Mountain Maneuvers

ZHU Yongbiao is the head ofan 11-person team of keenmountain bikers aged be-tween 18 and 29. They meetregularly at early morning totrain. Zhu Yongbiao was a track and fieldathlete when he was a teenager and lat-er turned to cycling out of his own inter-est. Having trained on road and track,he first took his bike to the mountainsin 1994.Zhu Yongbiao and his team of ac-complished mountain bikers still getan enormous thrill from riding throughmountains and gorges, and enjoy noth-ing more than a…     

Longhu Mountain Sacred Taoist Retreat Stunning Mountain Scenery

Longhu Mountain (Dragon and Tiger Mountain),20 kilometers south-west of downtown Yingtan in Jiangxi Province, is a Chinese Natural and Cultural Heritage Site and a four-A scenic area. Longhu changed its name from Yunjin, legend has it, when the Taoist Master Zhang Daoling     

Mountain Cutters

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Laoshan Mountain

Laoshan Mountain, east of Qingdao City on the Shandong Peninsula, is the onlymountain along the Chinese coast whose height exceeds 1,000 meters above sea level.Its beautiful vista of sea, mountains and clouds has earned Laoshan Mountain the epithet, "home of immortals and residence of spirits."Laoshan Mountain is the Mecca of Taoism in China, where many ancient Taoisttemples still stand. The series of four stamps issued by the State Postal Bureau featureillustrations of Laoshan's Giant …     

永远的井岗山

十月二十六日至十一月一日,第四 期“551”青干班二十三位学员赴井冈山 进行考察学习。此前,我从没去过井冈 山。想象中的井冈是燎原星火,是刚强 的象证,而实际上,她也拥有绿岭奇 潭,涓涓清泉。都说井冈山是“红色”     

Mini Mountain Wear

THE depths of the southeastern Guizhou Province mountains are inhabited by a branch of the Miao ethnic group known as the "Short-skirt" Miao. They number 50,000 to 60,000. Some live in Langdong, Kongshen, and Konglie villages of Rongjiang County, while others may be found living in the Datang     

Mountain people carrying guns

Although Chen Chunyu, the head of our tour group had told us to get ready by eight o'clock, XiuXiu and I woke up as early as six; we bothfelt so excited. Today we were going to visit Basha,a Miao ethnic group village on theRongjiang - Congjiang Road in southwestChina's Guizhou province. It was themost mysterious place onour itinerary, only a fewkilometres from Congjiangcounty, but very differentfrom other Miao villages inthis area. I still remembered thediscussion…     

The Emei Mountain Challenge

正Our family,consisting of my wife and two adult children,were invited to teach business and English courses at Guangxi University in Nanning,capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.We decided to go a month earlier to be able to travel and see parts of China before we started teaching in September,2011.The     

Hiking the Huashan Mountain

正After a two-hour ride from Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the bus reached Huashan Mountain, one of the five sacred Taoist mountains in China. It took me almost five hours to hike up to the western peak.     

A Breath of Mountain Air

<正>Ecotourism blossoms in the Qinling Mountains Mountains are everywhere, and rivers flow in almost every valley. This is the Qinling Mountains, a major eastto-west range in southern Shaanxi Province,     

长白山文化述要

长白山总领东北亚,以山为文化命名,是文化史学研究的通例。长白山文化是广义的大文化,是吉林的标志性文化品牌。"东陲无文"的偏见不足取。长白山下一系列考古新发现,证明长白山文化源远流长,博大精深,是中华文化的源头之一。长白山诗词是长白山文化的精粹,堪起以诗证史的作用。长白山文化也要与时俱进,不断创新,这样才能大力弘扬具有吉林地域特色的优秀文化精神,为经济社会的又好又快发展提供坚强的文化支撑。     

A Tipe to Wuyi Mountain

MANY People have heardthe name Wuyishan(Wuyi Mountain), butfew really know any-thing about it. Those who first seteyes on the Wuyishan site mightthink its being classified merely asa mountain falls far short of doingit justice, as the river girding it isno less impressive than the moun-tain itself. Wuyi Mountain is innorthwestern Fujian Province,bordering Jiangxi Province. Itencompasses a scenic retreat and anature reserve and is imbued witha wealth of natural beauty and cul-tural interes…     

Special Stamps:Yandang Mountain

In September 2002, the State Postal Bureau issued a set of four special stamps depicting Yandang Mountain scenery.Yandang (Chinese for "where wild geese frolic") Mountain in southeastern Zhejiang Province is famous for its splendid peaks, caves and waterfalls. Its summit, Baigangjian, is over 1,000 meters above sea level. According to traditional belief, there was once a pool here where wild geese would nest in autumn.There are over 380 scenic sites on the mountain, three of the most famous being Ling Peak, Ling Crag, and Dalongqiu Waterfall.     

广西大明山人文历史朔源

广西的大明山历史上其名称曾经有过多次的变迁:壮语名字叫"Byacwx",为祖山、灵山的意思。汉文文献记载的大明山,古称A天之山、博邪山、镆钅耶山、五峰山、大鸣山、大名山、大冥山等。历史归属和称呼的多次变迁并无损于大明山文明的发展,反而给予了大明山本身蕴含有某种历史魅力,无疑也增加了这座大山对世人的诱惑。     

Mountain Resort of the Yellow Emperor

AFTER a trip to Huang- shan, China's five sa- cred mountains pale in comparison ..." goes the Chinese sayingHundreds, thousands and hundreds of thousands of people have journeyed to Huangshan every year for centuries tosee for themselves if the Yellow Mountain is, as rhapsodized by ancient poets, indeed the most beautiful in China. I had always thought of traditional Chinese paintings of Huangshan as phan- tasmagoric images created by artists en-chanted with its beauty whose mysti- cal de…     

A Poor Mountain City Leaps Forward

ONE Spring in remote antiquity,when Jiandi,a concubine of the legendary emperor Di Ku,was swimming in a river,a black bird landed on the bank and laid an egg.Jiandi consumed the egg and became pregnant.Later she gave birth to Qi,ancestor of the Shang tribe.     

Chengde Mountain Resort-A Garden-Style Imperial Palace

EVENaluxuriousimperialpalaceisstilltoosmallaorfuloutsideworld,soallemperorsthroughouthistory-usuallyconfinedtothissmall'cage'formostoftheirlifetime-werekeenoninspectiontours,thusgivingrisetoinnumerabletemporarypalacesthroughoutthecountryinthepast2,000years.Unfortunatelytherearefewstillinexistencetoday.ThepalaceinChengde,HebeiProvince,isanexception,howeverWellpreserved,itstillpossessesitsoriginalgloryandisoneofthemostfamoustouristdeshnationsinChinatoday,attfactingbillionsofpeopleeveryyear.Or…     

The Scenic Wonders of Danxia Mountain

THE mountains and waters ofGuilin are the finest underheaven, but they are stillinferior to Danxia inGuangdong." I could not believethis until I saw with my own eyesthe beauty of this mountain. Atsunset, its views are spectacularand utterly compelling.Danxia Mountain is nine kilometers south of the Renhua Countytown and 56 kilometers fromShaoguan City proper inGuangdong Province. This redsandstone forest area has numerousPrecipitous cliffs, and the mountainitself has a level summit, stee…