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In 1961 Ling Yin Temple was listed for protection as a key provincial historical and cultural site and is considered a leading centre for research relative to Chinese Buddhist culture. Lingyin temple, like many Chinese temples, is constructed according to a basic pattern. Built on a nor...

Dragon and Tiger Mountain (Longhu Mountain) is a famous Taoism mountain with a long history. As a cradle land of Taoism, Dragon and Tiger Mountain has been regarded as a Holy Land to which many pilgrimages are made every year. According to the record of Taoism, in the middle of the East...

Takla Makan Desert is China’s largest desert, situated in the middle of the largest Basin, Tarim in Xinjiang Province. This is reputed to be the world’s second largest shifting-sand desert covering an area of over 33, 700 square kilometers (over 13 square miles). In Uigur l...

The Luoyang Bridge is the earliest existing sea-crossing stone beam bridge in China. Over the Luoyang River in the east suburbs of Quanzhou, the bridge was constructed in 1053 under the direction of Cai Xiang, a prefecture chief in Quanzhou.It is China’s earliest stone beam bridge...

Inner Mongolia boasts a concentration of the oldest sections of the Great Wall, with the total length over 15,000 kilometers. In addition to the Ming wall, walls built in the Warring States period and under the Qin, Han and Jurchen dynasties can also be seen here. From the top of the Da...

The Zhan Yuan Garden (Zhan Garden) is located on No. 128 Zhan Yuan Road, beside Fu Zi Temple of Nanjing.The Zhan Yuan Garden was built in Yuan Dynasty and is more than 600 years old. It was the house of King Wu Wang during the last few years of Yuan Dynasty.It is a nice mini garden of S...

The Yu Garden was considered the best garden in Southeast China. The Yu Garden enjoyed a history over 400 years since its first establishment by Pan Yunduan who had intended to bring happiness and pleasure to his parents and relatives. It became the headquarters of the Dagger Associatio...

As one of the five sacred mountains in China, Mt Hengshan, different with Mt Hengshan in Shanxi Province, is esteemed as Nan Yue (South Mountain). The mountain range runs 150 km form Hengyang to Changsha, having a cluster of 72 peaks. Grand Southern Heights Temple At the foot of Mt Heng...

As the religious activity center of both monks and followers of the Yellow Hat Sect (also named Gelugpa Sect, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism), the Ta’er Monastery (Kumbum Monastery) is located in Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, 25 kilometers (about 16 miles) away from the capit...

Ci Qi Kou covering an area of some 1.2 square kilometres (291.6 acres) it is 14 kilometres to the west of Chongqing Municipality.Situated on the bank of the Jia Ling River, not far from its confluence with the mighty Yangtze is the ancient village of Ci Qi Kou, formerly known as Long Yi...