The past dynasties have left the city a wealth of cultural relics, such aspalaces, city walls, pagodas, temples, and town sites. The most famous is the Shenyang Imperial Palace.is one very famous attractions in Shenyang travel,Built in 1625, it is the only existing integrated royal architectural complex in China besides the Forbidden City in Beijing. Thepalace was named the "accompanying capital" after 1644 when the Qingemperor Shunzhi moved the capital to Beijing. Scattered in the city's fourcorners are four Tibetan Buddhist pagodas built in 1643, which are rare in China for their special layout.With carved Sanskrit and animal designs on thesurface,the four pagodas were once taken as the symbol for good weather andpeace. The stupa possesses great historical and artistic value as it shelters agold-plating copper Buddhist sculpture of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism,four gracefully-lined murals and a number of Buddha niches, porcelains,altars, silk fabrics, and scripture books.Efforts have been made to improvethe conditions of Shenyang Imperial Palace, the Yongling, Fuling, andZhaoling tombs to make it possible for these sites to have been included on theWorld Heritage List in July 2004.Historical relics are priceless treasures leftby our ancestors, and we should hand them down.Shenyang is the hometown of soccerin China. A gigantic jade boulder,weighing more than 60,000 tons,was discovered inXiuyan County of Northeast China's Liaoning Province.It has beendeemed as the world's largest.The county plans to carve Buddha figures fromthe massive semi-precious stone and build a park centred on it, hoping toattract more tourists. Xiuyan, a county named after the unique jade itproduces, is located in an area where the Liao dong Peninsula in NortheastChina rises and is abundant in jade boulders which are the finest in texture.Itprovides 80 per cent of the raw materials for jade crafts made in China.