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Mogao Grottoes, known as a “treasure house of ancient Chinese art", were first cut in 366 on Singing Sand Mountain southeast of Dunhuang county, Gansu province. The honeycomb-like grottoes, running 1,600 meters in length and 50 meters in height, ...

Mawangdui is located on the eastern out-skirts of Changsha city, 4 kilometers away from the center of the city. Formerly there was a saddle-shaped mound, where it was said that King Ma Yin of the Chu State in the ...

Taohuayuan (Fairy land of Peach Blossom Park), known as the south gate of the Wulingyuan scenic area, is situated near the Shuixi Town 15 km west of the seat of Taoyuan county. Hunan province. It is an old and ...

The Great Wild Goose Pagoda was built at the suggestion of the famous Tang monk, Xuan Zang . He had studied Buddhism in India for many years and brought back 600 volumes of Buddhist scriptures. The pagoda was intended ...

Mount Emei is also a rich natural museum. Some 3,000 varieties of plants including the rare dove tree, fir plants more than 60 sorts of the azalea, one of the three most famous flowers, in the world, can be ...

Yueyang Tower stands magnificently on the west gate of the Yueyang city wall, looking down at Dongting Lake. It is listed along with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei province and Prince Teng Pavilion in Nancharg, Jiangxi province ...

The most dynamic city in the world’s fastest changing nation, Shanghai is an exhilarating, ever morphing metropolis that isn’t just living China’s dream, but is setting the pace for the rest of the world. Shanghai is known as ‘...

In winter Harbin is covered with snow everywhere and offers typical northern scenery. It is a good time for a trip there. The city attracts visitors particularly for its ice and snow festival. The festival usually opens in the ...

Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, is called the "city of springs". An ancient saying about Jinan is: "Springs and willows are found in every courtyard." The major water attractions are Spurting Spring, Black Tiger Spring, Pearl Spring and ...

Wulingyuan is also a green treasury and a natural zoo. Over 97.7% of Zhangjiajie is clad with vast expanse of primitive sub-forests. There are 191 species of forest trees alone. Suoxiyu has 89 families of wooden plants with 570 ...