A guide to YangShuo 阳朔 – Travelogue

Including NanXiang GuYi garden, PuDong, day view from the Bund, night view from the Bund, a beach on the coast not far from Shanghai ...

The much-loved CCTV Chinese New Year's Gala (中国中央电视台春节联欢晚会) is a special yearly show produced by China Central Television that has a viewership of around 1 billion people. We have posted some songs from the 2013 gala too (all except one, for the first time). CNY Gala 2014 La Vie En Rose (玫瑰人生), performed by Sophie Marceau (France) and LIU Huan (苏菲·玛索、刘欢) CNY Gala 2013 Starting with NA Ying - Warm Spring with Blooming Flowers (Panda88 loves this !)

DānXiá Shān is a world famous UNESCO World Heritage Site Geo-Park. The area comprises a reddish sandstone which has been eroded over the years into a series of outcrops with spectacular cliffs and unusual rock formations. There are a number of temples in the mountains and many scenic paths. FuYiJiang River winds through the mountains and boat trips are possible.

Perhaps the most beautiful section and a great hike. About two and a half hours or so north east of BeiJing.

In AnHui province.

Highlights of an eight week trip though Tibet, YunNan, SiChuan, GanSu and QingHai provinces (2007).

Various views of the buildings and light shows ...

Rollerblading the metropolis ...

South east China. XiaMen was one of the first four 'special economic zones' when China began economic liberalization in the early 1980s (just 30 years ago). The traditional round houses of the Hakka ethnic minority, called TuLou (土楼), provided a measure of security and were like a small village inside.

A great film by David Lee ...