As one of the seven great ancient capital cities in China, the city of Kaifeng has much to offer in terms of ancient buildings and historical relics. Dragon Pavilion Park ( 龙亭公园 – Long Ting Park ) is a big draw when visiting Kaifeng on your Henan tour. Dragon Pavilion is the main structure in the park…
Plan your Henan tour? Henan Province is situated in Central China. Henan literally means “South of the River”. Here “the River” refers to the Yellow River, the second longest river in China after Yangtze River. This province is an essential cradle of China’s civilization bestowed with long and thick Chinese history. Henan Province often reminds us…
Plan your Henan Tour? I’ve rounded up the top 10 attractions in Henan, a province that is an essential cradle of China’s civilization bestowed with long and thick Chinese history. 1. Longmen Grottoes The Longmen grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese cave carvings entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion…
Are you interested in a Great Wall Tour? The Great Wall section extended west from Zhuizishan Great Wall is known as Xiaohekou Great Wall. Xiaohekou Great Wall is named after a natural village called “Xiaohekou” which literally means “a small river’s mouth”. Xiaohekou Village is located within the administrative village known as Xigou Village in Yongan Town of Suizhong County…
If you are in the process of planning your Guiyang tour or Guizhou tour, a day trip from Guiyang to Xijiang 1000-household Miao Village (西江千户苗寨) is highly recommended. About 200km to the east of Guiyang, Xijiang Miao Village is located in a deep valley of Leigong Mountain National Park, about 30 km to the Leigong…
Plan your Guangzhou tour? A side trip to Kaiping County, 130km southwest of Guangzhou is highly recommended. Kaiping is world famous for its Diaolou (fortified village houses ), pristine villages and old townships. Kaiping Diaolous and villages were named as World Cultural Heritage in 2007 for their harmonious fusion between Chinese and Western structures. Kaiping…
Plan your Guangzhou tour? If you are pressed for time and would like to visit Guangzhou in one day or just a few hours’ layover tour, my proposed highlight Guangzhou day tour will bring both the modern and ancient Guangzhou to you, which you can customized per your own request. It will spread to you the…
Plan your Fujian Tour? Peitian Village is a place worth visiting in Fujian. The cluster of the ancient Ming and Qing buildings in the Peitian Village is one of the three kinds of vernacular Hakkak dwellings. The other two are Tulou (clay buildings) in Southwest Fujian and Weilong Wu (circled dragon houses) in Meizhou of…