Burst of patriotism

Shuangqing Villa, a former imperial garden in the Fragrant Hills Park in Beijing, served as the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1949. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region abounds in such tourism sites and the most popular ones include the Beijing Military Museum, the Lugou Bridge, the Dagu Fort, the Pingjin Campaign Memorial, the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the Monument to the People's Heroes.

The Monument to the People's Heroes has seen hordes of visitors to the capital over the years. The monument, which sits at the center of Tian'anmen Square, consists of 17,000 pieces of granite and white marble with bas-reliefs displaying eight major revolutionary episodes on the monument's pedestal.

The bas-reliefs showcase the fight to freedom in the course of the past century.

The former residence of Soong Ching Ling in Beijing is a popular draw.

The former residence, located in Houhai, in Xicheng district, used to be the garden of a royal mansion in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Soong moved into the mansion in 1963 and lived there until she passed away in 1981.