The city of Ya’an in southwest China’s Sichuan Province is the hometown of giant pandas.It has also become known as the“lung of the provincial capital Chengdu”and a“gene pool of flora and fauna.”Here,the harmoni...
DUBBED a“paradise on earth”for its picturesque West Lake,Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang Province is also known as a business center and culinary hub.Historically,it was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty(1...
HOH Xil Nature Reserve,“Hoh Xil” meaning ‘beautiful girl’ in Mongolian, is located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Because of its harsh natural environment, no people live here. Therefore it’s als...
IT would be an understatement to suggest that the Chinese as a nation are besotted with cars.So it is no surprise that the government-run Beijing Auto Museum(not to be confused with the privately-run Beijing Classic C...
LEGEND has it that,around 2,000 years ago,a Japanese monk named Hui’e made a pilgrimage to Wutai Mountain,a sacred Buddhist site in Shanxi Province.There he obtained a statue of Guanyin,Goddess of Mercy,with the inte...
TO most people,Shangri-La,a place name introduced to the world by British author James Hilton in his novel Lost Horizon,represents paradise,longevity,and a kind of natural purity rarely found in this day and age.It th...
FOR work reasons I have visited Daqing quite often in recent years.Its Lindian County is famous for hot springs,fertile grasslands and beautiful wetlands and has gained popularity with health preservation enthusiasts;...
DUKEZONG,a Tibetan town in Shangrila,Yunnan Province,offers sanctuary to escapees from the pressures of city life.Dukezong's authentic Tibetan dwellings,gilded prayer halls and pagodas,and lanterns in various shapes t...
Founded in 1897 and one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China,Zhejiang University has the reputation as"Cambridge of the East."It has always been one of the top universities in China,in terms of its c...
THE pinnacled churches throughout the European continent,and the communicants within at their silent devotions to lit candles are generally a source of awe and reverenceto visitors from the Far East.This scenario is i...