Giant dragon with ancient glories
Sanyuan City God Temple (Chinese: 三原城隍廟) is located in Sanyuan (三原) County of Xianyang (咸陽) City, Shaanxi (陝西) Province, China. The temple is deemed to be the most well preserved building complex dating from the Ming and Qing (清) Dynasties (1368-1911) in Shaanxi Province.
Sanyuan City God Temple (Chinese: 三原城隍廟) is located in Sanyuan (三原) County of Xianyang (咸陽) City, Shaanxi (陝西) Province, China. The temple is deemed to be the most well preserved City God Temple in Shaanxi Province.
Xiaochengcun (Chinese: 小程村) is located in Yanchuan (延川), a county in the northeast of Shaanxi (陝西) Province, China. Beside the splendid scenery, Xiaochengcun also preserves the art of traditional paper cutting.
Zhongshan Grotto (Chinese: 鐘山石窟) is located at the foot of Zhong Mountain (鐘山) in Zichang (子長) County, Shaanxi (陜西) Province, China. Zhongshan Grotto is a Buddhist cave temple from the time of the Northern Song (北宋) Dynasty (960-1127).
Sima Qian Temple (Chinese: 司馬遷) is situated on the southeastern hummock of Zhichuan (芝川) County, Hancheng (韓城) City, Shaanxi (陜西) Province, China. Sima Qian (司馬遷) (145BC - ?) was a famous historian and litterateur of China, also a native of Hancheng.
Hancheng Confucius Temple (Chinese: 韓城文廟) is located in Hancheng (韓城), Shaanxi (陝西) Province, China. This Confucius temple also features the Hancheng Museum, in which thousands of cultural relics are stored.
Hancheng Confucius Temple (Chinese: 韓城文廟) is located in Hancheng (韓城), Shaanxi (陝西) Province, China. Hancheng Confucius Temple is the third largest shrine specially built for offering sacrifices to Confucius (孔子), a great thinker and educator in ancient China.
Dangjia village (Chinese: 党家村) is located in Xizhuang (西莊) Town, northeast of Hancheng (韓城) City, Shaanxi (陝西) Province. It was founded in 1331 and widely expanded during the 15th to 19th century.
Dangjia village (Chinese: 党家村) is located in Xizhuang (西莊) Town, northeast of Hancheng (韓城) City, Shaanxi (陝西) Province. It is 9 kilometers away from the southwest of the city area of Hancheng, which is deemed as the ‘living fossil’ of ancient Chinese villages.
Xiezhou Guandi Temple (Chinese: 解州關帝廟) is located in Xiezhou (解州) District, Yuncheng (運城) City, Shanxi (山西) Province, China. This temple dedicated to Guan Yu (關羽) (160-220), a military general during the Three Kingdoms period.
Pujindu (Chinese: 蒲津渡) Historical Site is located in Yongji (永濟), a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Yuncheng, in the southwest of Shanxi (山西)province, China. Pujindu was one of the biggest ferry crossings of Yellow River (黃河).
Ancestral Temple of Margrave Huan (Chinese: 桓侯祠) , commonly known as Zhang Fei Temple (張飛廟) is located in the old town area of Langzhong (閬中), Sichuan (四川) Province, China. Zhang Fei Temple is the most historical site in Langzhong.
Langzhong (Chinese: 閬中) is located in northeastern Sichuan (四川) Province, China. The old town area of Langzhong can date back to the Three Kingdoms (三國)period (220-280), it is the only ancient city in Sichuan Province.
Guangwu Mountain (Chinese: 光霧山) is located in Nanjiang (南江) County, Bazhong (巴中) City, Sichuan (四川) Province, China. Guangwu Mountain is famous for the autumn scenery.
Guangwu Mountain (Chinese: 光霧山) is located in Nanjiang (南江) County, Bazhong (巴中) City, Sichuan (四川) Province, China. Guangwu Mountain is famous for the autumn scenery.
Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison is located in Lushun (旅順), a port-side suburb of Dalian (大連), Liaoning (遼寧), China. First built by Russian troops in 1902, Lushun Prison was later used and extended by the Japanese army in 1907, the prison had been abandoned after 1945.
Fengguosi (Chinese: 奉國寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Yixian (義縣), JingZhou (錦州) Liaoning (遼寧）Province, China. The temple was first founded in 1020 during the Liao dynasty (915–1125), and grew quite large during the subsequent centuries.
Xingcheng (Chinese: 興城) is located at the the southwest of Huludao (葫蘆島), Liaoning (遼寧) province, China.The city of Xingcheng was founded in the third year of the Ming Dynasty (1428) and was rebuilt in the Qing (清) Dynasty.
Jiumenkou (Chines:九門口) is located at Suizhong (綏中) County, Liaoning (遼寧) Province, China. It is 15 kilometers from Shanhai Pass (山海關). As Jiumenkou traverses through a 100 meters wide river, this section of the Great Wall takes on the characteristics of a bridge.
Shanhaiguan (Chinese: 山海關) or Shanhai Pass, is located in Qinhuangdao (秦皇島), Hebei (河北) province, right between the Yan Mountains (燕山) and the Liaodong Bay (遼東灣) coast. Shanhaiguan was listed as part of the Great Wall as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1987.
