The Great Wall of China is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the...
Beautiful Scenic Sites
Architecture Styles As a large country，the architectural styles of different regions and nationalities in China may vary in characteristics and...
The Temple of Heaven (Part One) The Temple of Heaven is located in the south of Beijing. It was built...
Lijiang is a beautiful shining jewel on the northwest YunnanGuizhou Plateau neighboring the southeast side of the Tibetan Plateau which...
Mount Huangshan attracts tourists by its natural simplicity and unvarnished beauty. The first extraordinary scenery you can see is the...
The Temple of Heaven in Beijing the altar where the emperor made sacrifices to Heaven, is one of the world's...
Say some friends come to Beijing and have only one day to be introduced to traditional Chinese culture. They might...
According to an old Chinese adage, "To be a true hero, one must first visit the Great Wall." It is...
The repeat photography in this book has provided us a view of northwest Yunnan across space and time. It is...
Nitong Village Roofs, Deqin County Retreating glaciers can have impacts on communities, such as water supply and landslide hazards; however,...
Glaciers of Khawa Karpo, Deqin County The mountain scenery of the Khawa Karpo Range has become a popular atraction on...
Qome of the most dramatic and observable effects of rapid changes in the) Earth's climate system occur at high latitudes...
Ninong Forest, Deqin County In this set of images, we are fortunate to view the forests above Ninong village at...
Moon Rock, Gongshan County Andre Guibaut and Louis Liotard were leaders of a French anthropological expedition to the Nu River...
The mountains of northwest Yunnan support more than 10 types Iof forest, each one occupying a unique place along two...
Miancimu Peak, Deqin County Miancimu is the wife to the god Khawa Karpo and the goddess peak of the sacred...
Tthree of the world's greatest rivers traverse northwest Yunnan in parallel valleys, flowing a mere 63 kilometers (40 miles) apart...
This article Lfocuses on the other defining physical feature of northwest Yunnan: the high mountains that run in long parallel...
Jinsha River at Qizong, Weixi County This photo point is at the edge of downtown Qizong looking north, upstream. The...
Baihanluo Church, Gongshan County Here we see the Baihanluo Church that was built in 1905. The compound has deteriorated since...