Chinese travel agency usa
When he saw it the famous traveller Xu Xiake is said to have cried “When one has seen the Five Holy Mountains all the others count for nothing; when …
Category: China
Beijing
Beijing Peking present day name Beijing (“northern capital”). The majority of today’s existing buildings and the layout of the city (see below) date from this dynasty. In 1644 Li …
Chongqing
Chinghai See Qinghai Chongqing Province: Sichuan Altitude: 261m/857ft. Area: 1521sq.km/587sq. miles Population: 2,650,000 (conurbation 6,510,000) Chongqing lies in the eastern part of Sichuan province, at the confluence of the …
Travel to Fuzhou
Fuzhou lies on the Minjian river in the east of Fujian province and some 50km/30 miles from the sea, at 119°18’E and 26°06’N. The town can be reached by …
China in Quotations
This Countrie may bee said to excell in these particulers: Antiquity, largeness, Ritchnesse, healthynesse, Plentifullnesse. For Arts and manner off government I thinck noe Kingdome in the world Comparable …
Chinese travel trailer
The Provincial Museum, housed in a former Temple of Confucius in the Old Town, contains 2300 old stelae, and is known locally as the “Forest of Stelae” (Beilin). These …
Anshan Map
Chinese equivalent Province: Liaoning. Area: 70sq.km/27sq. miles Population: 1,210,000 (conurbation 2,510,000) Anshan lies at 122°59’E and 41°08’N, in the centre of the north-eastern province of Liaoning, 90km/56 miles south …
The islands of Lantau, Chek Lap Kok, Cheung Chau and Peng Chau
The islands to the west of Kowloon and Hong Kong can be reached by regular ferry connections. The boats berth on Hong Kong Island at the “Outlying Islands” quay …
Seoul travel guide Chinese
Ni Zan was one of the “Four Great Masters of the Yuan Period”. His work is characterised by a chalky colour-wash effect. One of his own poems usually accompanies …
Parental home of Guo Moruo
Mount Emeishan, the well-known mountain dedicated to the bodhisattva Puxian, stands 160km/100 miles south-west of Chengdu; its highest peak, the Peak of the Ten Thousand Buddhas (Wanfo Ding), reaches …