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Jingdezhen Old Street is a famous street in China, renowned for its long history and beautiful traditions that come from its ancient culture. Jingdezhen Old Street is located on the west bank of the Chang River, in the center of Jingdezhen. This street is composed of three parts each of...

St. Sophia Church in Harbin is the largest Eastern Orthodox Church in the Far East. The Russian influence in Harbin, including a continuing strong Russian population here, is no better felt than a wander around the streets that make up the Daoli district, in the northwest of the city. A...

Located on the Nanwan Peninsula south of Lingshui County, the Monkey Island is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and covers an area of 1,000 hectares. It has 1,800 macaques, and is the largest macaque raising and training center in China. Riding the longest oversea ropeway, which is...

Huayan Temple was one of the important temples for the Huayan Sect (one of the seven important Buddhist sects of China) during China’s Liao Dynasty (916 – 1125) the sect found receptive popularity among the imperial courts. The original buildings served in part as the imperi...

Mt. Huashan is one of China’s five holy mountains, or called Western Mountain ( Xiyue ) due to its geographical location in relation to the others, is famed as the most precipitous of the five. It is the highest among the five great mountains. It is famed as the most precipitous o...

As Buddhism was the first religion from abroad introduced to this area, Xinjiang witnessed the earliest development of Buddhist cave art in China. Soon after the religion’s establishment in the region, Turpan became the Buddhist center on the Silk Road owing to its geographic loca...

Mt. Qingyuan is one of the principal tourist attractions in the Quanzhou area. The mountain’s scenic area encompasses about 62 square kilometers (15,321 acres). Also called North, Spring or Qiyun Mountain, Qingyuan’s highest peak is about 500 meters (1,640 feet) above sea le...

Shanhai Pass, 17 kilometers from the tourist city of Qinhuangdao, got its name from being situated between the Yanshan Mountains and the Bohai Sea. On the tower is a big board on which there are five huge Chinese characters ‘tian xia di yi guan’ (the First Pass under Heaven)...

Located in northeast Qinghai Province, 150 kilometers from Xining, Qinghai Lake, “a blue sea” in Mongolian and Tibetan, is the largest inland salt lake in China with an area of 4,500sq.km and an altitude of 3,195m , after which Qinghai Province was named. It is fascinating i...

The Haihe River is one of the great rivers in North China. The five large rivers (the North Canal, the Yongding River, the Daqing River, the Ziya River and the South Canal) converge near Tianjin City to form the Haihe River. The Haihe basin covers Beijing, Tianjin, the greater part of H...