Timeless home to the Yao People——Guangdong's northern borderlands

Guangdong Province is normally associated with economic dynamismbased around modern bustling cities reaching to the outside world.While that is true of most coastal areas, particularly close to the PearlRiver Delta, this large province exhibits many contrasts. Much of the north is a land of mountains and home to many indigenous ethnic groups. Until recent     

Saunter ThrouqhTengchong

TENGCHONG is a frontier town on the western edge of Yunnan Province. Long overshadowed by neighboring Lijiang and Dali, famous for their snow mountains,crystal clear rivers and fascinating ethnic cultures,Tengchong has remained relatively obscure owing to under-     

Forever Green

Heilongjiang Province in northeast China has a forest area of more than 100,000 square km and is home to the Da Hinggan Ling and Xiao Hinggan Ling mountains. It is renowned for its rich forest resources and is known as the "lungs of China." Its forest resources     

The Rongjiang Miao： Deep in the Mountains

<正>Located at the southern foot of the Miaoling Mountains on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau,Rongjiang County is home to some 80,000 Miao people.Locked in bv towering mountains,they and their colorful folk customs have remained little known to the outside world.I spent one and a half months in Rongjiang discovering all I could about the ancient villages,costumes, festivals,and weddings of this branch of the Miao.The story represents the first comprehensive coverage of the residents there.     

China at Eye Level

It seems, with the current state of technolog-ical advances and continual development of infrastructure, that almost every corner of the world is now accessible by some means of transport. Air travel means that a journey that would have previously taken weeks is now shortened to a matter of hours. For me to reach China from my home in the middle of the United States would have seemed borderline impossible without flying. Now, however, it takes less than 24 hours from leaving my house in the mountains of Colorado to walking in the front door of my urban residence in Beijing. However, while convenience may abound, the enchantment of such expedited travel is largely left wanting.     

Zhabei District of Shanghai——A Dream of Its Own

SHANGHAI owes its birth and prosperity to the mighty Yangtze River that enters the sea where the city perches on China’s east coast;the emergence and ascendance of its Zhabei District is also bound into river legends and became part of an historic epoch in national industry.Located in the northern part of the city,Zhabei is home to a growing number of iconic landmarks,buildings and neighborhoods.     

Realizing A Dream

正Selfless giving from a Tibetan man changes the lives of his fellow villagersSitting in his traditionally styled three-story Tibetan home and drinking butter tea,Pema Dhundrup,82,eyes the asphalt road in front of his house in Shuizhuang village,a Tibetan settlement in Shangri-La County of southwest China’s yunnan Province."It is this road that leads us out of the mountains to live a happy life,"he said.     

Karakoram Highway——The Friendship Bridge Across the Himalayas

Travelling along the Karakoram Highway (KKH) is an unforgettable experience. Traversing some of the highest mountains of the world, it presents a picture of pristine beauty and scenery. It also makes one marvel at this engineering feat of Chinese and Pakistanis who worked to make it into a symbol of eternal friendship between Pakistan and China. The KKH winds its way through some of the world's highest mountain ranges, the Karakoram,     

Building Nanjing at High Qrality and Upgrading a New Image in a Leaping Manner——An Interview with Mr.Dai Yongning,Vice Mayor of Nanjing City

Nanjing has a history of over 2, 470 years and is one of the four ancient cities in China. It is famous for its beautiful mountains, rivers and its history for an ancient capital of six dynasties.Nanjing is surrounded by mountains, lakes and rivers. Its mountains, lakes, rivers, and forest are integrated into a whole body and the city is noted for its excellent physical geographical     

A New Road to Rural Prosperity

AT peak tourist season, 32-year-old Li Lianfen sees her husband and son just once a week. She has converted her home in Shicheng (Stone City) Village in Beijing's Miyun County into an inn. City people come here to stay and enjoy the beauty and tran-quility of the mountains around her village. As she has no time to look after her son, he attends a primary school in the county seat 20 kilometers away. His father is a teacher at the middle school nearby. They both stay there in the accommodation provided.     

