West Lake 西湖 boat trip, HangZhou 杭州

ChengDu ... WuHan ... ShenZhen ... BeiJing ... XiaMen ... Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, GuangDong ... ChangSha ...

On a trip to Yunhe Terrace in Lishui, Zhejiang in 2016, mother fell in love with the beautiful views and fresh air there. Recalling that mother sold family house in hometown to raise money for his tuition to study abroad 16 years ago, Tian rent a 2-mu land 1030 meters above the sea level and built his mother a new house surrounded by mountains and clouds.

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.

Runs to the end of February, weather permitting.

Fascinating insights into the very varied cuisines of China. Chinese language, but easy to follow.

A KunQu Opera performance at the World Horticultural Exposition, BeiJing, 2019 ...

If you have not yet been to China, how to communicate might be a concern. This video is by a popular travel blogger discussing just this, after six months in China ...

The Oriental Pearl Tower lies in PuDong, next to the HuangPu River and on the opposite side of the river from the Bund.