Jean-Michele Jarre at the Forbidden City, BeiJing

Also known as the Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year starts on Saturday 28th January this year and on the mainland lasts one week. This year, based on a lunar calendar, will be the Year of the Rooster. Preparations will already be under way and include a spring clean and adding festive decorations. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are a time for family reunions, and for many this means travelling home from the city to the countryside.

Plus, Gong LinNa with a beautiful new song : Xiao He Tang Shui 小河淌水 ...

In HuNan province. Plus a detailed documentary film. Discover why to the Chinese nature is not just a pretty background, but that human life is rooted in nature; that nature is as a holy text of which we are a part ...

South east China, near ShenZhen and Hong Kong ...

All kinds of pastime can be found here ...

A beautiful National Forest park and renowned scenic area. Includes the world's longest cable car ride (7 km), up through the clouds ...

HeBei province more or less surrounds BeiJing municipality. ShiJiaZhuang lies about 260 kilometres (160 miles) south-west of BeiJing city.

Mount HuaShan, 华山, lies about 75 miles east of Xi'An, 西安, in ShaanXi province, central China. The esteem of harmony between Man and Nature is a key part of Chinese philosophy and no trip to China is quite complete without a mountain climb ...

A short documentary - an extended preview of Chris Crudelli's film on the martial arts in China today.

Filmed in November 2013. Places featured: Hong Kong *, Li River (GuangXi) *, LiJiang (YunNan), Tiger Leaping Gorge *, ChengDu (pandas), Tibet *, ShangHai, BeiJing (wild Great Wall *); * indicates most footage.

Summer residence of the emperors from the mid-Ming to Qing dynasties. Now a delightful public park / museum and a UNESCO World Heritage site.