Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wuxi Grand Canal

The Grand Canal starts in Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in the south, totalling 1,747 kilometres. Like the Great Wall, the canal is the symbol of the ancient Chinese civilization The canal was first dug in the 12th and 11th centuries BC. It was lengthened and widened during the 7thand 14th centuries. Wuxi can be regarded as the origin of the Grand Canal. The Wuxi section of the Grand Canal starts at Wumu in the north and ends at Wangting in the south, with a total length of 40 kilometres, of which 14.6kilometres flows through the city.
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With a history of more than 2,400 years, this green belt of water still flows, with many scenic spots and historical sites on both banks. The Wuxi section of the Grand Canal is narrow and deep, and row upon row of old residential buildings with white walls and black tiles stand on both sides. The Qingming Bridge, built over the canal during the middle period of Emperor Wanli's reign (1573-1620) of the Ming Dynasty. It is the 1argest and best-preserved ancient stone arch bridge still standing in Wuxi. In front of the former South Gate of the city, the tourist can see a grand anciem octagonal pagoda with seven storeys. Built in the 10th century, Miaoguang(Brilliant Light) Pagoda of Nanchan Buddhist Temple is renowned on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The Wuxi section of the canal starting from the South Gate of the old city to the North Gate is rather wide. It is often crowded with sculled wooden boats, small rowboats and concretereinforced motor sailboats. Sightseeing on this crowded and busy section the tourist will surely be impressed by the vigour of the thousand-year-old canal.

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Mount Wuyi

Situated in the north of Fujian Province, Mount Wuyi is a picturesque and ascinating scenic attraction. Encompassing 60 square kilometres, this scenic area includes one stream, seven shoals, nine ponds, eleven ravines, thirteen springs, thirty-six peaks, sixty-one rocks, seventy-two caves , ninety-nine cliffs, and one hundred and eight scenic spots.Among them the most famous scenery is the Nine-Bend Stream. Meandering around numerous queer peaks, the Nine-Bend Stream extendsnine kilometres with crystal-clear water, which sometimes runs swiftly and sometimes remains clam. It is an exciting experience for tourists to cruise on a simple bamboo raft on the Nine-Bend Stream with 9 kilometres in a distance to enjoy the enchanting sight of exotic peaks and historical sites and relics along the bank while listening to the rafters for his beautiful legends and tales.
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The peculiar geographical position and climate at Mount Wuyi have resulted indifferent natural views for the four seasons in the area. Mount Wuyi faces the Huangbai Stream to the north and borders the Chongyang Stream to the east with the Nine-Bend Stream flowing out from itself. As a relative humidity inthis area is 78%, vegetation is luxuriant and pines and bamboo flourishing. Allin full bloom, the mountain flowers in spring, azalea in summer, orchid and sweet osmanthus in winter inject vitality to this scenic area.

Mount Wuyi area was once the focus of intensive volcanic activity and large fault structures, further influenced by water erosion, weathering and collapse. These factors have led to the formation of a landscape with features such as winding streams, column and dome shaped cliffs and caves systems.There are numerous high peaks, 112 0f which are higher than l,000 metres above sea level. The eastern area, around the Nine Bend Stream, includes a large number of isolated and sheer-sided monoliths or red sandstone, which have been formed by natural erosion following the natural faults lines and joints in the rock.

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Hohhot Travel

In Hohhot in Mongolian means green city-three sides of the city, except the south, are embraced by the once forest-rich Daqingshan, the Big Green Mountain. Located in the middle of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot has such industries as woollen textiles, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, hides processing (tan), sugar refinery, and daily products. Primetourist attractions are Dazhao Lamasery, Zhaojun's Tomb and Five_Pagoda Temple.

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Zhaojun Tomb
In Hohhot, the most famous tourist spot is the Zhaojun Tomb in the southwestern part of the city, which is in memory of Wang Zhaojun, an imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty (206 BGAD 220). In 22 BC,Chanyu, the supreme leader of the ancient Xiongnu, or the Hun-a powerful nomadic group-made an offer of marriage to the Han royal court in order to build friendly relations. Beautiful as she was, Wang Zhaojun was selected. She went to the renmote wild region willingly and lived with the Xiongnu People for the rest of her life. People have remembered her contribution to ethnic unity from all groups in China for generations. Wang Zhaojun is considered one of the four beauties of ancient China.

Dazhao Temple
Tourists with an interest in Buddhism can easily spend a few hours visiting the city's Dazhao Temple, one of the most important lamaseries in North China. They may find it very similar to the Lama Temple in Beijing, only on a smaller scale. The Dazhao Temple is the father temple of the Lama Temple, as it was built for Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722, reigned 1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) , while the Lama Temple in Beijing was built for his sonEmperor Yongzheng (1678-1735, reigned 1723-1735).

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