The beautiful, blue sky city of BeiJing 北京

Beautifully filmed by Niezwykly Swiat ... Let's also sneak in a little night time dance action ...

Despite its northern location, Beijing, the blue sky city, is one of the sunniest places in China and, in summer, also one of the hottest. Although around 1,000 miles north of Shanghai, and some 2,000 miles north of Hong Kong and tropical Hainan, Beijing is hotter through the summer months (mid-may to mid-September).

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 !)

Some highlights from the five hour CCTV spectacular - the best ever ! From BeiJing, ShangHai, YangShuo and Harbin ...

JiuZhaiGou ('Nine Villages Valley') in south west China is a UNESCO World Heritage site, nature reserve and scenic area. A great film by Sticker Travel ...

Filmed in autumn 2010.

At the Panda Base research center ...

AnHui, 安徽, lies in East China, just to the west of JiangSu province and ShangHai, and noted for its cuisine and materials related to calligraphy (paper and inkstone). Tourist destinations include HuangShan mountain, HongCun and XiDi ancient villages, Chao Lake, TaiJi Cave, ZhenFeng Pagoda and ZuiWeng Pavilion.

Keep the love ... Excellent cinematography

WuZhen, 乌镇, lies not far from ShangHai, where this film starts, and also HangZhou and SuZhou, in ZheJiang province (on the east coast, south of ShangHai)).