There are many attractions in Confucian Temple.

The jinshi tablets are housed in the Dacheng Gate of the Confucian Temple and the Gate of the Great Teacher. The 198 tablets are inscribed with the names of jinshi, or successful candidates in the highest imperial examination. 3 of them date from the Yuan Dynasty, 77 from the Ming Dynasty and 118 from the Qing Dynasty.

With red walls and yellow tiles, the Dacheng Hall houses the memorial tablet of Confucius, to whom emperors would offer sacrifices. The ritual vessels, musical instruments, and plaques inscribed by emperors all date back to the Qing Dynasty. Similar relics are rarely found elsewhere.

The Traitor-striking Cypress, which is over 700 years old, grows to the west of the terrace of the Dacheng Hall. It is named after a legend. It is said that one day Yan Song, an evil prime minister during Emperor Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, accompanied the emperor to the Confucian Temple for sacrifice. When he came under this cypress, a gust sprang up, and its branches struck off his hat. When they heard about this, people said that the tree was capable of telling the loyal from the traitorous.

Address: No.13, Guozijian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

The Chinese Cultural Garden is opened in September, 2001. It is located in Huangcun Town, Daxing District, 500 meters away from the Langfa exit of Fifth Ring Road and about 18 kilometers away from the downtown. It is a theme park carrying forward the long culture of Chinese people, and focusing on the education of patriotism.

The Chinese Cultural Garden occupies an area of 333,000 square meters. Its south gate is in the shape of a tripod, and its west gate is in the shape of “Pingshouqiaozububi Coin”. Its east gate is a dynamic sculpt combining Qufu Colored pottery basin and pottery Gui, showing the cultural image of the garden. The main scenery is composed of “one spirit and three gardens”. One spirit refers to the Artistic Wall showing the Chinese spirit, and three gardens refer to Tranquil Garden, Dynamic Garden and Yixian Garden.

The history, important events, famous figures, cultural achievements, discoveries and inventions are engraved on the “Artistic Wall showing the Chinese spirit” 2.4 meters in height and 2.3 kilometers in length. Standing in front of the wall, one will feel the awfulness of meeting and talking to history, and the spirit of Chinese people. “Tranquil Garden” occupies an area of 62,000 square meters. There is a lake of 15,000 square meters in the garden. There is a unique “Dragon Character Wall” together with the tranquil garden. 999 characters of the word “dragon” written by 999 calligraphers are engraved on the stretching walls. There are Lucky Deer Turning Round, Wenyuan Palace, Bamboo Garden, Cultural Corridor, Music Fountain, and open air theatre in the “Dynamic Garden”. Yixian Garden is composed of Crescent Lake and 12 ancient type quadrangles. The Chinese Culture Garden inherits the characteristics of ancient royal gardens, and integrates the style of modern gardens. The regular theme activities of the garden include: “sunshine travel in search of Chinese spirit” in spring, “dating at fields” in summer, and “historical travel of China” in autumn. Tourists can ride electric bicycle to enter the garden, view the history and sceneries and appreciate Chinese culture.

Chunhuiyuan Hot Spring Holiday Village is located to the south of Yuzhuang Village, Gaoliying Town, Shunyi District, close to downtown Beijing and the Beijing Capital international airport. This is how to reach it: drive along Beijing-Chengde Expressway, turn right at the Houshayu Exit, drive up to the ancient city wall, turn left, and drive three kilometers; that is only a less than 20-minute drive. It is a comprehensive service center that integrates tourism, leisure, holiday making, conference service, food, and entertainment.

The village lies on the bank of the quiet Wenyu River, whose vicinity is known as a “green corridor”. Its ingenious design incorporates the charms of the four seasons. Its hot spring, originating from 2,300 meters underground, is beneficial to your health and skin. In the village you may taste dishes and delicacies of Sichuan, Hangzhou, and Japan styles, and mandarins' home cuisine. Besides, there are delightfully arranged pavilions and towers in the village.

A large hot spring holiday hotel named Chunhui, with a floor space of 20,000 square meters, has been put into use. Hot spring water is available in all the hotel rooms, “midair bath” being a highlight of the holiday village.

Chinese Aviation Museum is located in the Xiaotangshan Town of Changping District, about 20 kilometers away from the downtown. One can arrive there by taking a bus. Focusing on plane heritages, integrating aviation review, aviation popular science, aviation sports and recreation, it is the largest theme museum in Asia. It was being built since October 1986, and opened to the public in November 1989. In October 1990, it was formally named as “Air Force Aviation Museum”, and known as “Chinese Aviation Museum” by the public.

