BeiHai Park 北海公园 slide-show, BeiJing 北京

Surprisingly beautiful ...

Sailing along the Li River and YuLong River, among beautiful karst mountain peaks ... Bonus films - starting with 'Let life be beautiful' ... 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).

YuanMingYuan, also known as the 'Old Summer Palace', was constructed during the 18th and early 19th century and was a wonderland of lakes and waterways, bridges, hills and pavilions. One third of the ground of YuanMingYuan was taken up by over 200 small hills with steep sides, secluded valleys, rock walls and stone caves.

Runs to the end of February, weather permitting.

The poetry of nature ...

JiuXiang Scenic Area lies about 70 kilometres from KunMing and 47 km from the town of YiLiang. In JiuXiang, rivers and streams criss-cross karst hills and mountains. There are more than one hundred caves here that form one of the largest cave groups in China. The stalactites in the caves take on many forms in different colours.

Song and dance, late night shopping, dining, strolling ...

This film focuses on the three main structures, including the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests ...

A tad late this year, but here it is ... Fire up your huo guo (hot pot) or pop that corn, kick back and enjoy our music selection ... If you can, please support this site with a donation; it really does help us keep going ... Thank you from the BeijingBuzzz team !

Wonderful sweeping scenes ...

The world's largest ancient statue. Near LeShan city in SiChuan province.