Built in 1416 and located at the northwest suburb 5 kilometers from Lhasa, it is the largest of the six big shamanist monasteries in China. It occupies a land of 250,000 square meters and had once boasted 10,000 monks, among whom, many became...Read More

The Drum Tower is located northwest of the Bell Tower, across the Bell Tower and Drum Tower Square. Together they are called the 'sister buildings' or 'morning bell and dark drum'. In ancient China, especially from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the...Read More

Longsheng county, located in northeastern Guangxi province, was the earliest county to be established in southern China. It is tucked in a densely forrested area of over 2400 square kilometres and has a population of only 160 000 people. It is...Read More

Perhaps Nanjing's most famous landmark and a perennial favorite among tourists to Jiangsu, Zhongshan Ling is the grand tomb of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (also known as Sun Zhongshan). Dr. Sun was the first president of the Republic of China and one of the...Read More

Drepung lies five Kilometers west of Lhasa at the halfway point of the hill. It was built in 1416 by Gyayang Chugye, the disciple of Master Zongkaba. It is the biggest monastery in size and is built in the style of Tibetan religious constructions....Read More

Daming temple, also named Great Brightness Temple, is one of the most historic Buddhist temples in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. It occupies a commanding position atop a hill overlooking Yangzhou and the Shou Xi Hu(Slender West Lake) Garden. The...Read More

At the northern end of North Sichuan Road of Hongkou District, Shanghai, there is L-shaped small road-Duolun Road. The Sunset Bell Tower at the corner is newly rebuilt but still remains its original style of primitive simplicity and it witnessed the...Read More

The forest reserve on the West Bank of the Dianchi Lake consists of the Huating, Taihua and Luohan mountains, which together extend for more than 40 kilometers at an average altitude of 2,500 meters above sea level. This is a colossal natural forest...Read More

Dragon Well, the joint of southern ridges and northern ridges of West Lake in Hangzhou, is on Phoenix Hill with rich forests and expansive areas to store rainfall. Therefore, the spring water will still gush out even in draught. The ancient people...Read More

Located four kilometers southeast of Shaoxing is the Dayu Tomb. Dayu, also known as Yu the Great, was the King of Xia Dynasty (22-16 B.C.). He is remembered for his outstanding efforts in flood control. Inside the Dayu Tomb site area, there are the...Read More