Beijing Has Long and Illustrious History

Beijing is an ancient city with long and illustrious history started some 500,000 years ago, when the ancestors of modern Homo sapiens, Peking men, lived in caves. Beijing has been an inhabited city for more 3000 years, and it has been the capital city for different periods of China history. There are 34 emperors had lived and ruled the nation in Beijing. There are some famous historical sites left in Beijing, including Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall, Summer Palace, Lama Temple and so on.