Dance of the Silk Road and Long Long Ago …

HuaShan lies in ShaanXi province and is one of China's Five Sacred Mountains; the highest peak is 2,155 meters (7,070 feet).

At the Oriental Pearl Tower ...

Shaolin Temple is located near the base of SongShan Mountain near DengFeng in Henan province and is the cradle of ShaoLin Kung Fu Buddhist culture. The live show is located in DaiXian Valley, 7 kilometers from the ShaoLin Temple and ten kilometers south of DengFeng in ZhengZhou city. Performances: 20:00 - 21:15 between mid-March and mid-November.

BeiJing, ShangHai, Xi'An, GuiLin ... Bonus film - diabolo around China ...

Fascinating insights into the very varied cuisines of China. Chinese language, but easy to follow.

Hunan province

TianJin lies 30 minutes east of BeiJing by high speed rail, on the coast in north east China.

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).

The most southerly part of China, HaiNan is warm all year with a more or less tropical climate.

Beautiful scenes from Yunnan province, south west China ...

A selection of the songs and fireworks ...