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For city-dwellers longing for fresh air, Fanjing Mountain with its vast forests is a natural oxygen bar.
After eight months of voting by more than 100,000 people, the Hangzhou Tourism Commission has announced the top 10 night attractions in the city.
Taishan, or Mount Tai, is one of China’s most sacred mountains. For centuries, emperors climbed it to pay homage to Heaven and Earth. Philosopher Confucius is said to have stood at the towering top, looked down and pronounced the world a small place indeed.
As March turns to April, spring is usually in full swing in most parts of China, especially in towns and villages south of the Yangtze River.
Sometimes it’s hard to understand the mindset of ancient Chinese scholars who built gorgeous gardens but guarded them from public view behind closed doors.
The fable written by poet Tao Qian in AD 421 described an idyllic hamlet isolated from the rest of the world, where man and nature lived in harmony. His arcadia came to be a symbol of a pastoral paradise, inspiring many Chinese artists and writers.
The basis for the mountains where Po from DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda practices martial arts, Mount Qingcheng, has become a tourist hot spot for foreigners looking to explore the culture behind yin-yang and tai chi.
The Zhusha ancient town in Guizhou province once produced mercury and vermilion, accounting for more than 80 percent of the nation's total output. Now, it plays host to tourists. Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report.
Spring scenery of the Honghe Hani Rice Terrace is seen in Yuanyang county, Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province.
