Preserving cultural traditions and identity while embracing the new …

Filmed in the winter of 2011 / 2012.

A coastal province in south east China 美丽中国·清新福建 官方旅游宣传短片

A great film of the Great Wall north of Beijing, including 'wild wall', accompanied by great music (踏古 (Ta Gu) by Lin Hai, 'Walking into Ancientry', with Chinese lute (pipa)). We [mum, dad - videographer - and son and daughter, from Singapore] hiked 3 sections of the Great Wall in winter, without any guides after studying blogs and posts by fellow hikers.

"Seven small arches" ...

Fun teacher ...

Sticker Travel visits the delightful NanLuoGuXiang street in the hutongs of BeiJing ...

Filmed in March 2011 ...

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.

FengHuang, 凤凰古城, HuNan province, central China. 'Fenghuang', Chinese for 'Phoenix', the mythical bird of good omen and longevity that is consumed by fire only to rise again from the flames, is named after a legend that two of these fabulous birds flew over and found the town so beautiful that they hovered there, reluctant to leave.

A video treat ! Four films, starting with 'summer'. Welcome, to the blue sky city of Beijing ...