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Beihai Park

Beihai Park is an imperial garden to the northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Initially built in the 10th century, it is amongst the largest of Chinese gardens, and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces and temples. Prior to the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 this area was connected to the Forbidden City, but since 1925 it has been open to the public.
The Park has an area of more than 69 hectares, with a lake that covers more than half of the entire Park. At the center of the park is Qionghua island with a highest point…

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Beijing

Beijing, capital and cultural heart of modern China, is a city where past, present and future meet. Though rapidly transforming itself into a modern metropolis with towering high rise buildings, colorful billboards and multi-lane highways, the traditional city is never more than an alley away.

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Chengdu

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, famed for its natural beauty and delicious local cuisine, covers an area of 12,390 square kilometers and has a population of about 10 million. Chengdu is mountainous in the north-west area, with plains in the south-east area, and low hills in-between — attractive to many as an incredibly scenic environment. It has a sub-tropical climate with an annual average temperature of 16.2 degree Celsius. Those familiar with the city would describe it as “laid back” and one of the most livable megacities in China. The hot and humid weather in the summer makes it…

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Chinese Acrobatics

Acrobatics is an interactive art form. Everyone can easily appreciate the talent and strength exhibited by the performers. Chinese Acrobatics is one of the oldest performing arts. Its history can be traced back to Neolithic times. It is believed that acrobatics grew out of labor and self-defense skills, which people practiced and demonstrated during their leisure time.

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Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace for 5 centuries from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.  It served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government.
Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex today consists of 980 buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square meters (7,800,000 sq ft). The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest…

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French Concession

The Shanghai French Concession is a district in the city and was the foreign concession of France in Shanghai, China. Established in 1849, the concession was progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The concession came to an end in 1943. The area covered by the former French Concession was, for much of the 20th century, the premier residential and retail districts of Shanghai, and was also the centre of Catholicism in Shanghai. Despite rampant re-development over the last few decades, the area retains a distinct character, and is a popular tourist destination.
History
The French Concession was established…

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Giant Pandas

The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally meaning “cat-foot black-and-white”) is a mammal native to central-western and south western China. The Giant Panda is a member of the Ursidae (bear) family. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the Giant Panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. The Giant Panda may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, andbananas when available.
The Giant Panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan,…

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Guilin

The stunning landscape in which the city is situated has a kind of magic that is all its own. The strangely shaped hills, with the verdant vegetation make Guilin a popular city for travel. Located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin is considered to be the pearl of China’s thriving tourist industry on account of the natural beauty and historic treasures. Covering an area of about 27,800 square kilometers (10,734 square miles), the city is rather compact when compared with other leading cities in the country.

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Hutongs

Hutongs (simplified Chinese: 胡同; traditional Chinese: 衚衕; pinyin: hútòng) are a type of narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.
Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected…

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Jiuzhaigou

Jiuzhaigou, translated as the Valley of Nine Villages, received its name from the nine Tibetan villages located there and remains one of the most well-preserved valleys in China. It is a national park north of Chengdu (capital of Sichuan) and at the edge of the Tibetan Himalayan Plateau in the Minshan mountain range where visitors are swept away by the scenery of lakes, waterfalls, karsts and unique wildlife. The area is one of the few giant panda sanctuaries in the country and is home to more than 220 bird species, a number of endangered plant and animal species, including the…

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