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Facts About China in Pictures Facts About China in Pictures presents tourist destinations and attractions in China including cities, parks, nature of Himalayas, lovely pandas and much more on thousands of pictures.
By most of those following the news, China is either admired or envied for its enormous economic progress and might.
By many potential tourists however, it is first of all greatly embraced for opening its borders.
Unfortunately despite its recent giant steps towards the prosperity and great achievements in almost every aspect of human life and every field of science and technology - for us westerners, China is still seen rather through the prism of old pictures dated from the times of Cultural Revolution.
The bottom line is that China is still a “Terra Incognita”. It is true that due to China’s “Centuries long remoteness” from our European and then North-American centrism, cultural differences and hard to comprehend language it is not easy to make quick change to our perceptions of this great country.
But I guess we have to match the policy of open borders with the process of opening our minds for what China is today and has to offer. It may require our own version of “Cultural Revolution” to reject our prejudices and bias, but I can guarantee you – it will be a very rewarding effort.
Shanghai – an extraordinary mega-city called “New York on steroids” …..
Old Chinese traditions mixed with modernity of vertically and horizontally expanding metropolis in an attempt to re-capture the long forgotten glory of the past on the way to the modern future. To make a tour of this this mega-city please click on the left picture or select the following link:
Shanghai City Pictures
Enter the gardens by clicking on the left picture or selecting the link: Shanghai- Yu Garden
Once you stop at another beautiful Chinese city - Guilin, you may want to stay there for much longer than initially planed. And it is not only due to the extraordinary beauty of the city itself with the downtown lakes, islands, pagodas..... You will find there warm and friendly, enjoying their lives people, dancing on the streets, singing for themselves or friends..... Not to mention surrounding attractions like parks, fairy-tale caves, cruise along the Li-River's breathtaking landscape and the famous show on the water... You can tour this city of lakes and parks, learn the local legends and read about its history and past by clicking on the left picture or selecting the link: Guilin City in Pictures
You can tour this city of lakes and parks and enter the marvelous underground world of Guilin Caves by clicking on the left picture or selecting the link: Guilin caves Relax when cruising on the calm waters of the famous Li River, meandering through its extraordinary landscape. Just click on the left picture or select the link: Li River cruise And evening, after the day full of surprises and discoveries there is a perfect time to watch the fabulous Impression Liu-Sanjie show on the waters of the Li River. This is a kind of Do-Not-Miss event, like the best Broadway's musical unfolding in front of your eyes under the night sky...... Take the front seat in the amphitheater by selecting the link: Along the mighty Yangtze River
To start the virtual tour of Yangtze and Three Gorges, please select one of the following links:
Meeting Pandas...
The Chengdu Research Base and Breeding Center offers the possibility to “get close and personal” with pandas. At the cost of the “small donation” to the Center (about $150) you will have a chance to hug the panda, keep it on your lap….. and believe me, it is an unforgettable experience.
And the best is that the donation is going entirely for the panda’ research and conservation efforts! DO NOT miss opportunity to see Giant Pandas by clicking:
Giant Pandas Pictures
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Facts About China in Pictures: Stunning Tibetan landscapes of unspoiled beauty..... Left - sacred Yamdrok Lake, Right - Tingri Plane (on the way to Mt. Everest Base Camp) Start the epic Tibetan journey by selecting the link: Lhasa-Kathmandu by Friendship Highway
I cannot describe you my sigh of relief when first from far and then from closer and closer the Mother of all Mountains exposed her beautifully majestic silhouette over the clear sky.
It was something almost unreal – combination of the stunning beauty and power of the raw nature, legendary but also so real and surprisingly almost at the touch of the fingers… Find it on your own by selecting the link: Free Mt Everest Pictures
Or visit the Mount Everest Base Camp - with its "field restaurants" and "hotels"..... It is a once in the life experience! So please select the link: Mount Everest Base Camp - Tibet
……and what a wonderful sight it is to see a great herd of them plunging head down in a wild gallop across the steppes. The earth shakes under their heels and a vast cloud of dust marks their passage……
Note - this Web-Site is a work in progress. Many more China destinations will be available soon. Thanks for understanding :-) Below is the preview of what is coming first....
It is little know to us that the first known Chinese written records left by Shang Dynasty are dated at 17th century BC. That means almost 3600 years of written history!
Add to that the vastness of the country encompassing variety of climate zones, incredible landscapes and scenery in all shapes and forms from mighty rivers, through steppes, deserts and mountain ranges to famous Himalayas with half of world’s eight-thousanders. Unspoiled nature (yes, you can still find it there), exotic flora and fauna from which so far we can recognize only lovely Giant Pandas…
And then the present-day China with modern cities, jungles of skyscrapers, web of super-highways, levitating trains, …. Well, this is easier to visualize as we know most of that from either every-day live experience in our countries or sometimes from the “science-fiction” ….
The only difference is the scale and rate of changes of this “steroids-boosted growth”.
So if you are looking for new world-class tourist destinations, you are ready to immerse in an ocean of millennia old culture mixed with “nowadays fantasy”, you are willing to leave behind the “known ground” and put your foot on an unknown one, then China is the place to go.
And if you are still hesitating, then let me quote here the great American novelist:
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover … Mark Twain
OK, one more tip before you board the plane to China. This is the country where some two thousand years ago the Taoism was born. The shortest way this religious and philosophical system can be characterized is by the following three words:
Compassion, Moderation and Humility Regardless of our own believes and philosophical or social standings, respecting the spirit of these words is always beneficial and helpful no matter where we are.
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