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Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. It was finished in 1577 by a government officer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) named Pan Yunduan. Yu in Chinese means pleasing and satisfying, and this garden was specially built for Pan's parents as a ...
China's premier shopping street, 3.4-mile-long Nanjing Road, starts at the Bund in the east and ends in the west at the junction of Jing'an Temple and Yan'an West Street. Today it is a must-see metropolitan destination attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all ...
Heavy smog blanketed large areas of southwestern China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality on Friday. Many sections of the main highways were closed causing traffic problems for people travelling home for the spring festival. Heavy smog and poor visibility disrupted ...
A survey by China’s tourism academy shows, among the city dwellers who bought vacation packages for the Chinese New Year, 40 percent are travelling abroad, 30 percent are going somewhere within the Chinese mainland, and the rest are travelling to Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan. Our ...
The park is an artificial reserve that lends water from the nearby Shangzhuang water reservoir. It is intersected into different sections including a lotus pond, a reed pond and several protected areas for animals and plants.[Photo/China.org] The park is an artificial reserve ...
The Thatched Cottage of Dufu, located by the side of the Huanhua Stream in Chengdu's western suburb. It was the residence of Dufu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty when he took refuge in Chengdu. Du Fu (712-70 AD), one of China's most famous poets, left home at the tender age ...
Dressed in Red Army uniforms, hundreds of people in Xiaojin county, Sichuan province, hike along a part of the Long March route to commemorate the historical event. Provided to China Daily The newly popular 'red tours' take visitors on the same route the Red Army took on its Long ...
Photo taken on May 28, 2011 shows the luxury passenger liner Yangtze River Golden One in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The liner that cost an investment of over 100 million Yuan (approximately 15.2 million U.S. Dollars) made its maiden voyage on the Yangtze River here ...
Penghu Liehtao is located in the south of tai wan Strait and it is made up of 64 small islands. Its area is about 126 square meters. In the Liehtao there are many ports and islands are spread out irregularly. Penghu Liehtao is very important on its military strategic location. It ...
Lin Fung Temple, also known as Tianfei Temple orGuanzhaTemple, was built in the 20th year of the Ming Emperor Shenzong (1592). It was used as a business office by the Chinese in Macau , and as a residence of officials. It has been enlarged and reconstructed many times to its ...
The Lamma Island is believed by archaelogist the oldest cultural site in southern China. The island's natural ambience of a undeveloped fishing village has attracted numerous poets, arts and other city dwellers, who escape to the island for refreshing breaks. Vehicles are not ...
The city of Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, is located in the northwestern corner of the province, relatively close to the borders with Hubei Province and Chongqing Municipality. In geological terms, Zhangjiajie straddles the juncture of two crustal extremes: the upwardly thrusted ...
As people seek to get away from the big city helter-skelter, vacation spots in the country are mushrooming. Xu Junqian finds one quiet refuge in Moganshan, in Deqing county. It is verdant country laced with soothing streams and blanketed in evergreen trees and bamboos. Moganshan ...
A line of visitors tour on camels at Mingsha Mountain, or Singing Sand Mountain during the traditional Chinese dragon boat festival in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 6, 2011. (Xinhua/Zhang Weixian) A line of visitors tour over a sand dune at Mingsha Mountain, or ...
Shennongjia is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, which is bounded by Mountains series. Legend has it that in ancient times Shennongshi once tasted many kinds of herbs to find out the ones of medical value and used them to cure people of different diseases; because of ...
Longmen Grottoes were built around 493 A.D., about the time when Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty moved the country's capital to Luoyang . Construction continued through several dynasties: Western Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang and the period of Five Dynasties ...
The third longest river, the Pearl River, measures 2,129 meters in length. The Guangzhou section of the river is where Guangzhou's most scenic spots are located. Many famous sights are clustered along the river and are the reasons for many people taking a trip to Guangzhou. The ...
Tiantai Mountain is located in Qionglai ( chengdu,sichuan Province), which is one of the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (world natural heritage site), as well as a national scenery spot with unique looking. The syncline hilly area landform of this spot is rarely seen in China. ...
Baotu Springs Park is situated in the city of Jinan , Shandong Province. Besides being home to 70-odd renowned artesian springs, the area surrounding the city of Jinan is also home to Bamboo Woods Garden with its memorial hall dedicated to the famous 20th century painter and ...
Life in shanghai can sometimes feel a bit like chaos – traffic noises, flashing neon, skyscrapers jutting into the air – so it’s good to know about places close by where you can escape the commotion of the city. One such place is Qibao Ancient Town, about 18 kilometers from ...
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Forbidden City
Forbidden City
Lying at the city center and called Gu Gong in Chinese, it was the imperial ...
Great Wall in Beijing
Great Wall in Beijing
Beijing is not only the political center of China, but it is also the most ...
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, situated on the southern slope of Yuexiu Hill, was ...
China to attract foreign talent
China to attract foreign talent
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China will look into ways of altering its ...
Mount Song
Mount Song
With a summit 1,500 meters above sea level, Mount Song, known in Chinese as Song ...
beautiful of Lhasa
beautiful of  Lhasa
Lhasa is the capital city of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. It's an ...
West Lake - World Nature Heritage
West Lake - World Nature Heritage
West Lake, voted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, was described as being ...
Travel in Chongqing
Travel in Chongqing
Chongqing, with beautiful mountains and rivers, is a famous destination for ...
General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum
General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum
The General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum is situated in the Yuzhong Region of ...
Temple of Soul's Retreat (Lingyin Temple)
Temple of Soul's Retreat (Lingyin Temple)
You will find Temple of Soul's Retreat (Lingyin Temple) in a long, narrow valley ...
Qiantang River Tide
Qiantang River Tide
Qiantang River is the biggest in Zhejiang Province, running from the west to ...
Myanmar attracts foreign investment to boost tourism
Myanmar attracts foreign investment to boost tourism
YANGON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has lured some 1.92 million U.S. dollars in ...
Qianye Meadow
Qianye Meadow
Qianye Meadow – Brief Introduction Qianye Meadow located along the Fangdou ...
Yuexiu Park
Yuexiu Park
Yuexiu Park is the largest park in downtown Guangzhou. Covering an area of 860...