Located on the western edge of Hunan Province next to Guizhou, Feng Huang Cheng's beauty lives up to this story. It is well-renowned in China for its unique mystical beauty, which sets an example of what villages were like before the start of modernization.   Feng Huang is Chinese for 'pho...

Situated at the southern tip of Anhui province, Huizhou villages is a place where you can revisit its heyday from 400 years ago just by strolling along its old streets, picturesque countryside, and enchanting villages.   Abundant ancient towns and villages in Huizhou region are well-prese...

The Labrang Monastery is located at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain northwest of Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.   Labrang Monastery is built in 1709 in Qing Danasty, when the emperor is Kangxi. Its real name is Zaxiai Temple which means p...

Tengwang Pavilion£¬also known as the Pavilion of Prince Teng£¬is located on the shore of the Kan, in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. It is one of the Four Great Towers of ancient China together with Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Yueyang Pavilion (Yueyang Lou) in Yueyang and Pengliage Pavilion in ...

Tashilhunpo Monastery is located at the foot of Drolmari Mountain at Shigatse, the second largest city of Tibet. It is one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet. It stands on a whooping area of around 300,000 sq. m and is also known as a seat of the Panchen Lama who ...

Guanque Tower (Stork Tower), located in east bank of Huang River in the west of an ancient town Puzhou, Yongji City, Shanxi Province, is known as one of the four famous historic towers in ancient China.   The tower was built in Bei Zhou (A.D.557-581). The poets and the literates in Tang D...

Located northwest of Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang City,Donglin Temple has a history of over 1,600 years, it is renowned as the cradle of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Donglin Temple was established by Monk Hui Yuan in the year 384 during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420), it with many grand struct...

Xiangguo Temple lies in the western section of Ziyou Road in Kaifeng City£¬Henan. Today it has become the center for major Buddhist activities in Henan Province. It's one of the ten famous temples in Chinese history and plays an important role in the development of Buddhism in China.   Dur...

Kaiyuan Temple lies on West Street in Licheng District,Quanzhou£¬formerly named 'Lotus Temple'.It covering an area of 78 thousand square meters. Built in the second year of Chuigong during the reign of Emperor Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty , Kaiyuan Temple now has a long history of over 1,300 yea...

Located in the middle section of the Tumen Street in the Licheng District,Quanzhou.The Qingjing Temple is the earliest and oldest Islamic temple of the Arabic architectural style existent in our china. As one of earliest mosque in China, Qingjing Mosque in Tumen Street was built in 1009 AD during...