Travel

Sooth Your Soul on Fabled Yellow Mountain 3-Day, $811 USD - China Highlights

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:05:15 -0700

Fantastic Tour of Ancient Lijiang 3-Day, $289 USD - China Highlights

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:54:41 -0700

The Wonders of Urumqi,Turpan Hami and Dunhuang, An Exciting 7 -Day Adventure , $1420 USD - China Highlights

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:39:02 -0700

Harbin and Yabuli 4-Day Luxury Skiing Tour

Ernie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:34:22 -0700

An Amazing Discovery Tour, Featured Lhasa and Shigatse 6-Day,$1094 USD - China Highlights

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:26:25 -0700

A Charming Tour around Suzhou and the Water Village-Tongli 4-Day, $425 USD-Special for the 10th Anniversary of China Highlights

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:07:45 -0700

2 Bedroom Apartment near Houhai as low as 500 RMB per night!

Ernie — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:28:54 -0600

China’s Five Most Beautiful Villages: A Photo Essay

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:38:31 -0600

- Text and Photos by Tom Carter

China is Asia's greatest paradox: the fastest growing economy in the world is also history's oldest civilization. It is where steel and glass skylines are haloed by crumbling walls, and well-heeled bankers rub shoulders with barefooted ethnic minorities.

During my two-year journey to every province and autonomous region in the People's Republic, I have been blessed to visit both the gleaming metropolises of China's future and the sepia-toned remnants of its past.

The following series of photos is taken from my upcoming book of photography ‘CHINA: Portrait of a People.' They capture those remote villages that have yet to meet China's wrecking ball. For a glimpse into China's true history, an excursion in the opposite direction from the crowds, oﬀ the proverbial beaten path, will reward the intrepid traveler with sites and experiences incomparable.

An Overview: Ofﬁcial Flowers of Chinese Cities

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:54:34 -0600

Chinese : 桂花 gui hua

English : Osmanthus

Latin : Flos Osmanthi Fragrantis

Suzhou Hefei Guilin Hangzhou

Three of the four cities that boast sweet osmanthus as their oﬃcial ﬂower are also some of the biggest tourist destinations in China. Tiny and delicate, they are particularly prominent in Suzhou's many world-renowned gardens. Similarly, Hangzhou has taken advantage of their autumnal blooming season to feature them during its annual West Lake Osmanthus Festival in September. Yet despite the eﬀorts of these two cities to claim the ﬂower as their own, Guilin, or ‘The Forest of Osmanthus," as its name means in Chinese, has them both beaten: botanists believe the plant has been in the city for more than 10,000 years, and you can still buy a sweet wine made from the ﬂower in the city today.

Chinese : 梅花 mei hua

English : Plum Blossom

Latin : Prunus Mei

Nanjing Wuhan

The plum blossom blooms particularly early in the year, giving visitors a chance to see them in full force before these two summer ‘furnaces,' reach their unbearably hot peaks. In Chinese paintings and literature the ﬂower represents courage, noble thoughts, hope, and strong will. A source of great pride, both cities have plum blossom festivals in late winter displaying not only the ﬂowers, but also calligraphy and paintings that show oﬀ the plum blossom's beauty.

Beijing 5 Star - CNY 438

Ernie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:17:13 -0600

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