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Biggest
Ancient Building Complex |
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The biggest and most complete ancient building
complex is the former Imperial Palace (also known as the Forbidden
City) in Beijing. |
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Longest
Man-made Architecture |
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The longest man-made architecture in the world
is the Great Wall in China. It climbs and descends on the ridges of
mountains in northern China and has a total length of more than 6,700
kilometers. |
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Rarest
Animal |
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The Giant Panda of China is one of the rarest
animals in the world. Giant pandas live in remote high mountains in
Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces and eat bamboo. |
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Oldest
Tree |
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The oldest tree in the world is China's gingko,
which first appeared during the Jurassic Age some 160 million years
ago. |
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Greatest
Canyon |
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The greatest canyon in the world is China's
Brahmaputra Canyon, 504.6 kilometers long and 6,009 meters deep at
its deepest spot. Its average depth is 2,268 meters. |
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Highest
Plateau |
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The highest plateau in the world is China's
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an average height of 4,500 meters above
sea level. |
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Language
With Largest Number of Speakers |
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The Chinese language is the
language that has the largest number of speakers, more than 1.2 billion,
throughout world. |
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Biggest
and Earliest Encyclopedia |
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The biggest and earliest encyclopedia in the
world is theYongle Encyclopedia(Yongle Da Dianin Chinese),
complied between 1403 and 1408 in the Ming Dynasty by more than 2,000
scholars. It consists of 22,937 volumes. |
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Largest
Public Square |
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The largest public square in the world is
Tian'anmen Square in Beijing. It covers an area of 40 hectares.The
Tian'anmen Square found in the center of Beijing boasts the largest
of its kind in the world. |
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Earliest
and Longest Canal |
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The earliest and longest man-made canal in
the world is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The canal was first
built in the 5th century BC and was substantially extended twice during
the Sui and Yuan dynasties. |
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