The Six Harmonies Pagoda is located on Yuelun Hill overlooking the Qiantang River, and south of West Lake (Xi Hu) and is one of the true masterpieces of ancient Chinese architectures. Originally the pagoda was built during the Northern Song Dynasty (386-581) by the ru……
The Wide Goose Tower. originally called Daci`en Temple Tower (the Grand Mercy Temple Tower). lies in the Grand Mercy Temple of the south suburb of Xi`an City. It is the oldest and most famous ancient tower in Xi`an. considered the symbol of the old city.
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The Three Pagodas are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the corners of a symmetric triangle, near the town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Nanzhao kingdom and Kingdom of Dali.
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The Erqi Memorial Tower. situated in the Erqi Square in downtown Zhengzhou of Henan Province. was built on September 29. 1971. to commemorate the setting up of Workers` Union of Beijing-Hankou Railway as well as the whole-line Communist-led strike of rail workers held……
Lhasa is rightly one of the most featured and dreamt-about cities in the world. This is not only because of its remoteness. its high altitude at 3.650 meters (11.975 feet) means limited accessibility. but also because of its impressive heritage of over a thousand year……
Xi`an has its Terracotta Warriors; Chengdu has its pandas. Each city offers much more. of course. but a visit to Chengdu without a stop at its Panda Breeding Research Center would be almost criminal. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan. perhaps one of the best-known pro……
Luoyang. located along the southern banks of the middle reaches of the Yellow River. is one of the seven ancient capitals of China. served sooner or later as the capital city with a history of 1592 years and for 13 different dynasties (the Xia. the Shang. the Eastern ……
Chengde Summer Resort, also called Chengde Out Palace or Rehe Xanadu, is situated north of Hebei Province's Chengde downtown, 230 kilometers away from Beijing. First built in the 42nd year (1703) of Emperor Kangxi's reign of the Qing Dynas……
Dunhuan Mogao Cave is the largest and best-preserved historical Buddhist site in the world. But why were such great works of art set up on a cliff in the desert in China`s northwest.
It is said this site was chosen by a monk. In 366. Le Zun traveled to Sanweishan M……
On the Moburi Mountain towering over the Lhasa valley in Northwest China`s Tibet Autonomous Region. the Potala Palace occupies an area of 360.000 square meters. A serpentine stairway up the mountainside leads to the palace buildings on a height of 3.700 meters above s……