Labrang Monastery (Tibetan: བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་) is located in Xiahe (Chinese: 夏河) County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州), Gansu (甘肅), China. The monastery looks very splendid, but a hill next to it is also worth seeing.
Labrang Monastery (Tibetan: བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་) is located in Xiahe (Chinese: 夏河) County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州), Gansu (甘肅), China. Founded in 1709, the monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
First bend of Yellow River (Chinese: 黃河第一彎) is located at the common border of Sichuan (四川) province, Qinghai (青海) province and Gansu (甘肅) province of China, but Zoigê County (Tibetan: མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་།) is deemed to be the best place to enjoy its sunrise.
First bend of Yellow River (Chinese: 黃河第一彎) is located at the common border of Sichuan (四川) province, Qinghai (青海) province and Gansu (甘肅) province of China, but Zoigê County (Tibetan: མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་།) is deemed to be the best place to enjoy its splendor.
Chenlu (Chinese: 陳爐) is located in the mountainous area of Tongchuan (銅川) city, Shaanxi (陝西) province, China. Chenlu is famous for its kilns and ceramics, the Yaozhou Kiln (耀州窯) in Chenlu has its fires blazing for more than 1,400 years.
Daming Palace National Heritage Park (Chinese: 大明宮遺址公園) is located at the northeast of Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陝西) Province, China. Daming Palace (大明宮)was the imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty, located in its capital Chang'an (長安; now known as Xi'an).
Shaanxi History Museum (Chinese: 陝西歷史博物館) is located in the ancient city Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陝西) province of China, Opened in 1991, the museum is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China.
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.
Naeba Ski Resort (Japanese: 苗場スキー場) is a ski resort on the eastern slope of Mount Takenoko (筍山) in Yuzawa (湯沢町), Niigata (新潟) Prefecture, Japan. The highest point is Mt. Takenoko (筍山), which is 1,789 meters above the sea level.
Naeba Ski Resort (Japanese: 苗場スキー場) is a ski resort on the eastern slope of Mount Takenoko (筍山) in Yuzawa (湯沢町), Niigata (新潟) Prefecture, Japan. Naeba Ski Resort has around 22 types of ski trails, everyone can enjoy the fun of skiing here.
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).
