The Imperial City Wall Park near WangFuJing, BeiJing 北京

The beautiful LongQing Gorge is just 90 km north west of the city and a great day trip ...

Including YunNan and GuangXi provinces ...

Great cultural performances plus a dazzling fireworks show at the Olympic Park ... The Artistic World Gymnastics 2014, NanNing, GuangXi : Opening and team finals Peng Cheng and Zhang Hao, Exhibition Gala 2014, Cup of China

Filmed in 2011 ...

ShanHaiGuan, east of Beijing at the coast, is at the eastern end of the Great Wall. This is located near QinHuangDao and is closely associated with China's first emperor. Qin Dynasty: 221 - 206 BC. Qin Shi Huang joined together walls at China's northern frontier into the first Great Wall. He also ended feudalism and unified much of China.

Filmed in October 2010

ShānDōng lies on the coast in east China, roughly halfway between BeiJing and ShangHai. Provincial capital : JiNan. Also includes the city of QuFu, the birthplace of Confucius. Other well-known cities include QingDao, ZaoZhuang, YanTai, WeiFang, JiNing, LinYi and DeZhou. Among others, ShanDong is known for TaiShan sacred mountain, a large number of natural springs that arise from the mountains to the west (ShanDong means 'East of the Mountains), DaMing Lake formed from the spring waters, LaoShan Scenic Area, Thousand Buddha Mountain, LingYan Temple - one of the 4 most famous temples (四大名刹) from the Tang dynasty, PengLai Pavilion, wine-making and its distinctive cuisine, partly centered on seafood.

This great film explores some of China's history and culture through the beautiful nature, traditions and ancient structures of HeNan province ...

JuYong Pass is an interesting section of the Great Wall, close to Beijing (slightly nearer than BaDaLing along the same valley), has a steep climb on the west side.