Bifengxia Panda Base Its onstruction began in October of 2002, at Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. The Base opened in the fall of 2003. This Giant Panda base is a branch of the China Conservation Research Center for the Giant Panda, (CCRCGP) W...

Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, home of life, set up in 1978, is famed as Home of Life, and it is upgraded to National Reserve in 1986. This excellent reserve focuses on main protection of giant pandas with their habitats and forests and other wi...

Hangzhou , the City of the Lake Hangzhou' s legendary West Lake conjures images of sweeping willows and morning mist along the shores of China' s most famous and revered of lakes. Heralded as one of the most romantic cities in China , Hangz...

Guilin' s Karst Castles Guilin' s limestone karst mountains and Yangshuo's laidback setting have long drawn backpackers and nature enthusiasts. With the Li River serving as a backdrop, the surrounding area is an emerald waiting to be explor...

Sanxingdui Ruins ------ The most attractive archaeological discovery in the world Guanghan, called Luoxian and Hanzhou in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of the Chengdu Plain, 22km from Chengdu , the capital of Sichuan Provi...

Dali, the Jewel of the Southwest Dali is a little present waiting for you after a strenuous journey by road. It offers a lake shore dotted with rustic villages, mountains cut with waterfalls and the relaxed atmosphere of a backpacker's retr...

Suzhou's Legendary Gardens The abundance of water made possible the development of one of Suzhou' s crowning glories: its many magnificent gardens. The gardens of Suzhou have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognizing them as...

The Great Wall snake its way across northern China , from the Yellow Sea and past the Gobi Desert for some 6,000km . While it's not visible from the moon as has been claimed, it's still a remarkable piece of engineering and is the most famo...

DAZU ROCK CARVINGS More than a thousand years ago, Buddhist and Taoist sects fiercely competed for ascendancy and imperial endorsement. As power changed hands and religious orders came in and out of favor, the victors would create new monum...