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Asia, SouthEast Asia, Vietnam, Play

Hoi An: Chinese assembly hall

Hoi An (Chữ Nôm: 會安), formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city in Vietnam's Quang Nam Province and is noted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. There were many Chinese immigrants in Hoi An, Choumeizai will talk about the two biggest ones.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Nostalgic candy lane in Kawagoe

Kashiya Yokocho (Japanese: 菓子屋横丁) is a shopping street in Kawagoe (川越) City, Saitama (琦玉) Prefecture, Japan. Confectionery stores including penny candy stores flank both sides of the street, a place which can arouse your memory of childhood.

Vatican, Europe, Play

The resting place of St. Peter

St. Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The square is named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus considered by Catholics to be the first Pope.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Play, Malaysia

Sunset of Pulau Mabul

Mabul (Malay: Pulau Mabul) is a small island off the south-eastern coast of Sabah in Malaysia. Mabul has been a fishing village since the 1970s. In the 1990s, it became popular to divers due to its proximity to Sipadan, a diving paradise.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Yellow River Stone Forest: Sheepskin raft

Yellow River Stone Forest (Chinese: 黃河石林) is located in the southeast of Jingtai (景泰) County, Baiyin (白銀) City, Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Besides the splendid scenery of the massive stone pillars, tourists can also enjoy the fun of river rafting by sheepskin raft (羊皮筏).

Asia, South Asia, India, Play

Pedicab tour of Delhi streets

Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली), is a city located in North India, it is also a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Delhi is one of the oldest cities in the world, relics and old buildings are everywhere, riding on a pedicab is the best way for sightseeing.

Asia, South Asia, India, Play

Promised land in Kochi

Kochi (Malayalam: കൊച്ചി) is a major port city on the south-west coast of India bordering the Arabian Sea. Called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’, Kochi was an important spice trading centre on the west coast of India from the 14th century onward.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Heilongjiang

Harbin winter swimming

哈爾濱(滿語:ᡥᠠᠯᠪᡳᠨ)位於中國東北平原之北,是中國黑龍江的省會,有「北國冰城」和「東方莫斯科」之稱。哈爾濱的冬天非常寒冷,偏偏就有不少本地人喜在結了冰的松花江上游冬泳,並變成一個著名「景點」。

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Heilongjiang

Ice fishing in Erlonghu

Erlonghu (Chinese: 二龍湖; literally meaning ‘Two dragons lake’ is located 54 kilometers at the east of Harbin (哈爾濱), Heilongjiang (黑龍江) province, China. Erlonghu is a popular vacation spot for locals, tourists can go ice fishing in winter.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Hill by the Labrang Monastery

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.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu

Labrang Monastery: Treasury of Tibetan culture

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.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Shaanxi

Artist in Yaodong

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.

Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Korea

Sisadan of Dosan Seowon

Dosan Seowon (Korean: 도산서원) is located in Dosan-myeon (도산면), Andong-si (안동시), Gyeongsangbuk-do (경상북도), South Korea. Dosan Seowon was listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Korea

Confucianism in Dosan Seowon

Dosan Seowon (Korean: 도산서원) is located in Dosan-myeon (도산면), Andong-si (안동시), Gyeongsangbuk-do (경상북도), South Korea. Dosan Seowon was established in 1574 to commemorate Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang (이황).

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Play

Little village in Lembeh

Pulau Lembeh is an island off the north east coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia, near the city of Bitung. Lembeh Island is 25km long and 2km wide. Lembeh Island is separated from the mainland of Sulawesi by a narrow stretch of water known as the Lembeh Strait.

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