Nanning, the capital of Guangxi autonomous region, is located in the southern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 160 kilometers from the border with Vietnam. Nanning is close to scenic Guilin, with its world famous hillscape, northern and western Guangxi and its minority villages, and the border with Vietnam in the south. Nanning is truly…
Plan your Zhangjiajie Tour? Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie was listed with UNESCO World Heritage 1992. This world heritage site is popularly known as “Zhangjiajie Senic Area” rather than “Wulingyuan” mainly because Wulingyuan Scenic Area is under the administration of Zhangjiajie City. The Wulingyuan Scenic Area consists of four parts: Zhangjiajie National Park, Suoxiyu Nature Reserve,…
Civil wedding ceremonies go on everyday in Beijing. Spring and summer are the most popular time of year for weddings. Today at the invitation of one of my former university classmates – Mr. Jiang, I take part in his son’s marriage ceremony held in the Golden Hall at the Building C of Beijing Hotel. Most…
Jiankou Great Wall is the greatest and most photogenic section of the Great Wall around Beijing. Jiankou Great Wall is wild and totally unrestored. The tumbledown and crumbling brickwork snakes along a narrow mountain ridge. So it is dangerous and treacherous to hike this section of the Wall. At the time of my writing, it is…
Plan your Great Wall tour? If you are interested in hiking a wild and unrestored section of the Great Wall, Shixiaguan Great Walll is your ideal choice. At the time of my writing, Shixiaguan Great Wall is the only unrestored Great Wall that is officially open to the public known as Ruined Badaling Great Wall…
I’ve just made a list of Beijing modern buildings ‘photos, far from a complete list. If you are interested in Beijing’s contemporary buildings during your Beijing tour, you may look at these listed pictures and then take your own photos to make up this list. Architectures are booming in Beijing with the vanishing of hutongs…
Plan your Beijing excursion? Jingdong Karst Cave, is popularly known as Jingdong Big Cave or Big Karst Cave in Pinggu. It is located in Heidouyu Village at Pinggu District, 90km east of Beijing city proper. “Jingdong” literally means “East of Beijing”. Jingdong Karst Cave have existed ever since 1.5 billion years before, hence the name…
Wangquanyu Great Wall lies to the west of Beijing Knot at Jiankou Great Wall and east of Lvanling Great Wall. Wangquanyu Great Wall is named after the the village with the same name – Wangquanyu Village at the Wangquanyu Valley. Wangquan Village is situated about 90km to the north of downtown Beijing. To get to Wangquan Village, you…