Beijing Attractions, China (continued)
Let's Learn About Some Modern Beijing Attractions Today ! National Stadium (Bird's Nest) This remarkable architecture locates in Olympic Green Village and was the main stadium for Olympics in 2008. It took 21 hectares to build. In addition, there is around 91,000 auditorium inside the building. Since the Olympics ended, Bird's Nest becomes the professional location for Beijing citizens to participate in various sporting and entertaining activities. Hence, Beijing National Stadium is a magnificent landmark as sports architecture and Olympic legacy. National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) The designing scheme came from one in the global designing contests that called ([H2O]^3). Water Cube and Bird's Nest separately locate on the north side of The Central Axis of Beijing, which relatively form a historical and cultural image of this city. This aquatics centre has length and width of 177 meters, and the height of 30 meters. It owns 17,000 ...