Gateway to China’s Cultural Past . While Shanghai and Hong Kong compete for the right to be called the economic center of China, Beijing, which means “northern capital,” is undoubtedly the nation’s cult...
Where Modern meets Traditional. This former colonial city of 18 million people is now home to one of the world’s greatest concentrations of high-rise construction cranes, and its frantic pace mirrors th...
The great attraction of the provincial capital (1.6 million inhabitants.) Is the Westsee (Xi Hu), the famous Hangzhou-poems with a beauty of the ancient world is compared. The grace of since around 10...
In short, this town is known for the original zen garden. Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine garde...
The province located on the Yangzi metropolis (3.7 million inhabitants.) Served during their 2000-year history as the capital of ten times, so at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and during the Repub...
From the traditional, 40 km southeast of Hangzhou city (350 000 Ew.) Stems not only a famous rice wine, here were also famous as the first Chinese prime minister Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) and the writer ...
