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Splendid China with an area of more than 315,000 square meters is
one of the largest and most elaborate miniature scenery parks in the
world. Its rich, lively and comprehensive miniature scenic area reflects
the history, culture, art, ancient architecture as well as the customs
and habits of various nationalities in China. It is divided into two
parts: a Scenic Spot Area and a Comprehensive Service Area. Over 100
major tourist attractions, most of which are reduced in a scale of
1 to 15, stand here. The Theme Park is laid out according to the map
of China.
In Scenic Spot Area, there are many World Firsts, for instance,
Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest stone bridge; the Imperial Palace
and Leshan Grand Buddha, the world's biggest palace and Buddha statue;
Yuanmingying, the largest imperial garden; Dunhuang Mogao Grottos,
the world's longest fresco; Potala Palace, the world's most splendid
Buddhist building; the Stone Forest, the world's most wonderful
karst landscape; Huangguoshu Falls, one of the world's biggest waterfalls.
In Splendid China exhibit, there are some other well-known sights:
the solemn and dignified Huangdi Tomb, the Mausoleum of Genghis
Kan, the Ming Tombs, Dr. Sun Yat- sen's Mausoleum, the respondent
and magnificent Confucious Temple, the Temple of Heaven, the imposing,
majestic Taishan Mountain, the precipitous, gracefull Three Gorges
of the Yangzi River, the picturesque and marvelous view of the Lijiang
River, the West Lake of Hangzhou, the Wangshi Garden of Suzhou and
other beautiful scenery of Southern China, the famous pagodas, temples,
towers and grottos with infinite variety of beauty and local houses
with rich and colorful customs of each of the Chinese nationalities.
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