Category: Northeast Asia

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Zhangye Geopark: Natural wonder

Zhangye National Geopark (Chinese: 張掖國家地質公園) is located in Linze (臨澤) counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye (張掖), Gansu (甘肅)Province, China. The core area of the park is Linze Danxia Scenic Area (臨澤丹霞景區).

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Zhangye Geopark: Beauty everywhere

Zhangye National Geopark (Chinese: 張掖國家地質公園) is located in Linze (臨澤) counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye (張掖), Gansu (甘肅)Province, China. The park is the destination for many Chinese and international tourists due to its beautiful landscape.

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Legends of Jiayu Pass

Jiayu Pass (Chinese: 嘉峪關) is located at the narrowest point of the western section of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊) , 6 kilometres southwest of the city of Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The splendor of pass earns the name ‘First and Greatest Pass in the World’ (天下第一雄關).

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Jiayu Pass: Frontier of the west

Jiayu Pass (Chinese: 嘉峪關) is located at the narrowest point of the western section of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊) , 6 kilometres southwest of the city of Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Jiayu Pass is the first frontier fortress at the west end of the Ming dynasty Great Wall.

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Yueyaquan the spectacle of desert

Yueyaquan (Chinese: 月牙泉) is a crescent-shaped lake located at 5 kilometers south of the city of Dunhuang (敦煌) in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The lake had several names in the past, it was named Yueyaquan in the Qing (清) Dynasty (17th century).

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Mogao Caves the treasure of Buddhist art

Mogao Caves (Chinese: 莫高窟), also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes (千佛洞), is located 25 kilometers southeast of the city center of Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years.

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Ghost Town in Dunhuang

Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark (Chinese: 敦煌雅丹國家地質公園), also dubbed Ghost Town (魔鬼城), is a national park in Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The geopark is located about 180 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang's town center.

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Great Wall on Gobi Desert

The Great Wall relic of Han Dynasty (Chinese: 漢代長城遺址) is located 5 kilometers west of Yumenguan (玉門關), Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The relic has almost 2,000 years of history but is still well preserved.

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Mysterious stone pagodas in Maisan

Tapsa (Korean: 탑사) is a small Korean Buddhist Temple complex found in the Maisan (마이산), a mountain in Jeollabuk-do, (전라북도), South Korea. Tapsa literally means ‘Pagoda Temple’ in Korean, which has around 80 stone pagodas.

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Autumn breeze in Maisan

Maisan (Korean: 마이산) is a mountain in Jeollabuk-do, (전라북도), South Korea. Maisan has an elevation of 686 metres, its name means ‘Horse Ears Mountain’, which refers to two extraordinary rocky peaks as they appear from the town of Jinan.

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Yumen Pass: Gate of the Silk Road

Yumen Pass (Chinese: 玉門關), also Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate, is located around 90 kilometers west of Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. During the Han (漢) dynasty (202 BC - AD 220), this was a pass through which the Silk Road passed.

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Delicacies in Dunhuang

Dunhuang (Chinese: 敦煌) is a county-level city in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Dunhuang was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road and is best known for the nearby Mogao Caves (莫高窟). Besides their abundant cultural relics, don’t miss the delicacies in Dunhuang.

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Midnight express of Hexi Corridor

Hexi Corridor (Chinese: 河西走廊), also known as Gansu Corridor (甘肅走廊), is an important historical region located in the modern western Gansu (甘肅) province of China, referring to a narrow stretch of traversable and relatively arable plain west of the Yellow River.

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Bingling Temple the thousand Buddha

Bingling Temple (Chinese: 炳靈寺) is located in Yongjing County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (臨夏回族自治州) in Gansu (甘肅) province, China. ‘Bingling’ in Tibetan means ‘Thousand Buddha’, so Bingling Temple Grottoes are also called Thousand-Buddha Caves.

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Liujiaxia the pearl of plateau

Liujiaxia Reservoir (Chinese: 劉家峽水庫) is located at Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (臨夏回族自治區), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The reservoir formed by the dam is the largest body of water within the province, which is about 70 km from the provincial capital Lanzhou (蘭州).

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Kurazukuri Street in Kawagoe

Kurazukuri District (Japanese: 蔵造りの町並み) or Kurazukuri no Machinami is located in Kawagoe (川越) City, Saitama (埼玉) Prefecture, Japan. Kurazukuri District provides a nostalgic scene from the Edo Period (江戶時代).

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