ShangHai 上海 night-time scenes (6)

Cyan lakes, wonderful waterfalls and verdant forests ...

Far north west China ...

The story of an American girl with a dream to master Chinese dance through to graduation at Beijing Normal University's dance school ...

GuiLin, the Li and YuLong rivers, Elephant Trunk Hill, Ping'An village, and the rice terraces of LongSheng and LongJi, GuangXi province ...

From green Mung Beans ... Sprouted beans add a nice soft crunch to stir-fries, and also make the nutrition they contain more easily absorbed. There are many other herbs, seeds, garlic shoots and more to explore, without a farm, or even a garden.

On the HuangPu River, facing PuDong, at the heart of ShangHai ...

A talk by Martin Jacques; October 2020.

XiaMen is a port city in FuJian province, east China. It is widely regarded as a pleasant city, with fine beaches. This film looks at the KiteBoard Tour of Asia in 2009; first stop in XiaMen.

A beautiful mix of video and stills ... Places featured include: ShangHai PuDong Airport, Magnetic Levitation Train - Maglev, the Bund, Bund sightseeing tunnel panorama, PuDong Financial District, Oriental Pearl Tower, WFC World Financial Center Tower, JinMao Tower, NanJing Road by night, World Financial Center Tower Observatory, night view of skyscrapers, Sky Arena 94th floor, People's Square, Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, Shanghai Museum, Jade Buddha Temple, LongHua Pagoda, YuYuan Market, Yu garden, Tea House, HongQiao railway station, bullet train.

Bonus film - the whole long weekend trip ...

XīTang is a picturesque, ancient water-town in JiaShan County, ZheJiang province; within the flat-lands of the YangTse River delta. Its history dates back to at least the Spring and Autumn Period when it was located at the border of the ancient states of Yue and Wu. XiTang is crisscrossed by nine rivers and many canals, linked by a multitude of distinct stone bridges.