Beautiful scenery around WuSu 乌苏 in XinJiang province

A liitle jet-lagged, our travelers spend a day in Beijing before setting off for other parts of China. Places visited : Tian'AnMen Square, the Forbidden City (Palace Museum) plus JingShan and BeiHai parks, all within easy walking distance of each other. Then it is on to DeShengMen to take the bus to BaDaLing Great Wall of China (one can also take a train from Beijing North railway station, near XiZhiMen).

The beautiful, wide-open grasslands of north China ... Bonus film - Mongolian music : 'Silent Sky' by the HAYA Band with DaiQing TaNa ...

‘Your Collar’, a haunting, romantic song from the imperial music of the Han Dynasty ... Plus, bonus music films ... 'I'm right here, where are you', sung by Alu Azhou and the Mountain Wind Group 阿鲁阿卓, 山风组合 生如夏花. Inspired by Stray Birds by famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, 1916 (生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美 --飞鸟集, 泰戈尔, 1916).

JiangSu province. With Walk East ...

YT video comment - "the more freedom is pretended, the more propaganda is needed ..."

Capital of HeNan province. With Walk East ...

Eckhart Tolle in conversation with Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer ...

Bonus film - chili and soy sauce ...

A cuisine masterclass for cooking this classic Chinese food dish ...

At the Panda Base research center ...

Three year old Mei Lan at Atlanta Zoo a couple of months before she was moved to the ChengDu Panda Base in China.