Kangling Village is located to the northwest of Changling Township, Changping District, about 50 kms north of downtown Beijing. Kangling Village is named after one of the 13 Ming Tombs of the 13 emperors in Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 ) – Kangling Tomb. “Ling” here means “Tomb”. There are totally 13 Ming Tombs and three of them…
Plan Tianjin tour? Tianjin is a concrete book on modern history of China. The city of Tianjin has over 400 European style buildings or villas, which are lagacies of the concessions formerly owned by Britain, France, America, Itlay, Japan, Russia and more between 1860 and 1945. So most of the old foreign villas in Tianjin have gone through over…
If you visit visit Tianjin in summer, Dongjiang Bay Beach is highly recommended. Dongjiang Bay Beach is the largest man-made sand beach in China. It is located in the tourism and leisure zone of Dongjiang Port Area, Tianjin Port in Binhai New District of Tianjin. Dongjiang Bay Beach is about 25km to the north of…
Plan your Tianjin tour? Don’t miss boating on Haihe River! As you know, Tianjin lies on the downstreams of nine rivers with crisscross river courses, hence the name of Water City in Northern China. The 72km Haihe River flows through the city of Tianjin and emptifies itself into the Bohai Sea at Tanggu of New Binhai District…
Plan your Shandong tour? You are highly recommended to visit Dongying, a coastal city in the northest of Shandong Province, where the Yellow River meets the Bohai Sea. Dongying (东营) in Chinese literally means “Eastern Camp”. Tang Taizhong (23 January 599 – 10 July 649), the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China, made his east…
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China with an estimated length of 5,464 kilometers, just after Yangtze River. The Yellow River originates from the Qinhai-Tibet Plateau, passing nine provinces and emptying into the Bohai Sea at Dongying in the northeast of Shandong Province. It is one of the important craddles of China’s civilization. The Yellow…
As the most important part of the Yellow River Delta National Natural Reserve, the Yellow River Delta Wetland is the youngest, the largest, the most extensive and integrated wetland ecosystem in the warm temperate zone of China. It is the most rapid and expanding wetland in the world. From the Yellow River Delta…
The Yellow River Delta National Natural Reserve was established in 1992 with the approval from the of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. The reserve is located in the Yellow River Estuary of the Yellow River Delta formed by the sand brought by the Yellow River within the administrative area of…