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UNIT 12 Lesson 46
1.2 Beijing is a modern city,
but it is also a city of a long history.
Here are the three "must-sees"
on every visitors'list of the capital.
Between 1421 and 1912,the Palace Museum
was the home of China's emperors
and their families.
There were about 10 thousand houses
in the palace.
The buildings in the Palace Museum
are now for visiting.
It is in the center of Beijing.
The Summer Palace
is in the northwest of Beijing.
In the past,it was the summer home
of the emperors families.
It is the largest park in China now.
The Temple of Heaven in Tiantan park
is in the southern part of Beijing.
The building are from the 15th century
with a style of Ming Dynasty.
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