China: attractions and places of interest

Window to the world is a famous Chinese theme park located in Shenzhen, which belongs to China. This huge park complex houses about 130 architectural monuments known to the whole world. Here, on an area of 480 thousand meters2, Egyptian pyramids concentrated, the Grand Canyon, whose twin brother is ...

Longmen is a temple cave located on the territory of two mountains of China. The total length of the caves occupies about one kilometer along the slope of the mountain. The temple complex got its name through the similarity of the mountains located opposite each other and the river with gates flowin...

Crescent Lake is located near the Chinese town of Dunhuang in the center of the Gobi Desert. This unique masterpiece created by nature has the shape of a crescent moon. Translated, it is precisely this value that it has – « a young month ». There is no vegetation around it, only endless sand is pres...

Yungang Grottoes is China's oldest attraction, thanks to cave grottas that were cut down here about 15 centuries ago. This area, which attracts many tourists, is located 400 km. from Beijing. Political aspects gradually transformed Indian Buddhism into the Chinese religion. Buddhism has not played ...

The Forbidden City – is the largest palace in China, where the emperors of the country of the XV - XX centuries were located. For at least 500 years, this mysterious complex in the middle of Beijing was the residence of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The palace was not entitled to visit...

The Kowloon Fortress City – is a former huge dirty communal apartment in Koulun that belonged to Hong Kong in China. Given that the city is not big, there was a time when there were about 50 thousand people in it. A marvelous settlement has a rather rich history, which began a thousand years ago, w...

Shilin is China's most picturesque national park, 126 km from Kunming. On an area of 350 km2 there is a forest of rocks and trees. The territory consists of 7 zones: Moon Lake, Naigu Stone Forest, Kvingh cave, Zhiyun cave, long lake, Da Deshui waterfall, stone forests. Here it is easy to notice the ...

The Great Wall of China – is the oldest structure of the Chinese people, which emphasizes the power of this country. It was erected about 2 thousand years ago in order to preserve the integrity of the borders of the empire, as well as protect agricultural land from enemy raids. Its main materials we...

Cane flute cave is the most beautiful place on the planet located in China. The cave lurked in a rock surrounded by bamboo thickets used by the local population to produce flutes. Once there you feel as if in a fairy tale, and gentle neon backlight complements the already beautiful landscapes. The ...

The terracotta army is the burial of clay soldiers near the city of Xi'an, found in 1974 near the tomb of the Chinese emperor. The statues of at least 8099 soldiers were buried with Emperor Qin Shihuandi, who united China and connected all the links of the Great Wall. They may have had to guard the ...