As summer arrives, the lotus flowers in Liangzhu Archaeological Site Park in Hangzhou City of east China’s Zhejiang Province are blossoming and enticing thousands of tourists.
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Blooming lotus flowers entice tourists in E China’s Zhejiang; CGTN
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Digital technologies used to rebuild 1,500-year-old grottoes in virtual world; CGTN
Photo credit: CFP Various technologies have been adopted to digitize the 1,500-year-old Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China’s Shanxi Province, to permanently preserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: Digital technologies used to rebuild 1,500-year-old grottoes in virtual world
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How were China’s legions of terra-cotta warriors made? Experts have pieced it together; Marcos Martinon-Torres; National Geographic
Photo credit: Oleksiy Maksymenko/Alamy/Cordon Press Creating thousands of live-size soldier statues to protect the mausoleum of China’s first emperor was a massive operation, requiring many steps and close collaboration.
Source: How were China’s legions of terra-cotta warriors made? Experts have pieced it together.
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Live: Day 1 of Labor Day holiday at Temple of Heaven in Beijing; CGTN
Photo credit: CGTN Join CGTN’s Sun Ye at the Temple of Heaven, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Beijing, for a walk in the historical compound.
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Beat the Crowds With These Last-Minute May Holiday Ideas; Robynne Tindall; The Beijinger
Photo source: The Beijinger Perfect destinations for a last-minute getaway… assuming you can find plane tickets, that is…
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Clouds wrap mystical peaks of Mt. Huangshan; CGTN
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Live: Scenery of Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area in SW China; CGTN
Photo source: CGTN Join CGTN to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is famous for its colorful water pools and snow mountains.
Source: Live: Scenery of Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area in SW China
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Explore China’s Grand Canal; China Daily
The Grand Canal, spanning thousands of kilometers, is the longest of its kind in the world. Let’s take a trip along the current canal through a series of photos.
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Volunteers in Dazu devoted to defending rock carvings; Tan Yingzi & Deng Rui; China Daily
A group of volunteers in Chongqing have guarded the Dazu Grottoes for decades, forming a concerted effort with the local authorities to protect the world heritage site.
Source: Volunteers in Dazu devoted to defending rock carvings
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Meet the Man Fighting to Conserve the Famous Kaiping Dialou; Joshua Cawthorpe; That’s Mag
Joshua Cawthorpe sat down with Rocky Deng to talk about his project, which has become much more than just an accommodation.
Source: Meet the Man Fighting to Conserve the Famous Kaiping Dialou
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An Exclusive Peek Into China’s Forbidden City In Honor of the Chinese New Year; Elizabeth Stamp; Architectural Digest
Consisting of nearly 1,000 buildings, this sprawling complex was visited by historical figures such as Marco Polo and Richard Nixon…
Source: An Exclusive Peek Into China’s Forbidden City In Honor of the Chinese New Year
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Hope springs from ancient terraced paddies; Xinhua
For over 1,300 years, the Hani people in Southwest China have plowed rice terraces that appear to cascade down the lush hillsides and form a spectacular view. The terraced fields in Yuanyang county, Yunnan province, made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2013.
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Past resonates at ancient site on Silk Road; Chen Meiling & Ma Jingna; China Daily
Bumping one’s way slowly on the back of a camel across the desert of Dunhuang, Gansu province, a modern-day visitor can easily imagine the past, when traders trudged along the ancient Silk Road, chatting and laughing in good spirits as they expected a good harvest.
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Millennium-old rice terraces survived in China; China Daily
For over 1,300 years, the Hani people in Southwest China have been plowing their rice terraces that cascade down the lush hillsides and shape a spectacular rice-paddy terracing view.
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China’s Lijiang achieves new progress by integrating culture, tourism; Yang Wenming; China Daily
The Old Town of Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwest China’s Yunnan province, has returned to its unsophistication from excessive commercial development thanks to the town’s efforts to incorporate more cultural elements into its tourism development.
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