// Java Document
//' + name + '
';
i++;
return marker;
}
// Create small marker icon
var icon = new GIcon();
icon.image = "http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/mm_20_blue.png";
icon.shadow = "http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/mm_20_shadow.png";
icon.iconSize = new GSize(12, 20);
icon.shadowSize = new GSize(22, 20);
icon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
icon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);
// Baiyunguan Si
var point = new GPoint(116.337721,39.899321);
createMarker(point,"
Baiyunguan Si (White Cloud Temple)Once the most influential Taoist center in China, this recently renovated temple is now the home of 30 monks and the China Taoism Association. It is a lively place that is popular with pilgrims and devotees.
Confucius Temple
","Confucius Temple");
// Mausoleum of Mao
var point = new GPoint(39.901078,116.391692);
createMarker(point,"Mausoleum of Mao
","Mausoleum of Mao");
// Forbidden City
var point = new GPoint(116.390791, 39.916715);
createMarker(point,"Forbidden City
The opulent home of the Chinese emperors (and their many concubines) for centuries.
","Forbidden City");
// Jinshan Park
var point = new GPoint(116.390533,39.923561);
createMarker(point,"Jinshan Park
","Jinshan Park");
// Niu Jie Mosque
var point = new GPoint(116.358,39.8844);
createMarker(point,"
Niu Jie MosqueThere are around 200,000 Muslims in Beijing. This mosque in the Muslim Quarter of Niu Jie is a colorful building in Chinese style, with text in Chinese and Arabic.
Temple of HeavenCompleted in 1420, this magnificent temple was considered the meeting point of Earth and Heaven. For five hundred years the emperors performed sacrifices and prayed for a good harvest at the winter solstice.
Tian'anmen Square
The famous site of marches of loyalty and victory and, more recently, of mass protests and massacres.
","Tiananmen Square");
// Yonghe Gong
var point = new GPoint(116.411219,39.946192);
createMarker(point,"
Yonghe Gong (Lama Temple)This temple is fairly touristy, but well worth a visit for its colorful, 17th-century architecture. It is an active Tibetan Buddhist center, but one that is officially sponsored by the Chinese government.