The museum occupies an area of more than 700,000 square meters, with the exhibition acreage more than 200,000 square meters. The acreage of cave depot exhibition hall is 23,200 square meters; the acreage of roofed exhibition hall is 3,500 square meters; the acreage of hypaethral exhibition hall is more than 190,000 square meters. Now there is a collection of 119 types and 299 planes, among which there are 47 pieces of Grade A cultural heritages such as the Transporter-5 that undertook the mission of spreading the ashes of Premier Zhou Enlai, 47 pieces of Grade B cultural heritages, with great values of collection and study. It also owns 2,468 pieces of large-scale models such as ground-air missile, radar, aviation bomb, aviation camera, aviation costume, aviation parachutes, aviation tyre, etc., more than 10,000 pieces of other cultural heritages, more than 20,000 volumes of aviation books, and 1021 pieces of gifts of friendly relationships.

The exterior exhibition area of the aviation museum, according to the visiting route, is divided into: transporter, helicopter, special purpose plane, special plane for great men, bomber, fighter, aviation radar, missile and guns, etc. To meet the requirements of the situation and the development of aviation, various special-topic high-quality exhibitions have been held, such as “Review of a hundred years of aviation”, “Review of the development of air force equipment”, “Exhibition of the establishment and development of air control in the nation”, “Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the victory of anti-Japanese war”, “Exhibition of aviation tyres”, “Exhibition of aviation kit”, “Exhibition of gifts from aviation industries both abroad and at home”, etc. A batch of high quality plane models, data and pictures have been introduced, and large-scale light boxes or colorful lamps are used to illuminate the dismantled plane and engine. The models in the whole exhibition hall have a clear layout, with explanatory words and pictures, so that audiences are greatly moved. It has received almost 10 million audiences including leaders of the Party, the nation and the army since its establishment. Mr. Yang Shangkun, the former President of China, wrote the inscription of “Ambition in the blue sky”. The museum has also received more than 200 foreign delegations including the American Congress Delegation.

China National Museum is one of the most important spots for “red tourism”. It is located east of Tian'anmen Square. It can be reached by the No.1 subway line and many bus routes. It was based on the former Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of Chinese Revolution. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture. It was officially founded on Feb. 28, 2003. It is a comprehensive museum that displays the long cultural history of the Chinese nation in a systematic way while laying stress on history and art.

The Museum of Chinese History dates back to the Office of Preparation for the Museum of Chinese History founded on July 9, 1912. On Oct. 1, 1949, it was renamed the Beijing History Museum, and came under the jurisdiction of Culture Ministry of the central government. In 1959, its name was changed to the Museum of Chinese History.

The Museum of the Chinese Revolution dates back to the Office of Preparation for the Museum of Chinese Revolution founded in March 1950. In 1960 it was officially named the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.

In August 1959, the buildings of the twin museums east of the Tian'anmen Square were completed. With a total floor space of over 65,000 square meters, they ranked among the ten landmarks of Beijing. They were opened to the public on Oct. 1 of that year, exactly ten years after the People's Republic was founded.

The multi-functional China National Museum is capable of collection, archaeological research, and display of cultural relics. It systematically collects valuable relics reflecting the past and present of China, and shows tourists from home and abroad the great history and splendid culture of the country in a comprehensive way by means of regular and special exhibitions. Over nearly fifty years, the museum has acquired a team of renowned experts and scholars and 610,000 items of historical/cultural relics. It provides high-tech protection for its collection. Three centers, respectively for field archaeology, underwater archaeology, and remote-sensing and aerial-photography-aided archaeology, have been created. Another center has been set up for international academic exchange between scholars and large museums. It is also an important provider of high-quality cultural entertainment for Beijing citizens and tourists from home and abroad.

At present, the museum's regular exhibits have two themes——the history of China and the Chinese revolution. The former, which centers on the general history of China, is embodied by 9,000 relics reflecting the history from theYuanmou Man that lived over 1.7 million years ago to 1911, when the last feudal dynasty fell. The exhibits fall into three categories——the primitive society, the slave society, and the feudal society. Accompanied by diagrams, models, and captions, they show major historical events, outstanding figures, and the contribution of all the ethnic groups to the history of China.

The second theme is embodied by exhibits reflecting the history of the Chinese revolution and the building of socialism in China. The former kind of exhibits, divided into 10 parts, consist of 4,500 real objects, books or writings, pictures, models, paintings, and sculptures. They are a lively embodiment of China's modern history and the nation's path to victory through brave opposition to imperialist invasions and feudalist oppressions under the leadership of the communist party.

From 2007 to 2009, the museum will be renovated and expanded. By the time that is completed, its current 65,000-square-meter floor space will have been expanded to 250,000 square meters; its equipment will have been further integrated and modernized. It will enjoy the prestige commensurable with the civilization of China as well as international renown, and live up to that prestige and renown in terms of collections, scale of exhibitions, hardware and staff.

Address: the east side of the Tian'anmen Square, Dongcheng District, Beijing