Zhenzhu Lake literally means “Pearl Lake”. The lake is named after the pearls contained inside the freshwater mussels that used to live in the lake though there are no more freshwater mussels found here. The lake is actually a typical gorge river, about 10 kilomters long, a part of the Yongding River. Zhenzhu River is locally referred as “Little…
Lying in the northeast of Mentougou District, Jiangou Village abuts Haidian District in its east,Changping District in its north. It is easily accessible with a county-level highway leading from Highway No.109 directly to the village, about 35 km from the downtown Beijing. Jiangou Village is nestled on three gullies or valleys at the sea-level of over 1000 meters surrounded…
Miao Feng Shan ( or Mt. Maofengshan ) is one of the famous mountains in the suburbs of Beijing. Miao Feng Shan literally means “mountain with beautiful peak”. It is located in Mengtougou District, about 55km west of Beijing downtown. Its highest peak reaches the sea-level of1291 meters, occupying 20 square kilometers. Mt. Miao Feng Shan…
Each year, March 15 is the official date for halting the heating system in the whole city of Beijing. This special date reminds people that spring is around the corner in Beijing. The whole city of Beijing wakes up with flowers blooming here and there between later March and mid-May after a 4-month cold winter….
Plan your Lanzhou Tour? Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu Province. About 3.2 million people live in the urban area. it is a key regional transportation hub, allowing areas further west to maintain railroad connections to the eastern half of the country. Lanzhou was an ancient city on the ‘Silk Road’ trade route between…
Plan your Ningxia Tour? As the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yichuan is an often-overlooked city that is irrigated by the mighty Yellow River amidst the arid landscape of China’s dry northwest. Making up 28% of the city’s population, the Hui influence throughout the city is obvious. Yinchuan has a desert climate (Köppen BWk)…
Plan your Lijiang Yunan Tour? Situated in the northwest plateau in Yunnan, Lijiang (the Beautiful River) got its name from its position at the middle reaches of the beautiful Jinsha River. Scattered on an area of 7,648 square kilometers, the population of 320,000 is made up of the Naxi, Bai, Lisu, Pumi, Yi, Tibetan,…
Plan your Chengdu Tour? Chengdu lies in the southwest of China, in the center of the West-Sichuan Basin. At an average 500 meters above the sea level, the city with its surrounding area of 12 thousand square kilometers-with an average annual temperature of 15.5 degrees centigrade, an average rainfall of 997 millimeters, and 26.4 billion…