Forbidden city

The Forbidden city was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing 

dynasty. It is located in the center of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.

Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 720,000 m².The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial structure,and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. 

I think that the forbidden city is one place that is mystic and of prestige to the people.Now  that it is open to the public I would really want to visit this place as it is the most private of palaces in Chinese history

Jordan(25)

Beijing National Stadium

Image taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium

Affectionately known as Bird's Nest, it is situated in Olympic Green Village, Chaoyang District. It was designed as the main stadium of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Olympic events of track and field, football, gavelock, weight throw and discus were held there. Since October, 2008, after the Olympics ended, it has been opened as a tourist attraction. Now, it's the center of international or domestic sports competition and recreation activities

To me, it means the comfort of returning home. The sense of belonging to the place I grew up in. The form of the stadium looks like a big nest which embraces and nurses human beings. Also it looks rather like a cradle bearing human beings'  hope of the future.

In my opinion, it means the national pride of being a citizen of china to the Chinese. The symbol that they embrace their nationality. Furthermore, it was built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which is recognizability of their homeland's strength. It is also a memory of china having the honor of hosting the Olympics. In addition, the circular shape of the stadium represents heaven, but has been described as a bird's nest, with its pattern inspired by Chinese-style crazed pottery. A series of cantilevered trusses has been designed to support the roof, shading the seats.

-Ong Gee Hun (14) 2E

The Great Wall of china

To me, the Great Wall of china is a form of security to them. It's a protection to keep invaders from china in the past. But to china, the Great Wall is a symbol of determination. It shows that Chinese are able to achieve anything as long as they are committed. It is not only merely a wall to them, but as a strength of their people personified. The Great Wall of china also tell us that they do not trust stranger, and thus they built it to keep them away from their country. They only believe in their own people, and not foreigners. 

From this, we can learn that nothing is impossible, as long as we are determined, we can succeed and achieve our goal; the Chinese did not have any machine to help them in building the wall, but they didn't give up, and they slowly build up the wall using their bare hands.

-yida :)

Terracotta Army

This is the famous Bing Ma Yong, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. It was built based in the orders of the Emperor, who still wanted to be the Emperor even after his death. These soldiers are to protect Emperor Qin in his afterlife. I feel that this means that in China, they believe that the Emperor is very majestic and mighty, and has to be protected at all times, even after death. The Emperor is so important and must be protected, that he actually has over 8000 soldiers protecting him after death!

-Bei Xuan (8)