Capital City: Beijing, Main Cities: Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang
Population: 1,222,017,000, Area [sq.km]: 9,596,960
Currency: 1 yuan = 10 jiao = 100 fen
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Shanghai-, Canton-, Fukien-, Hakka- dialects, Tibetan, Vigus (Turkic)
Religions: Confucianist, Buddhist, Taoist
Lijiang Four Square Town is not ornate quiet sightseeing spot. Many Chinese were walking around. 2007/12/04 Old town, Lijiang's Four Square.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Lijiang part 2. This atmosphere is one of the reasons Chinese people like here. 2007/12/04 Old town, Lijiang's Four Square.
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Mu's Mansion in Lijiang. Mu, chief of Naxi, has remained his chief family status for 22 generations and 470 years. 2007/12/04 Mu's Mansion in Lijiang.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Mu's Mansion in Lijiang, part 2. Temple-like buildings continue. Scenery from back hill resembles Gugong form back hill. 2007/12/04 Mu's Mansion in Lijiang part 2.
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Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Elevation 5,596 m (18,360 ft) , Mount Satseto, is a mountain massif near Lijiang, in Yunnan province, southwestern China. 2007/12/04 Jade Dragon Snow Mountain 5,596m in China.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, part 2. Ropeway can bring us up from 3,356 to 4,506m hight, difference of elevation 1,150m and 2,968 in total length to Glacier Park station. 2007/12/04 Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, part 2.
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Hexi hotel in Lijiang. Traditional Chinese style hotel but cozy modern inside. 2007/12/04 Hotel Hexi in Lijiang.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Hexi hotel in Lijiang part 2. The hotel town in Lijiang is a bright street based on bright red. The entire town has relieved making. 2007/12/04 Hotel Hexi in Lijiang, part 2.
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Valley of Blue Moon near Lijiang can look up at Jade Dragon Snow Mountains. "White Water River" flows between the valley. 2007/12/04 Hotel Hexi in Lijiang.
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Tiananmen Gate and Gugong. Mao Zedong declared People's Republic of China on Tiananmen in 1949. At the Gugong Palace, 26 emperors ruled for 600 years. Area 720,000m2, 9,999 buildings, 2004/11/21 Big scale of Chinese Dynasties.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Yuyuan Garden and Waitan. Different scene appears after and after in Yuyuan Garden. A Ming Dynasty official made it for his father. Waitan has 100 year history and stately buildings. 2001/06/06 Magic Chinese garden, Yuyuan.
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Great Wall, distance of 12,700 China miles or 6,300km. 2.5 times as long wall as of Japan Hokkaido to Kyushu. 500kg stone was piled up on the mountains of 1,000m high by human power without machines. 2004/11/22 Great Wall of China is 6300km long .
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Yuyuan Garden is 2nd time visit. A Ming official, Pan Yunduan built it for his parents in Ming dynasty. It took 18-year 1559-1577. He lived there after retirement at the age of 63. 2005/08/13 Magic Chinese garden, Yuyuan.
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Beihai Park & Temple of Heaven where emperors prayed for bumper harvest. Beihai of 700,000m2 is an artificial dug-out lake and the hill was made from the soil of the lake. It was built in 1420. 2004/11/21 Temple of Heaven where emperors prayed for productiveness of grain.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Waitan or Bund in Shanghai is brightly illuminated big area. Red in Yuyuan Garden, gold in Waitan, the district is illuminated by those colorful light. Bright and happy. Enjoy it. 2001/06/05 Anyhow bright and big scale illumination.
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Summer Palace, Empress Cixi enjoyed. Artificial lake was dug up 2 km2 and soil was piled up to make hill. Only emperor uses. Area of 2.9 km2 is occupied with Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake. 2004/11/22 Summer Palace that Empress Cixi enjoyed.
Recommendable and Valuable !		 Waitan or Bund in Shanghai is the second time visit in summer. Illumination is 19:00-23:00 in summer, 19:00-22:00 in Winter. Opposite bank, Pudong New Area with skyscrapers are also brightened. 2005/08/13 Anyhow bright and big scale illumination.
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Ding Ling, mausoleum of 13th Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Wanli. Spent 2-year national budget and 6 years. Underground palace was built 20m underearth with marbles. 13 mausoleums remain. 2004/11/22 Ding Ling is a mausoleum of 13the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Wanli.
Good !		 Suzhou, City of Water or Venice of Orient. Rivers and canals are all over and Suzhou is called City of Water or Venice of Orient. 43% of land is covered with water among gross area 8,500 km2. 2005/08/14 Suzhou is called City of Water or Venice of the Orient.
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