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Chinese Character: 石林; Chinese Pinyin: shí lín

The Stone Forest is in Lunan Yi Nationality Autonomous County, which is about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Kunming and requires only a three-hour drive. It covers an area of 400 square kilometers (96,000 acres) and includes both large and small stone forests, as well as many other [...]

Chinese Character: 泸沽湖; Chinese Pinyin: lu gu hú

On the border of Yi Autonomous County in Ninglang in Yunnan Province and Yanyuan County in Sichuan Province, there is a plateau lake called Lugu Lake. Forming by the downthrows of a geological fault, Lugu Lake is the highest and the second deepest lake in Yunnan. It [...]

Chinese Character: 丽江古城; Chinese Pinyin: lì jiang gu chéng
The Old Town of Lijiang, a well-preserved old city of ethnic minorities with brilliant culture, is a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province. Locating on the plateau which is 2,400 meters (7,874 feet) above the sea level and [...]

Chinese Character: 丽江壁画; Chinese Pinyin: lì jiang bì hu�
Ten kilometers (six miles) northwest of Lijiang Old Town, there are several ancient villages, including Baisha, Dayan, Shuhe, Yangxi and Xuesong. There, the invaluable Lijiang Mural is stored, preserved and displayed in 15 venerable temples, such as Juexian, Wande, Guiyi temples and Sanbi Garden. Altogether, the mural [...]

Travel some 27 kilometers south of Dali and you will come to a popular beauty spot known locally as the “Butterfly Spring.” Situating at the foot of Mount Shenmo, the first of the peaks of Mount Cangshan the spring rises to form a square shaped pool the dense foliage shaded that that lines its banks. [...]

“Hutong”，H-U-T-O-N-G what does Hutong mean？
According to experts，the word Hutong originated from Mongolian language meaning”Well.”In ancient times，people tended to gather and live around wells. So the original meaning of Hutong should be”a place where people gather and live.”Another explanation says that during the Yuan Dynasty，about 13th century，residential areas in the city were divided into many divisions. [...]

For those who want to experience the localcustoms as well as the history and culture of Beijing, the hutong and Siheyuan (quadrangle) are indispensible parts of a visit as unique Beijing architectural structures.
A hutong is an ancient city alley or lane typical in Beijing, where hutongs run into the several thousand. Surrounding the Forbidden City, [...]

A hutong is an ancient city alley or lane typical in Beijing, where hutongs run into the several thousand. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming(1368-1628) and Qing(1644-1908) dynasties. In the prime of these dynasties the emperors, to establish supreme power for themselves, planned the city and arranged the residential [...]

China is an ancient country with 5000-year old civilization which differs greatly from the western world in terms of culture, traditions, customs, language and cuisine. There is no better way than traveling to China and seeking out by oneself among ordinary Chinese folks if your aim is to feel the dynamics of the change in [...]

China, (People’s Republic of China), is situated in eastern Asia. The Pacific Ocean bounded it in the east and has an area of 9.6 million square kilometers. It is the third largest country in the world, next to Canada and Russia.
China’s borders begin about midstream along the Heilong River north of Mohe (53 degrees and [...]