The musical fountain at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi’An 西安

A lovely film. Includes bamboo rafting on the Li River, hot-air ballooning, cycling through the countryside, hiking at the LongSheng rice terraces and the evening show Impressions of YangShuo, set on the water.

August 2011.

SiChuan province. Filmed at the ChengDu Panda Base and the BiFengXia Panda Base.

The first film shows some scenes of the central temple area, and the second the many activities that take place in the surrounding park ...

A Chinese brush artist since 1976, Virginia Lloyd-Davies has paintings in collections in the U.S., China, Britain, Europe, Japan, Mexico and Kenya. Her teacher for 26 years until his death was Master Painter I-Hsiung Ju, with whom she traveled regularly to China & Taiwan. Watch Virginia demonstrate a typical lotus painting .

A trip to these three nearby cities on China's east coast.

The coastal city of TianJin is a short high speed rail journey east of Beijing (about 45 minutes) ... The beautiful HaiHe River night cruise ... TianJin city guide ... TianJin in time-lapse ...

Free-line skating in the park ...

TianJin lies 30 minutes east of BeiJing by high speed rail, on the coast in north east China.

60 kilometers north of LiJiang in south west China. The gorge is about 15 kilometers long and passes the 5,600m high Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

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.