Best Places for Chinese Architecture

Consciously or unconsciously the architecture you are surrounded by in China will be a major part of the overall impression you get of the country and China certainly has the full range from the dire to the inspiring, ancient to modern, mega projects to time old village houses. With 1.35 billion people to provide for China needs a vast amount of buildings to do so. You will see legions of brand new apartment blocks and offices surrounding the often more historical and traditional centres of each city.

Much of what you see during your tour to China is on a scale almost unimaginable in the rest of the world whether it is airports, trains stations, business or residential districts.

In amongst all of this are real gems of both modern and ancient architecture. Highlights include Beijing’s Forbidden City and Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium, Lhasa’s Potala Palace, Xian’s City walls and Lijiang’s Old Town not to mention the skylines of Hong Kong and Shanghai. These are to list but a few yet one things is for certain, almost wherever you go you will surrounded by architecture on mass! Learn more about Chinese Architecture by clicking here.