Beihai (North Sea) Park is located at the center of Beijing, just northwest to the Forbidden City. Together with the South Lake and the Central Lake, which today is the nerve center of the Communist Party, it constituted the West Lake in the ancient...Read More

As the symbol of the old-line Xi'an, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists. It is located in the southern suburb of Xian City, about 4 kilometers (2.49 miles) from the downtown of the city....Read More

Built in 1384 by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Bell Tower was used to dominate the surrounding countryside and provide early warning of attack by rival rulers. Now it is a stately traditional building, marking the geographical center of the ancient...Read More

Beijing Aquarium, the world's largest inland aquarium, is located on the north bank of the Chang River within the Beijing Zoo. It covers 120,000 square meters with a construction area of 42,000 square meters and integrates marine animals watching,...Read More

Beijing National Stadium, also known as the National Stadium,or colloquially as the "Bird's Nest", is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Located in the Olympic Green,...Read More

The Olympic Green is an Olympic Park in Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beijing Olympic Park is a big oxygen bar of the city. It i s a leisure park with scenery similar to classical Chinese landscape painting. Beijing...Read More

The Baisha Mural Some 16 kilometers north of Lijiang City locates the Baisha Village. Many buildings there were built in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a history of more than 300 years. That period was a era of ecomomic development in Lijiang. Many...Read More

The Black Dragon Pool (Heilongtan) is a noted pond in the scenic Jade Spring Park (Yu Quan Gong Yuan) located at the foot of Elephant Hill, a short walk north of the old town of Lijiang (Yunnan - China). It was built in 1737 during the Qing Dynasty...Read More

The Beijing Zoo was built in 1906 and opened to the public in 1908 with an area of about 10 hectares and a few humble pavilions to house the animals. At that time only several dozens of species were shown. such as lions, tigers, leopards and...Read More

Barkhor refers to Lhasa's pilgrimage circuit, a quadrangle of streets that surrounds the Jokhang and some of the old buildings adjoining it. It is an area unrivalled in Tibet for its fascinating combination of deep religiosity and push-and-shove...Read More