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China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Tragedy of Matisi Grottoes

Matisi Grottoes (Chinese: 馬蹄寺石窟) is located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County (肅南裕固族自治縣), Zhangye (張掖), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Unfortunately, Matisi Grottoes were devastated during the Cultural Revolution.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Heavens of Matisi Grottoes

Matisi Grottoes (Chinese: 馬蹄寺石窟) is located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County (肅南裕固族自治縣), Zhangye (張掖), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The northern part of Matisi Grottoes is the essence of the whole grottoes, tourists can climb up its Thirty-three Heavens (三十三天).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Landscape of Matisi Grottoes

Matisi Grottoes (Chinese: 馬蹄寺石窟) is located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County (肅南裕固族自治縣), Zhangye (張掖), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Matisi Grottoes cover about 100 square kilometers, the landscape around is beautiful and splendid.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Vietnam, Play

Hoi An: Mansion and market

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. Hoi An preserves many old buildings, such as Phung Hung Old House and Hoi An Central Market.

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, SouthEast Asia, Vietnam, Play

Hoi An: Japanese Covered Bridge

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. Japanese Covered Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Nhật Bản) is one of the most iconic attractions in Hoi An and Vietnam.

Europe, Spain, Play

Cibeles Palace the white splendor

Cibeles Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Cibeles) formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones (Palace of Communications), is a complex composed of two buildings with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid, Spain.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

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).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

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.

Asia, Laos, SouthEast Asia, Play

Temple of Luang Phabang: Wat Mai

龍坡邦(寮語:ເມືອງຫຼວງພະບາງ)位於寮國北部湄公河畔的南堪河口,已有千餘年的歷史,曾是寮國的首都,在公元13至14世紀時開始成為寮族文化中心,於1995年被聯合國教科文組織列為世界文化遺產。龍坡邦市內佛寺眾多,這裏粗眉仔會介紹一下邁爾窟(ວັດໃໝ່ສຸວັນນະພູມາ)。

Asia, Laos, SouthEast Asia, Play

Temple of Luang Phabang: Wat Xieng Thong

Luang Phabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) is a city in north central Laos, it was listed in 1995 for well preserved architectural, religious and cultural heritage. Buddhist temples are everywhere in Luang Phabang, Choumeizai will talk about Wat Xieng Thong (ວັດຊຽງທອງ).

Asia, Laos, SouthEast Asia, Play

Temple of Luang Phabang: Wat Visoun

Luang Phabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) is a city in north central Laos, it was listed in 1995 for well preserved architectural, religious and cultural heritage. Buddhist temples are everywhere in Luang Phabang, Choumeizai will talk about Wat Visoun (ວັດພະເຈົ້າວິຊຸນນະລາດ).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

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.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu

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.

Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Korea

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.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

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.

Bhutan, Asia, South Asia, Play

Memorial of a good king

National Memorial Chorten (Dzongkha: དགོངས་རྫོགས་མཆོད་རྟེན།) also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa located at Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ), Bhutan. The stupa was built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་) and dedicated to World Peace.

Bhutan, Asia, South Asia, Play

Rinpung Dzong: Unity of Buddhism and state

Rinpung Dzong (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རིན་སྤུང་རྫོང) is a large dzong of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District (སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག), Bhutan. Rinpung Dzong was built in the 15th century, it has been a unity of monastery, fortress and government office since then.

Bhutan, Asia, South Asia, Play

Rinpung Dzong the treasure of Paro

Rinpung Dzong (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རིན་སྤུང་རྫོང) is a large dzong of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District (སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག), Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.

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