Beijing, "Jing" for short, is the capital of the People’s Republic of China and one of the four central municipalities (alongside Chongqing municipality, Shanghai municipality and Tianjin municipality). Beijing is the nation's political, cultural, scientific and educational center and main transportation hub, as well as an attractive tourist destination to the world. Every year, more than 147,000,000 passengers came from the world to Beijing to enjoy the well known human and natural landscapes.
Beijing, which has over 3,000 year’s history, over 850 years of being capitals, has many places of historic interest and architectural and scenic beauty. The first name found in records was “Ji”, capital of a vassal state (Yan State) to Zhou dynasty (1100-771B.C.), and firstly became the capital of the ancient China in Jin dynasty, named as Zhongdu (1153A.D.). Later, as Mongols swept and conquered the whole China, Beijing became the capital of the whole China of Yuan dynasty in 1272A.D. since the continuous constructions in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing became the world largest city in the later Qing dynasty.
The long historical river with brilliant culture gives Beijing unparalleled rich natural and cultural heritage. Six World Cultural Heritage: the Ming tombs, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace and Zhoukoudian" Peking Man Site". Various; splendid folk customs, temple fairs, Teahouse culture, Puppet, acrobatic shows, Peking Opera; Food in Beijing style: Soybean Flour, Toasted duck, Ice-sugar gourd, Hemp flowers, Seasoned millet mush and so on.