The whole garden possesses with pride 42 rooms and halls, a 670-meter-long roofed walkway,200 lattice-windows of different kinds, 44 parallel couplets and stone carvings, 373 stelae, and 17 such valuable old trees as gingkoes, southern wistaria, which fall into 8 catalogues.
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SuZhou Classical Gardens
January 1st, 2010 by Hayden
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Tags: China, SuZhou, Suzhou Garden, The Lingering Garden, travel 
4 Comments »Taishan Mountain
December 30th, 2009 by Amos
Taishan Mountain, a typical representative of the Chinese famous traditional mountai , is a mountain with a long history and a ecial historic status. In 1982, Taishan Mountain was up into the list of State key scenic ots and was formally listed in the directory of World Natural and Cultural Heritage in 1987. It becomes a precious heritage of human being.
the West Lake of Hangzhou
December 24th, 2009 by Hayden
Perhaps the most famous lake in China is the Weat Lake, and many people are attracted by its history and beauty and legends.
The lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers. Seen from the sky, the West Lake is like a brilliant pearl embedded in the beautiful and fertile shores of the East China Sea near the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay. Here, nearly every scenic attractions have their own history.
Posted in Weekly Close-up Tags: China, China travel, Hangzhou, holiday travel, tourism, travel, West Lake No Comments »Potala Palace – the Palace with the Highest Elevation in the World
December 22nd, 2009 by Jessica
Situated in Marpo Rill Hill in Lhasa,Tibet in southwest China,the Potala Palace is a famous castle-like architectural complex and an ancient architectural complex of the Tibet poeple.
In the Sanskrit language,Potala means the “sacred land of Buddhism,”In the seventh century, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty gave Princess Wencheng to Songzang Gambo, unifier of Tibet, in marriage. To welcome his bride,Songzang Gambo had a palace built here,which was later destoryed in the war.In the mid 17th century when the Fifth Dalai was in power,he had the White Palace built and then had the Red Palace expanded to the present scale.
Posted in Geographical World Records Tags: China, Dalai Lamas, map, Potala Palace, toursim, travel 24 Comments »Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum and the Terra-cotta Warriors
December 21st, 2009 by Jessica
Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum was supposed to be mechanical and as long as one get into the Mausoleum, he will be cursed, and because of curses, the Mausoleum has not yet been excavated. What looks like inside could be known when it is opened. The height of the terra-cotta warriors varies from 1.78m, the shortest, to 1.97m, the tallest. They look healthy and strong and have different facial expressions. They organically combined the skills of round engraving, bas-relief and linear engraving, and utilized the six traditional folk crafts of sculpturing, such as hand-moulding, sticking, cutting, painting and so on.
Posted in Weekly Close-up Tags: China, Emperor Qin Shihuang, Mausoleum, natural, the Terra-cotta Warriors, travel 12 Comments »The Summer Palace
December 18th, 2009 by Hayden
The Summer Palace is located on the outskirts of Haidian District, Beijing, China, which is 15 kilometers away from Beijing City. It is China’s leading classical garden which enjoys a worldwide reputation. The Summer Palace was first built in 1153 and served as an imperial palace for short stays away from the capital. Empress Dowager Ci Xi rebuilt it in 1888 with a large sum of money which had been appropriated to build a Chinese navy. The Summer Palace was opened to the public in 1924 and included in the UNESCO world heritage list
Posted in Weekly Close-up Tags: Beijing city, China, geography, heritage, The Summer Palace, travel 2 Comments »Mount Huangshan
December 17th, 2009 by Hayden
You won’t wish to visit any other mountains after seeing the five most important mountains in China; and you won’t wish to visit any other four most important mountains in China after returning from Mount Huangshan.
About Fairy Tale – the Sun and Moon Lake
December 17th, 2009 by Jessica
The Sun and Moon Lake is the biggest natural lake of Taiwan, China, which is also known as the Dragon Lake. It is located in middle Nantou County. The northern part of the Lake is shaped like a Sun, and the Southern part is like a Moon, hence the name the Sun and Moon Lake. From a overlooking view, the lake which is surrounded by mountains, is like a pearl in Central Taiwan.
Posted in Weekly Close-up Tags: beautiful, China, mountain, natural, Taiwan, the Sun and Moon Lake, travel 5 Comments »The Mogao Carves
December 16th, 2009 by Hayden
The loving Buddha, the dancing fairies and the falling petals makes you feel as if you were in heaven. From an artistic perspective, it shows the extraordinary creativity and abilities of ancient Chinese.
Posted in Weekly Close-up Tags: China, Gansu Province, Mogao Carves, porcelain frescos, sculptures, travel 32 Comments »Shangri-la
December 12th, 2009 by Hayden
Shangri-la means the Garden of Eden, which represents a heavenly place where people live in extreme and eternal harmony. It’s a harmonious, mysterious and anonymous from the outside world in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains in Yunnan, China. In the year 1893, James Hilton described an eternally peaceful and quiet place among mountains in [...]
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