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China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Jiangsu, Play

Good morning Zhouzhuang

Zhouzhuang (Chinese: 周莊) is a water town located in Jiangsu (江蘇) province of China. The scenery of Zhouzhuang is beautiful, if you visit there in the early morning before the ticket booth opens, you don’t need to pay and enjoy the serenity of Zhouzhuang.

China, Asia, Anhui, Northeast Asia, Play

Xidi: Descendants of emperor

Xidi (Chinese: 西遞) is a village in the south of Anhui (安徽) province, China. The village was declared a part of the ‘Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui’ World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000, also a famous tourist attraction.

China, Asia, Anhui, Northeast Asia, Play

Xidi: A lonely arch

Xidi (Chinese: 西遞) is a village in the south of Anhui (安徽) province, China. The village was first built during the Huangyou (元祐) era (1049–1053) of Song (宋) Dynasty, the village was originally called Xichuan (West River), owing to the water courses flowing through it.

China, Asia, Anhui, Northeast Asia, Play

Hongcun: Historical heritage

Hongcun (Chinese: 宏村) is a village in southern Anhui (安徽), China. The village was built in 1131 (Song Dynasty), the architecture and carvings dating back to the Ming (明, 1368-1644) and Qing (清, 1644-1911) Dynasties are said to be among the best of their kind in China.

China, Asia, Anhui, Northeast Asia, Play

Hongcun: Couching Ox

Hongcun (Chinese: 宏村) is a village in southern Anhui (安徽), China. Hongcun is a popular tourist attraction due to its historical buildings and beautiful scenery. Several scenes from the film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (臥虎藏龍) were filmed in Hongcun.

China, Asia, Anhui, Northeast Asia, Play

Hongcun: Ducks in the pond

Hongcun (Chinese: 宏村) is a village in southern Anhui (安徽), China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan (黃山). Hongcun is a beautiful historical village, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Play

Old palace in Yogyakarta

Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat (Javanese: ꦏꦿꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠꦲꦢꦶꦤꦶꦔꦿꦠ꧀) is a palace complex in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the seat of the reigning Sultan of Yogyakarta and his family. The complex is a center of Javanese culture, and contains a museum displaying royal artifacts.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Zhejiang, Play

Sunset in West Lake

West Lake (Chinese: 西湖) is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) China. West Lake is the most popular lake in China, the scenery is everywhere, Choumeizai is so glad to see a beautiful sunset in West Lake during winter.

Asia, Japan, Tokyo, Northeast Asia

Rikugi-en the green haven

Rikugi-en (Japanese: 六義園) are a Tokyo metropolitan park in Bunkyō-ku (文京区). The name Rikugi-en means Garden of the Six Principles, referring to the six elements in waka poetry, based on the traditional division of Chinese poetry into six categories.

Asia, Japan, Tokyo, Northeast Asia, Play

Rose garden in Tokyo

Kyū-Furukawa Garden (Japanese: 旧古河庭園) is a metropolitan park in Nishigahara (西原), Tokyo, Japan. The park includes an old western-style mansion with a rose garden, and a Japanese garden which were built in the early 20th century.

China, Asia, GuangDong, Northeast Asia, Jiangxi, Play

The spring of Mei Pass

Mei Pass (Chinese: 梅關; literally 'Plum Pass') is a strategic site around 30 kilometres north of Nanxiong (南雄) in Guangdong (廣東), China. It is situated in the Meiling Mountains (梅嶺) and forms the boundary between the provinces of Jiangxi (江西) and Guangdong.

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Play

Prambanan the largest in Indonesia

Prambanan is a Hindu temple compound in Central Java of Indonesia, the temple compound is located approximately 17 kilometres northeast of the city of Yogyakarta. There were once 240 temples standing in this temple complex, but only 8 main temples and 8 small shrines in the inner zone are reconstructed today.

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Play

Borobudur: Mysterious stupa

Borobudur (Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦣꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦣꦸꦂ) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple lay hidden for nearly a thousand years under layers of volcanic ash and jungle growth, worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in the 19th century, but many mysteries still remained.

Asia, Indonesia, SouthEast Asia, Play

Borobudur: Amazing reliefs

Borobudur (Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦣꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦣꦸꦂ) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia. Borobudur is about 40km from the town of Yogyakarta, it is the single most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia, and also the world's largest Buddhist temple.

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