Shanghai (China)

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Yuyuan Garden         The Huxinting Tea House in it is said to be the oldest tea house in Shanghai.

The construction of Yuyuan Garden took more than 18 years during Ming Dynasty.

Yuyuan Garden occupies an area of 20,000 square meters and has pavilions, halls, ponds and rockeries.

Jade Buddha Temple                                                                                               Shanghai Exhibition Center

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Guilin (China)

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Guilin Airport         Arrived in 2 hours from Xian

Duxiu (Solitary Beauty) Peak as seen from Fubo Whirlpool Hill on the river bank of the Li River.

View from the stayed hotel       Fubo Whirlpool Hill on the river bank and Duxiu Peak in the left back of it

 Li River cruise        The trip starts from the Bamboo River Wharf (竹江 Zhujiang).

Cruise boat cabin                The Li River cruise is 83 km long from Guilin to Yangshuo and takes approximately 3 hours.

Buffet lunch on the cruise boat

Arrived at Yangshuo

Seven Star Park              The panda house of the zoo in the park

Camel Mountain in the Seven Star Park

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Xian (China)

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Huaqing Pool (Huaqing Palace)      It's located at the northern foot of Mount Li, northeast 30 km away from Xi'an.

Huaqing Palace is known as a romance scene of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his consort Yang Guifei.

The mural which the banquet of the Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei is painted.

Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum

About 8,000 statues of terracotta warriors which have been excavated here have different faces each.

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, a Buddhist pagoda built to hold sutras of the Buddhism which were brought to China from India by Xuanzang.

Stele Forest (or Beilin Museum), a museum for steles and stone sculptures.

Andingmen, Xian City Wall West Gate

Andingmen, Xian City Wall West Gate, was a starting point of the Silk Road.

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Beijing (China)

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Tiananmen gate (a former entrance to the Imperial City) and Chang'an Avenue (a major thoroughfare with 10 lanes)

Tiananmen Square 

Great Hall of the People　　 It's a state building located at the western edge of the Tiananmen square.

Forbidden City, the former Chinese imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Forbidden City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the largest collection of preserved wooden structures in the world.

Now the Forbidden City houses the Palace Museum.

The Nine Dragons Screen in the Forbidden City

Tiantan Park, a park with the Temple of Heaven 　　　　　　　　　　　　          Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar

The Great Wall near Beijing

The Great Wall of China is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty situated in 42 km north-northwest of Beijing city center

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Splendid China Park, Shenzhen (China)

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Splendid China Park is a theme park with Chinese historic buildings and scenic spots reproduced in 1/15.
The Imperial Palace

The Park has an area of 300,000 square meters and approximately eighty two miniatures.

The Great Wall

The Pagoda Forest

Three Ancient Pagodas (back)    The Bai Dwelling Houses (front)

West Lake

Potala Palace

The Longmen Grottoes

Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang  Mausoleum

The Stone Forest

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