Britain and France
• Boxer Rebellion in 1900 aided
• by Americans, Japanese, and
• Europeans

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BeijingHistory

• Several civil wars between 1911 and 1927
• In 1928 name changed to Beiping, meaning northern
  peace
• Occupied by Japan in 1937 and returned to
  sovereignty in 1946 after WWII
• In 1948 became part of the Communist Peoples
  Republic of China
• Name restored to Beijing in 1948

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BeijingHistory

• Click here to learn
• about Chinese history and government

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BeijingGeography and Climate

• Flat land except for hills to
• the north, northwest and west of Beijing
• Mountains to the west known as
• Xishan
• Close to plains and the sea
• One of a few major cities in
• China that doesnt border a river
• Climate is harsh hot, humid
• summers and cold, windy, dry
• winters

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BeijingEconomy and Industry

• Great industrial area
• Textile mills
• Railroad repair shops
• Machine shops
• Chemical plants
• Factories producing heavy machinery, electronics,
  locomotives, plastics, synthetic fibers
• Large petrochemical industry
• Industry has created serious pollution problems

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BeijingEconomy and Industry

• Major agricultural crops are tea and rice
• Tourism growing due to
• Chinese peoples love of travel and history
• Relaxed restrictions on foreign travel
• Click to learn more
• about Beijings industries

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BeijingPoints of Interest

• Forbidden City
• Former emperors residence
• Over 800 buildings
• Visit the
• Forbidden City

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BeijingPoints of Interest

• Tiananmen Square
• Monument to the heroes of the revolution
• Great Hall of the People
• The Summer Palace
• Built for Qing Dynastys dowager empress Cixi
• Gardens have existed for over 800 years
• Hutongs
• Oldest neighborhoods in Beijing some built in
  Yuan Dynasty (1115-1234)
• Small lanes forming mazes of small apartments
  built around a central courtyard
• Siheyuan built along east-west or north-south
  axes according
• the rules of feng shui

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BeijingPoints of Interest

• The Great Wall of China
• Built 2000 years ago during the Qin Dynasty
• Created to protect China from the invading
• Huns to the North

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BeijingPoints of Interest

• One of the largest
• construction projects ever
• completed over 5,000 km long
• Can be seen from space
• Visit the Great Wall of China

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Beijing Quiz

• What did you learn?
• Take this quiz and click to the next slide for
  the correct answers.
• 1. What is the capital of China?
• 2. Where did the emperors of China live?
• 3. What world famous fortification is north of
  Beijing?
• 4. Who built the original city?
• 5. Name four major industries of Beijing.
• 6. What problem has the growth of industry
  created?
• 7. Why has tourism increased in the last few
  years?
• 8. What are the two main agricultural products
  of Beijing and China/
• 9. Why was the Great Wall of China Built?
• 10. What form of government exists in China?

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Beijing Quiz

• Quiz Answers
• 1. Beijing
• 2. The Forbidden City
• 3. The Great Wall of China
• 4. Kublai Khan
• 5. Textile mills, railroad repair shops, machine
  shops, chemical plants, factories producing heavy
  machinery, electronics, locomotives, plastics,
  and synthetic fibers, large petrochemical
  factories, tea and rice crops, and tourism
• 6. Beijing has serious pollution problems
• 7. The Chinese love to travel and have more
  money to do this now, and travel restrictions for
  foreign tourists have been relaxed.
• 8. rice and tea
• 9. to protect the Chinese from the invading Huns
  from the North
• 10. China has a communist government.

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References

• Beijing 2008 Olympics http//en.beijing2008.cn/
• Beijing Globe http//www.beijingglobe.com/
• Chinatown Online http//www.chinatownonline.co.uk/
  pages/culture/music.html
• Peoples Daily Online http//english.peopledaily.c
  om.cn/
• Postcards from China http//www.newton.mec.edu/Ang
  ier/DimSum/Postcards20Lesson.html
• The China Guide Virtual Guide of Beijing
• http//www.thebeijingguide.com/
• United Streaming http//www.unitedstreaming.com
• Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China
• http//www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatw
  all.html