Beyond what is known about it: that is the largest and most populated country in the world, China is one of the most important civilizations of the world, along with Egypt, Mesopotamia and India. China is identified with Tibet, the Himalayas and the Great Wall and not only.
China is a whole world, a world of revolutionary innovations, majestic
monuments, contrasts and of a hard tried people. The country has made a bridge
between asian, european and african countries, bringing an important contribution to trade materials and spiritual between East and West through the famous Silk Road, 2,000 years ago.
From the hilly landscape to the highest mountain ranges of the Himalayas, the
Tibetan Plateau and Great Chinese Plain crossed by the Yellow River, to the arid
Takla Makan and Gobi Desert, China offers...
you an amazing diversity of forms of
relief and remains of an ancient civilization, Chinese civilization.
China surprises
you with its cosmopolitan cities, like
Shanghai,
"Pearl
of the Orient", which has become a first class economic center
of the area or
Beijing,
the city of more than 125 museums, visited annually by over 25 million tourists.
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Tiananmen Gate in Beijing was the main access point to the Imperial Palace during
the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times and is
considered one of the most imposing gates of the world - Heavenly Peace Gate.
In the heart of Beijing's you will discover a city into a city as the famous
Forbidden
City, considered by the Chinese center of the world. Forbidden City
is actually a complex totaling 9999 rooms, with a total area of 720,000 sqm,
loaded with a history of 600 years, which houses the best preserved royal garden
in China.
The grand objective of human civilization, the Great Chinese Wall crosses the
northern city of Beijing and 8 provinces and autonomous regions with a length
of 6400 kilometers. Built of stone, brick and dirt, sometimes with a height of
10 m, the wall was designed as a structure of defense against the Mongol hordes
from the north. In areas not very high, the wall is wide enough to fit two cars
side by side and is the only structure in the world done by man which can be
seen from the satellite.
Temple of Heaven is a group of very well preserved building, built in 1420 during
the Ming Dynasty, as a sacrifice dedicated to Heaven.
Also in
Beijing you have the chance to go to the temple of Shaolin
monks, one of the most famous temples in China, not only for its long history
and its role in the evolution of Buddhism in China, and especially for the kung
fu art originated here. In western China is a place that is considered as the
8th wonder of the world - the mausoleum of the first emperor of Qin dynasty,
one of the imperial tombs with the largest scale, more complicated structure
and rich content in the world, comparable to the pyramids of
Egypt.
The famous
Terracotta Army located in one of the funeral graves
of the mausoleum is guarding the tomb of emperor Qin and consists of 6,000 real
size soldiers made of clay, real bearing bows and spears with horses and tanks
all real life sizes. Emperor's tomb has not yet been explored, but is believed
to be located in an underground palace.
You can not miss the chance to participate in a tea serving ritual or to visit
the houses built along the channels which crosses the cities and the old shops,
remained unchanged for hundreds of years.
Among all this
China attractions you can also include:
- From Chengdu visit
the buddhist holy mountain of Emei Shan and the spectacular Maret Buddha
of Leshan,
carved into a cliff. With a height of 71m, 100 people can fit into his shoe.
- Visit the buddhist effigies of the Yungang caves near Datong and
the monuments from the buddhist caves in Luoyang, dating from the fifth century.
In the Mogao caves from Dunhuang are
some of the oldest buddhist shrines in China.
- Bring a tribute to the tomb of Confucius, temple and villa. The Nordic
Shenyang Imperial Tomb lies in a place where was buried the founding father
of the Qing Dynasty. In Nanjing you
can find the Xiaoling Tomb where was burried the founder of the Ming Dynasty,
Zhu Yuanzhang and the mausoleum of China's first president, Dr Sun Yat-sen.
- Relax on a tropical beach. Situated on Hainan island on the south coast, Sanya is
one of the newest resorts in China, with international hotels, fine sand
beaches, golf courses, coconut trees and water sports. See the Sanya
hotel map or enter your check in and check out dates in the left to search
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- Buy silk and tea in the old capital of China, Hangzhou,
described and celebrated by Marco Polo as "the most beautiful and magnificent
city in the world". The main attraction of the city is West Lake area.
- Visit the "Venice of China", Suzhou 2,500
years old. The streets along the Grand Canal are a delight for visitors.
The gardens include the "Humble Administrator's Garden" and "Master of the
Nets Garden".
- With the opening of the Sands Macau, the largest casino in the world and
Wynn Macau in 2006, gambling revenues from Macau's casinos were
for the first time greater than those of Las Vegas Strip making Macau the
highest-volume gambling centre in the world. In 2007, Venetian
Macau, at the time the second (now third) largest building in the world,
opened its doors to the public, followed by MGM
Grand Macau. Numerous other hotel casinos in Macau, including Four
Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip, Grand
Lisboa Hotel Macau and Sofitel
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- You can reach to the sky in the capital of Tibet, Lhasa,
which lies at 3.700m high. Seventeenth-century Potala Palace, which hosted
numerous Dalai Lama, shelters various exhibits, including frescoes and statues
of Buddha encrusted with jewels. Visit Summer Palace (Norbulingka) and Jokhang
Temple, with its golden statues of Buddha.
- Browse the ancient silk route from Xian,
the deserts and mountains, to the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean, bringing
Buddhism and Islam in China. The main attractions include buddhist caves
of Dunhuang, Turpan near Jiaohe city ruins and Kashgar Sunday market.
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