Category: China
Lake Dongtinghu, linked by several canals with the Changjiang river, obtains 40% of its water from the latter and the rest from four other large rivers. In the dry …
This modern museum to the south-east of the Temple of Daxingshan Si is 44,OOOsq.m/474,OOOsq.ft in area and consists of several buildings containing a large number of rooms in which …
“Nobody can be a true hero unless he has travelled along the Great Wall” goes the popular saying, and this clearly demonstrates the great importance which the Chinese attach …
Province: Anhui. Area: 1124sq.km/444sq. miles Population: 456,000 (conurbation 946,000) Wuhu lies in some beautiful countryside in the centre of Anhui province, at the confluence of the Qingyijiang and Changjian …
All the many thousands of symbols in a Chinese dictionary – a Chinese person with an average standard of education can recognise between 4000 and 5000 symbols – are …
Hong Kong weather station (alt. 33m/108ft) Tropical A 100km/70 mile strip of land along the southern coast of China and the monsoon climate whole island of Taiwan are subject …
Population: approx. 500,000. Capital: Macau The short description which follows must be read in the light of thefactthat Macau is to be returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1999. More …
Archaeologists have uncovered an estimated 7000 burial objects, including 124 musical instruments of eight different kinds (64 bronze bells, several zithers with five or six strings, drums, etc.), 140 …
Temple ofthe Beginning of Blissful Happiness (Kaifu Si) This temple in Kaifu Si Street was erected in 907. After repeated acts of destruction overthe centuries the major buildings have …
Province Area: 156,OOOsq.km/60,216sq. miles Population: 28,420,000. Capital: Taiyuan The province of Shanxi is situated in the north of China between 110°15′ 114°32’E and 34°35′-40°45’N. It is bordered in the …