Driving Downtown Beijing | China’s Modern, Ancient and Vast Capital | 北京

Finally, I made my Beijing driving video for you guys. 0:00 Intro 1:29 Xinjiekou Street 17:36 Chang’an Avenue 32:20 Guomao CBD 54:49 Sanlitun Area 1:16:23 Other Downtown Area Beijing, China’s sprawling capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nearby, the massive Tiananmen Square pedestrian plaza is the site of Mao Zedong’s mausoleum and the National Museum of China, displaying a vast collection of cultural relics. ---------------------------------------------- What is Beijing most known for? ---------------------------------------------- The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates. It has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, and parts of the Great Wall and t