Plan your Xiamen Tour? The most popular sight for Xiamen, apart from Gulangyu, South Putuo Temple, Hulishan Fortress is the Island Ring Road (环岛路 Huandao Lu). The Xiamen Island Ring Road is a 4-6 lane seaside road totally 43km in length, a green belt that offers tourists a perfect place to bike along beautiful seashores. The best part…
As the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northern China, Hohhot is a springboard for your Inner Mongolia Tour, an ideal place to relax away from modern day pressure thanks to the magnificent natural beauty as well as fantastic cultural sites. When planning your Hohhot tour, one of the frequently asked questions likely…
When you are planning Beijing Tour, an excursion to one of the sections of the Great Wall will be definitely on your agenda. Mutianyu Great Wall is listed as the No.01 attraction in Beijing according to the recommendations by Beijing Tripadvisor Community. But nowadays the temptation is increasing to visit its west neighboring section of…
UNESCO World Heritage Centre annually selects places of special cultural or physical significance with universal value to humanity by putting them on the World Heritage List aimed at protecting them for future generations to see, touch and appreciate. The latest figure (2019) says the total number of world heritage sites in China reaches 55, ranking…
Plan your Chengdu tour? If you are interested in Chinese history, or in the Three Kindoms (220 to 280 AD) in particular, you may put Wuhou Shrine on your Chengdu travel bucket list. ABC of Wuhou Shrine Wuhou Shrine and Zhuge Liang Wuhou Shrine Chengdu was first built in memory of Zhuge Liang (181 –…
Plan your Lhasa tour? For many first-time Lhasa visitors, Sera Monastery is one of the highlights in Lhasa. It is located 6km north of downtown Lhasa. Brief History of Sera Monastery Sera Monastery is known as one of the three major monasteries in Lhasa. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Sera Monastery…
Euphrates Poplar Trees Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica), or Desert Poplar, is an ancient species of poplar tree in the willow family. The poplar trees change colors with seasons – green in spring and summer, yellow and golden on autumn, and red in winter. The Euphrates Poplar trees (Also known as Diversifolius Poplar and Populus )…
Plan your Anhui tour? Abutting Jiangsu on the east, Zhejiang on the southeast, Jiangxi on the south and Hebei and Hunan on the west, Anhui is a low-profile province in the east region of China with Hefei as its capital city. The Yangtze River and Huai River cross Anhui Province from the west to the east, geographically…