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Bǎnnà Wild Elephant Valley
Named after the 50-odd elephants who live here. The elephants are very retiring and rare are the travellers who have actually seen any of them. You will see monkeys, though, and it’s worth a visit if you want to see something of the local forest. A 2km-long cable car runs over the
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Residence of the Celestial Masters
About 28km from Lónghǔ Mountain’s main entrance, this is the largest and best-preserved temple in the area. It was originally built in the Song dynasty, thoroughly renovated in the Qing dynasty and then again in the 1990s. The oldest building still standing is the Sanctuary of Trip
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Yángjiālǐng Revolution Headquarters Site
Perhaps the most interesting site, this is located 3km northwest of the town centre. Here you can see the assembly hall where the first central committee meetings were held, including the seventh national plenum, which formally confirmed Mao as the leader of the party and the revol
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Shānshǎngān Guild Hall
This tiny, elaborately styled guild hall was built as a lodging and meeting place during the Qing dynasty by an association of merchants from Shānxi (山西), Shǎnxi (陕西; Shaanxi) and Gānsù (甘肃) provinces. Note the ornate carvings on the roofs, and delve into the exhibition on historic
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People’s Park
On weekends, locals fill this park with dancing, song and taichi. There’s a small, willow-tree–lined boating lake and a number of teahouses: Hè Míng Teahouse is the most popular.
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Arthur M Sackler Museum of Art & Archaeology
Excellent collection of relics brought together on the campus of Peking University (enter via west gate), although some English captions would be nice given the significance of this collection. Exhibits include the skeleton of the Jīnniúshān Man, thought to be over 250,000 years ol
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Monastery of Deep Compassion
Tiānjīn’s most important Buddhist temple – built in three stages from 1436 to 1734 – was always noted for its Sakya Hall (Shìjiā Bǎodiàn). Sadly, the hall seemed to be being entirely rebuilt when we were last here. The large hall behind it (also rebuilt) used to house a huge, golde
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Zhōnghuá Gate
Built on the site of the old Tang-dynasty wall, Zhōnghuá Gate has four rows of gates, making it almost impregnable, and could house a garrison of 3000 soldiers in vaults in the front gate building. When walking through, observe the trough in either wall of the second gate, which he
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Kowloon Walled City Park
This attractive park was the site of the mysterious Kowloon Walled City, a Chinese garrison in the 19th century that technically remained part of China throughout British rule. Neither government wanted to have anything to do with the 3-acre enclave, so it became a lawless slum inf
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Mao Zedong Memorial Museum
Exiting Maos home, turn left and walk straight on to Mao Zedong Sq where, on your left, youll see the entrance to this museum. It portrays Maos life through paintings and old photos and has decent English captions. Exiting from the back of the museum, youll see the Relic Hall of Ma
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Qian Xuesen Library & Museum
A former graduate of Jiāotōng University, Qian Xuesen (Hsue-shen Tsien) was a pioneering aviation and rocket scientist, trumpeted as the father of China’s aeronautical industry and space program. Qian receives a spotlessly patriotic appraisal by this overproduced three-floor museum
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Southorn Playground
This unspectacular-looking sportsground is in fact the social hub of old Wan Chai, offering up a cross-section of life in the ‘hood at any time of the day. Seniors come to play chess, students and amateur athletes to shoot hoops and kick ball. There are hip-hop dance-offs, housewiv
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Sheung Yiu Folk Museum
The museum is part of a restored Hakka village typical of those found here in the 19th century. The village was founded about 150 years ago by the Wong clan, which built a kiln to make bricks. In the whitewashed dwellings, pigpens and cattle sheds – all surrounded by a high wall an
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Gönlong Retok Ganden Retreat
Hidden in the fold of a valley north of town, this ruined and little-visited monastery is a 7km drive from Gyantse from a turn-off near the Rabse Nunnery. There are ruins all around the site, including what was once the main Drölma Lhakhang; compare it with the black-and-white phot
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Former Foreign Legation Quarter
The former Foreign Legation Quarter, where the 19th-century foreign powers flung up their embassies, schools, post offices and banks, lies east of Tiān’ānmén Sq. Apart from the Běijīng Police Museum, the former French Post Office (now a Sìchuān restaurant), and some of the Legation
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Mògānshān Hilltop Resort
A blessed release from the suffocating summer torpor roasting north Zhèjiāng, this delightful hilltop resort was developed by 19th-century Europeans from Shànghǎi and Hángzhōu during the concession era, in the style of Lúshān and Jīgōngshān in Hénán. Refreshingly cool in summer and
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Summer Palace of the 13th Dalai Lama
The summer palace of the 13th Dalai Lama (Chensek Podrang) is in the western section of the Norbulingka northwest of the awful zoo . The ground-floor assembly hall is stuffed full of various buggies, palanquins and bicycles. The fine murals depicting the life of Sakyamuni are hard
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Dorje Drak Monastery
Dorje Draks main assembly hall has statues of the first and second Rigdzins and the 5th Dalai Lama, while the inner room features Pema Trinley, the fourth Rigdzin, next to Sakyamuni. The old B&W photo by the entryway shows the extents of the original monastery. The Samsum Namgy
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Fǎzàngjiǎng Temple
This simple but very active temple is curiously accessed from the west, rather than the south where the entrance to Buddhist temples usually lies. The restored main hall encloses a large modern statue of Sakyamuni, seated lily-top between two walls glinting with gilded luóhàn (arha
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Lúpǔ Bridge
For aerial views of the World Expo grounds or for those seeking to measure the extent of Shànghǎi’s urban sprawl, climb up to a viewing platform at the apex of the city’s longest suspension bridge. The entrance is located at the end of Luban Rd (under the bridge). It’s one elevator
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