Ideal outdoor travelling - Yangshuo

07/14/2009

If the tourist hordes laying siege to Guilin have you scaling its towering limestone peaks, head 80 km south downriver by boat, bus or taxi to Yangshuo. Shouldered by the Li River, Yangshuo town and the surrounding Yangshuo county are home to unworldly karst pinnacles, rich rice-paddy farmland and mellow villages linked by crisscrossing waterways, small roads and backcountry paths.

Yangshuo landscape

All this makes Yangshuo ideal for cycle tours, hiking, rock climbing, rafting, caving, kayaking and much more—nearly all of it outdoors, continue reading…

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Histrorial travel in Dali, Yunnan

07/13/2009

Dali, one of a famous tourism city in Yunnan, China. The various cuntoms in Dali is attravtive.Most of the area’s attractions can easily be explored by bike, and good food and cheap drinks await at the end of each day on Huguo Lu. It’s not all traditional charm and romantic views, however. There’s the inevitable recent modern Chinese architecture of questionable aesthetic value and other incursions of functional but less-than-attractive modernity. 

dali, view  

On a lighter note, a number of low-key Amsterdam-style “coffee shops” have sprung up like mushrooms, causing some visiting backpackers to extend their stays in order to fully absorb Dali’s sunny weather continue reading…

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LiJiang - called as the most suitable living city

07/09/2009

             Limpid river, green moutain, navy sky, you are visiting the city which is the best living city in China. Lijiang lies as the west of China, kinds of races living here, the long history brings varies of culture.

            Lijiang was a tiny settlement before it found itself in the midst of a battle during the Yuan (CE 1279-1368) Dynasty, after which the village grew into a city. continue reading…

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Which city is the best destination for China travel in summer?

An U.S. friend ask me the question as the subject, my suggestion is to go to Dalian first , from Dalian ,you can travel by ship to peninsula, shan dong province Yan tai ,qingdao ,weihai , penglai there are so many beautiful places around .  Best Wishes for your tour.

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Kunming - All seasons is Spring

07/07/2009

       Which is the most popular tourist city in China? There will be many answer included “Kunming”.  Interested in it? Yea, today we will introduce Kunming city for you.

       Kunming, a bustling prefecture-level city in the heart of Yunnan Province, is the province’s capital. Kunming, whose name derives from the sound byte associated with the name of an ethnic group that lived in the area in ancient times, is nicknamed the “City of Eternal Spring” due to its mild, stable, year-round weather conditions. Kunming’s previous name was simply Yunnanfu, or “Capital of Yunnan”. continue reading…

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“Jing Ju” the historial opera of China

Today, we want to intruduce you  ”Jing Ju” - the historial opera of ChinaOld Li , one of the leading opera actress in youth female role of Dan, enacts in a section of the traditional repertoire Palace of the Eternal Youth continue reading…

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Treasure: Zhang Heng’s Didong Yi

07/03/2009

Zhang Heng didong yi, the equipment to forcast earthquake.

In 132 AD, in the then national capital of Luoyang, Zhang Heng made the ancient seismograph to determine the direction of an earthquake. Contrary to popular belief at that time, Zhang Heng maintained that earthquakes were not signs of Heaven’s anger but natural disasters. continue reading…

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snow snap in Summer

07/01/2009

As u see, Harbin Ice and Snow Art Museum is on now. The museum, which is one of the city’s major tourist attractions, is displaying its ice sculptures indoor this Summer, allowing visitors to enjoy the glacial artworks, which are usually exhibited in winter. Photo taken June 29, 2009.

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Harbin’s Dionysia held in China NE

06/28/2009

As per above photoes, Actors perform during a carnival held in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, June 21, 2009. Colorful performances attracted many citizens and tourists to attend the activity in Harbin on Sunday.

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Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province

06/24/2009

       Mount Wuyi, lying in northern Fujian Province, covers an area of 60 square kilometers. Most of the hills here are made of red sandstone, very steep but flat on the top. The peaks and rocks of grotesque shapes are girded by clear streams and embraced by green trees and bamboo plants. The Nine-bend River, 60 kilometers long, meanders among the hills, presenting the most charming tourist route in this scenic zone.

 

Mount Wuyi has a long cultural history. The site of the Wuyi Palace built in the seventh century for emperors to conduct sacrificial activities remains today. It had been an important center of China’s Taoism and was listed as one of the top nine Taoist Temples in the 10th century. The mountain also boasts many other cultural relics including stone inscriptions. continue reading…

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