1. Beijing (Peking)

Everyone is aware of the capital of China is Peiping, although some should still decision it Beijing. Beijing is quite ancient, and now not employed in China, aside from in Beijing duck, that originated in Peiping as AN imperial food. Peiping is additional of a “modern” imperial capital, being China’s seat of power for many of the last one,000 years, and not that includes a lot of before that. Beijing’s imperial attractions embody the impermissible town (Imperial Palace), the Temple of Heaven and therefore the Summer Palace. For older capitals, see Xi’an, Luoyang, and Nanjing.