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Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play, Eat

Night of Jiufen

Jiufen (Chinese: 九份), literally means 'nine portions', is a seaside mountain area in Ruifang (瑞芳) District, New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan. Except for some coffee shops and restaurants that will open at night, most of the shops will close around 6 pm.

Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play

Jiufen the City of Sadness

Jiufen (Chinese: 九份), literally means 'nine portions', is a seaside mountain area in Ruifang (瑞芳) District, New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan. In the early years, Jiufen was prosperous because of gold mines, but it declined after the mines were exhausted.

Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play, Eat

Salted duck of Jinshan Old Street

Jinshan Old Street (Chinese: 金山老街), also known as Jinbaoli Old Street (金包里老街), is located in Jinshan District (金山區) , New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan. Dating back over 300 years, Jinshan Old Street is the oldest street in Jinshan.

Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play

Longfeng Valley the natural bath

Longfeng Valley (Chinese: 龍鳳谷) is a large volcanic sulfur hot spring area located at the southwest corner of Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山國家公園), Taiwan. Longfeng Valley provides hot spring water to most of the hotels in Beitou (北投).

China, Asia, Sichuan, Northeast Asia, Play

Little friends of Wuxuhai

Wuxuhai (Chinese: 五須海) is located in the northern part of Jiulong (九龍) County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།), Sichuan (四川) Province, China. There is a Tibetan village here, and the locals living here are simple and honest.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Morning of Shirakawago

Shirakawago (Japanese: 白川郷), literally means’White River Village’, is located in the village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Shirakawago is well known for its beautiful scenery, especially in the early morning, so it is good to stay there overnight.

China, Asia, Sichuan, Northeast Asia, Play

Tibetan Village of Jiarong people

Jiaju Tibetan Village (Chinese: 甲居藏寨) is located in Danba (Tibetan: རོང་བྲག།) county, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (དཀར་མཛེས་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ།) in western Sichuan (四川) Province, China. It was rated as the most beautiful village in China by Chinese National Geographic Magazine.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Gokayama: Ainokura

Gokayama (Japanese: 五箇山) is an area within the city of Nanto (南礪) in Toyama (富山) Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional Gasso-zukuri (合掌造り) farmhouses. Choumeizai will talk about Ainokura (相倉) here.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Gokayama: Suganuma

Gokayama (Japanese: 五箇山) is an area within the city of Nanto (南礪) in Toyama (富山) Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional Gasso-zukuri (合掌造り) farmhouses. Choumeizai will talk about Suganuma (菅沼) here.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Autumn of Shirakawago

Shirakawago (Japanese: 白川郷), literally means’White River Village’, is located in the village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Shirakawago is well known for its cluster of farmhouses, constructed in the architectural style known as Gasso-zukuri (合掌造り).

Asia, South Asia, India, Play

Heaven and earth in Delhi

Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली) is a city located on the Yamuna river and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Delhi has the second-highest GDP per capita in India, but the disparity between the rich and the poor is very extreme.

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Lahdim Square of Meknes

Meknes (Berber languages: ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco. Lahdim Square (Arabian: ساحة الهديم‎) is a large esplanade, located between the old town and the imperial part of the city, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Meknes.

Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play

Lotus Pond: Dragon and Tiger Pagodas

Lotus Pond (Chinese: 蓮池潭) is an artificial lake and popular tourist destination on the east side of Zuoying (左營) District in Kaohsiung (高雄), Taiwan. Opened in 1951, it is famous for the lotus plants and the numerous temples around the lake, including Dragon and Tiger Pagodas (龍虎塔).

Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play

Lotus Pond: Spring and Autumn Pavilions and Cih Ji Palace

Lotus Pond (Chinese: 蓮池潭) is an artificial lake and popular tourist destination on the east side of Zuoying (左營) District in Kaohsiung (高雄), Taiwan. Opened in 1951, it is famous for the lotus plants and the numerous temples around the lake, including Spring and Autumn Pavilions (春秋閣) and Cih Ji Palace (慈濟宮).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Yunnan

Hani village blue

Hani Rice Terraces (哈尼梯田) are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (紅河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan (雲南) Province, China. Choumeizai is impressed by the beautiful blue of one of the little Hani villages.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Yunnan

Thousands terraces in Bada

Hani Rice Terraces (Chinese: 哈尼梯田) are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (紅河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan (雲南) Province, China. Bada (壩達) is one of the popular scenic spots of Hani Rice Terraces, famous for the scenery of sunset.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Yunnan

Hani women in Yunnan

Hani people (Chinese: 哈尼族) are ethnic group in Southern China, they form one of the 56 officially recognized nationalities of China. Choumeizai meets many Hani people in the scenic area of Hani Rice Terraces (哈尼梯田), while the Hani women are more impressive.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Yunnan

Hani village in Honghe

Hani Rice Terraces (Chinese: 哈尼梯田) are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (紅河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan (雲南) Province, China. Hani people (Chinese: 哈尼族) are ethnic group in Southern China.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Hubei, Play

Shennongjia: Shennong Altar

Shennongjia (Chinese: 神農架) is a forestry district in northwestern Hubei (河北) Province, China. Shennongjia is named after Shennong (神農), once a mythological Chinese ruler who has become a deity in folk religion and is venerated as a culture hero in China.

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