Travel & Tourism

Author: Sun Chengzhi; Language: English Format: 1 book Page: 225 Publication Date: 01/2006 ISBN: 7119041762 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Series: Panoramic China Details It is easy to have a quick look at China's past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The "Panoramic China" series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, with illustrations, the outstanding characteristics of each area from different perspectives. Shandong: Home of Mount Taishan China has many great mountains, among them Mount Taishan in Shandong, Mount Hengshan in Hunan, Mount Huashan in Shaanxi, Moung Hengshan in Shanxi and Mount...

uthor: Zhao Rongda; Language: English Format: 1 book Page: 277 Publication Date: 05/2006 ISBN: 7119043242 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Series: Panoramic China Details It is easy to have a quick look at China's past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The "Panoramic China" series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, with illustrations, the outstanding characteristics of each area from different perspectives. Shanxi: Merchants and Their Residences Shanxi Province, called "Jin" for short, lies on the loess plateau, a land of varied topography, crisscrossed by gullies, and dubbeda "world created by a...

Author: Ma Yutong; Huangwei; Language: English Format: 1 book Page: 238 Publication Date: 06/2006 ISBN: 7119041851 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Series: Panoramic China Details It is easy to have a quick look at China's past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The "Panoramic China" series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, with illustrations, the outstanding characteristics of each area from different perspectives. Tianjin: Lustrous Pearl of the Bohai Gulf Tianjin, pioneering seaport metropolis, city of inventive past and unique culture. Inspired, perhaps, by the dancing waters of the Bohai Gulf,...

Author: Zhejiang News Agency; Language: English Format: 1 book Page: 215 Publication Date: 01/2008 ISBN: 7119045008 Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Series: Panoramic China Details It is easy to have a quick look at China's past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The "Panoramic China" series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, with illustrations, the outstanding characteristics of each area from different perspectives. Zhejiang: Riding the Tides of History As described by the poets of old, Hangzhou was both beautiful and affluent. Today, as the capital of Zhejinag Provice, the City retains its former...

Author: Zhu Hongyu; Wang Jiana; Language: English Format: Papercover Page: 117 Publication Date: 03/2008 ISBN: 9787508512327 Publisher: China Intercontinental Press Details Famous photographer Zhu hongyu's 100 photos record the rich night life of Beijing, a modern city which is ancient in many ways.Standing in the corner at the foot of the city arch, anything in sight stays the same as 200 years old ago. From the highly holding dragon head on the Old Beijing Observatory to the gently flow of the moat; from the Temple of the Heaven's echo wall to the stone boat in the Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace; and from the scarlet lantern hanging on the Wangfujing Gate to Badaling Great Wall, history covers the capital city as the darkness, penetrating everywhere in peace.