This ancient architectural complex is considered a model of Tibetan architecture. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa, Tibet, it is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west...Read More

The observatory was built in 1934, which was the only observatory before liberation. In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China and destroyed almost all the equipments except the ones protected by the astronomy workers. After liberation, the astronomy...Read More

Prior to 1949, People's Square was a part of the horseracing course of Shanghai. After gambling and horseracing were banned by the new Communist government, a part of the race course became the People's Square, which included a large avenue and...Read More

Suzhou, like many other Chinese cities, was once surrounded by a ring of walls and gates. But since much of the city's commerce and transportation took place on its network of canals, completely walling of the city would have been impractical. As...Read More

Legends say 1600 years ago, an Indian monk came to Hangzhou and found the hills and peaks enchanting and thought it would be a perfect retreat of the soul. So he built a temple here and named it Monastery of the Soul’s Retreat (Linyin). The...Read More

The history of the place dates back to 600 years ago, and the site was the mansion of Prince of Han during the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty it became the office of the Vieeroy of Jiangnan and Jiangxi. In March 1853, the Taiiping peasant army...Read More

The Prince Gong's Mansion was first built in front of Lion Alley in the eastern sector of Di'anmen Dongjie (Street). But the present Gong Mansion is located at 17 Qianhai Xijie on the east bank of Shicha Lake. The Mansion is the most exquisitely...Read More

The Pearl River is where Guangzhou's scenic spots are. Praises to the beauty of the Pearl River have been 'Red Heart of the Pearl Sea' and 'Night Moon over the Goose Pool', selected in 1962 as of the Eight Sights of Guangzhou, plus the 'Sunlight...Read More

Peking Man Cave was a limestone cave, about half a million years ago, Peking Man came to live intermittently until 200,000 years ago. As the cave became gradually filled with Peking Man stones and sands, remains and relics, and so on, a thick...Read More

Putuo Mountain, one of the Four Holy Buddhist Mountains(the other three are Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province, Emei Mountain in Sichuan Province and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province), is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province and covers an area of...Read More