Plan your Qinhuangdao Tour? The city of Qinhuangdao mainly comprises three districts – Shanhaiguan, Beidaihe and Haigang. A trip to Shanhaiguan is much sought after by foreign travelers who want to visit the old Ming garrison town and the eastern tip of the Great Wall. The walled Shanhaiguan town was built in Ming Dynasty (1368…
Plan your Hebei Tour? Hebei is a unique province that almost circles Beijing. Its capital city of Shijiazhuang is the political, economic and cultural center of Hebei Province. Its name of Shijiazhuang literally means “Villige of Shi Family”, an indication of the present prosperous city of Shijiazhuang that developed from a small hamlet. Now Shijiazhuang…
Plan your Wuyishan Tour? Wuyishan or Wuyi Mountain is a popular mountain retreat in the northeast of Fujian Province off China’s southeast coast. Its waterfalls, rivers, mountains and forests are combined to draw a great number of visitors both domestic and oversea each year. In 1999, Mount Wuyi was listed as UNESCO’s World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site. Then, when…
Mausoleum of the Nanyue King is officially known as the Western Han Museum of the Nanyue King Mausoleum (西汉南越王博物馆). If you are interested in history or archiology, Mausoleum of the Nanyue King is a nice place to go on your short Guangzhou tour. The museum is built on the burial site of Zhao Mo, the…
Plan your Guangzhou tour? Guangxiao Temple is a big draw in Guangzhou. “Guangxiao”literally means “Bright Filial Piety”. It is an oldest buddhist monastery in Guangdong Province. It was originally the mansion of Prince Zhao Jiande, the grandson of Zhao Tuo – the king of the Nanyue Kingdom during the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- A.D.24). In…
In China, almost every city or town has its own old buddhist temples, which are very often the embodiment of the local arts, religion, culture and history. China lacks the gentry estates like the great houses of England and France. Buddhist temples are important monuments left over by our forefathers to the tangible civilization in…
Plan your Guangzhou tour? If you are going to visit Guangzhou just in one day, you should include a visit to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall ((陈家祠). The Chen Clan Ancestral Hall was once an ancestral shrine, originally built in 1888 and completed in 1894. The construction of the shrine was collectively sponsored by the 72 Chen clans scattered in Guangdong Province for the accommodation and preparation for the…
Plan your Guangzhou tour? Night cruising on the Pearl River is a must for many first time visitors coming to Guangzhou. Like the River Thames in London, the River Seine in Paris and Huang Pu River in Shanghai, Guangzhou has its own mesmerizing Pearl River passing through the city proper from west to east. The Pearl…