Mount Wudang——Abode of Immortals and a Martial Monk

CHINESE mythology tells of the perilous sea voy- ages by Chinese ancestors in search of the penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou mountains whereT aoist immortals dwelt. Mount Wudang is one of China’s Taoist mountains that actually exists. It is the mainspring of a wealth of legends that have been told for 2,000 years. abode of immortals The Chinese character xian consists of the radical (element of a character that conveys its meaning) representing a person on the left and the character for …     

Small City in the Mountains

CHENZHOU is a small scenic city in the mountains and a major stop on the Beijing-GuangzhouRailway. The recently opened Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and National Highway No. 107 pass through the city, and it is only a four hour drive to Guangzhou and Changsha. Since opening of the Guangdong-Hunan segment of the     

Shichahai—historical district becomes a top spot in modern Beijing

It seems ironic that Beijing has a water shortage for it is water that enhances the city's beauty. Although on the edge of a dry zone, China's capital is actually home to many fine waterways and a network of man-made lakes virtually in the city centre.     

Yunnan：Different Ethnicities,and a Taste of Tradition

IN the north of Yunnan's Dali and to the south of ancient Lijiang City lies a basin surrounded by green hills. This basin, called "Bazi," is bisected by a long winding river, and ten artesian springs flow out from the foot of the hills. Heqing, famous county of springs     

Kunming——Blooming and Booming

KUNMING in central Yunnan Province is he largest city in Chi-na's extended south-vestern frontier. Two housand years ago, it was a hub on the Southern Silk Road that connected inland China with Southeast Asia and a converging point on the Sichuan-Yunnan-Vietnam passageway. Today, as the capital city of Yunnan, it is home to 26 ethnic groups and a popular destination for tourists and business travelers from around the world.     

Nuptials That Can Last Three Years

The Qiang are a monogamous people. Before a couple become husband and wife, they go through a good many rites such as engagement and wedding ceremonies. When a young man takes a fancy to a young woman, he sends a matchmaker to sound out her family. After getting approval from the head of the family, the husband-to-be goes to his fiancé＇s home to organize an engagement banquet and consults to fix the date of the wedding. At the appointed time he entertains his fiancé＇s relatives and friends at her home, and prepares the betrothal gifts. During the whole engagement process, the bride-to-be is supposed to keep out of public view, hiding away in her room or at the home of a relative.     

The Zhuang——Within the Na Cultural Circle

Professor Tadayo Watabe is a Japanese expert on the origin and development of rice culture. In his book The Rice Road, Professor Watabe argued that an arc-like area extending from South China to the Assam plain in India is likely to be thestarting point of ＂The Rice Road,＂ and the source of the world＇s rice civilizations. The area identified by Professor Watabe basically overlaps with a belt plotting the distribution of places having the word Na in their name. Wenshan, the home of more than one million Zhuang population in Yunnan Province also lies within this arc.     

Return to Root in Prime Time

This is a story of youth and faith, about a boy from the Yi Nationality pursuing his dream.
His is a long journeyfrom remote Bijie, in the mountains of western Guizhou Province, to the prosperous capital Beijing, then to Sydney Australia, and back to Bijiebut also a ten-year pilgrimage for Wang Siheng, born in 1980s, a Sagittarius.     

A Taste of the Southwest

Li Sulan gets up early in the morning to begin her daily routine.She prepares a breakfast of traditional rice noodles for her customers at a rural home inn where she is the owner.Li is of the Miao ethnic group from the Xijiang Miao Village of Leishan County in southwest China's Guizhou Province.Xijiang Village is home to wellpreserved aspects of aboriginal Miao culture,and is now a widely known cultural tour destination. "As many tourists from China and abroad learn about the Miao ethnic culture,we've seen a sudden boom in tourism in the past few years in our village," said Li with a smile.The flourishing tourist industry boosted the local service sector and revived the traditional Miao culture,bringing a host of benefits to local villagers like Li.     

A Vibrant Ancient City

LIJIANG is a small city on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in southern China with an 800-year history. Word of its ancient language and music, and unique natural scenery has spread over the decades, and Lijiang is now known throughout the world. It was added to UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage List in 1997, and is one of the ten most favored destinations for Chinese tourists.