The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival with more than 2000-year history, which started from the Warring States Period.

There are many folk stories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. One version is to memorize the great poet Qu Yuan. One version goes that it’s for Cao…

The elegant Lijiang River has a magic that can always linger in visitors’ mind. It intoxicates many poets and artists. Xu Xiake, one of the greatest geographers in Chinese history once lingered here for 10 days and could not bear to leave.

In the morning, we started our tour along Lijiang River.

The…

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival with more than 2000-year history, which started from the Warring States Period.

There are many folk stories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. One version is to memorize the great poet Qu Yuan. One version goes that it’s for Cao…

As the capital of Guizhou province of Southwest China, Guiyang is located in the centre of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nan Ming River, a branch of the Wu River. Guiyang has a population of 4,324,561 at the 2010 census whom 3,037,159 live in the built up area made of 7 urban districts. The city has an elevation of about 1,100 meters. It has an area of 8,034 square kilometres (3,102 sq mi). It enjoys a moderate and cool weather…

Last Year, the smog in Beijing was quite heavy. I decided to escape to look for a blue sky and the fresh air. And we flew to Yunnan.

When I arrived at Kunming Airport, it was 8 pm already. Since I was in Yunnan, it would be a pity if not to eat Yunnan Rice Noodles. Only when I took my fist bite did I…

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival with more than 2000-year history, which started from the Warring States Period.

There are many folk stories about the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. One version is to memorize the great poet Qu Yuan. One version goes that it’s for Cao…

Last Qingming Festival, I had a visit to the Summer Palace with one of my best friend, David Lu, who visited me from Yantan, Shandong Province.

It was really amazing…

A local saying describes the Buddha like this: "The Mountain unveils a Buddha, while the Buddha fades into the mountain." If you are traveling in the east of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, you can’t miss the Buddha for your tour. The figure occupies the entire hillside and its head reaches the…

It is an unknown town, Guangfu. The nearest big city is Handan, a very historical city, which was the capital of Kingdom Zhao for 158 years (from 386BC to 228BC) and now a industrial centre in the North of China. But Guangfu is just so special. From the moment you step on its land, you can feel it. It is…

Known as the "Eastern Moscow", northeast China's Harbin has always been regarded as a unique and exotic city.

Central Street in downtown Harbin is the ultimate symbol of the city. Harbin Sun Island Scenic Area is the perfect place to free from hot sun in summer. Here, you can embrace the white sand, blue water, green…

Due to the work, I went to Harbin in summer for several times. I appreciate its broad streets, glorious constructions and straightforward residents. The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival always stirs my heart, so this winter I started off.

I packaged my fur hat, ear pads,…

Ta’er Monastery, Kumbum Monastery in the Tibetan language, is the birthplace of Tsong Kha-pa, the founder of the yellow sect, is one of the six major lamaseries of yellow sect in Tibetan Buddhism. It is 26km away from Xining, the capital city of Qinghai Province and it was built in 1379.

Ta'er…

I arrived in Harbin on the second day of Harbin Ice Festival 2013. It cost me 2 hours on the way from Jilin Province to Harbin. The temperature got slowly lower and lower in the 2 hours. I clearly witnessed there arise a layer of cream on the car windows. After getting out the the car, I felt my…

Suzhou, famed as the “Venice of the Orient”, boasts too many attractions, such as the Grand Canal, pagodas, classical gardens and water villages.

During the National Day holiday, I came to Nanjing. After 2-day hang-out in Nanjing, we bought train ticket to Suzhou, which is near Nanjing.

After one hour, we arrived at Suzhou. Alike other cities…

The annual Harbin Ice Festival opens on 5th, January with the opening ceremony holding on 4th, January. It’s a grand festival of Harbin and one of the four famous ice festivals around the world.

With an average temperature around -15℃ in winter, people in Harbin learned

to find their pleasure with the snow and ice created by the unique climate. Since the opening day, the…