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Presidential Palace
After the Taiping took over Nánjīng, they built the Mansion of the Heavenly King (Tiānwáng Fǔ ) on the foundations of a former Ming-dynasty palace. This magnificent palace did not survive the fall of the Taiping, but there is a reconstruction and a classical Ming garden, now known
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June 4th Museum
The worlds first permanent museum dedicated to the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Běijīngs Tiān’ānmén Square. The 800 sq ft space has artefacts, photographs, books and microfilm related to the incident including casings of bullets supposedly fired by the Peoples Liberation Army and
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Huāshí Lóu
This granite and marble villa built in 1930 was first the home of a Russian aristocrat, and later the German governor’s hunting lodge. It is also known as the ‘Chiang Kaishek Building’, as the generalissimo secretly stayed here in 1947. While most of the rooms are closed, you can c
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Jiǎjū Zàngzhài
Of all the pretty villages in the hills around here, Dānbā’s pride and joy is Jiǎjū, 12km northwest of town and perched at the top of a multi-switchback track that winds its way up a steep river gorge. With its fruit trees, charming Tibetan stone houses and homestays, Jiǎjūs quaint
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Mui Wo
Mui Wo (Plum Nest) was Lantau’s largest settlement before Tung Chung was born. Today this sleepy town functions as a shopping, eating and transport hub for the islands south side. The big draw for visitors is Silvermine Bay beach (銀礦灣), a decent stretch of sand with toilets and cha
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Hǎinán Museum
This modern colossus of a building should be your first stop when you arrive in Hǎinán. The displays on ethnic minorities, as well as Hǎinán’s 20th-century history, which included fierce resistance against the Japanese and later Nationalists, are particularly informative (and in En
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Melikawat Ruins
The deserts around Hotan are peppered with the faint remains of abandoned cities. The most interesting are those of Melikawat, 25km south of town, a Tang-dynasty settlement with wind-eroded walls, Buddhist stupas and the remains of pottery kilns. Some scholars believe Melikawat was
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Lippo Centre
Though the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank building and the Hong Kong International Airport in Chep Lap Kok (1998) – both by English architect Norman Foster, in late modern high-tech style – may be Hong Kong’s best-known modern architecture, there are quite a number of fine modernist
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Mausoleum of Ammanisahan
The mausoleum commemorates a 16th-century Yarkand Uighur queen and musician famed for her work collecting Uighur muqam music. Behind the tomb is the central mazar (tomb) of her husband Sultan Sayid Khan, the founder of the Yarkand dynasty of rulers (1514–1682). The surrounding spra
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White Pagoda Temple
This temple, originally built during the Yuan dynasty (1206–1368), stands near the zenith of White Pagoda Park , which winds up the near treeless northern bank of the Yellow River. The park also contains a collection of fake traditional pavilions, courtyards and temples. Enter from
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Yarkand Old Town
In the Old Town to the east of the Altun Mosque craftsmen still work their wares with ball-peen hammers and grindstones and several workshops churn out traditional Uighur instruments. To get here take the dirt lane headed east, just south of the Altun Sq, and keep going. Eventually
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Pomda Monastery
The monastery dates back 360 years but was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution rebuilt in 1980. It is now home to 100 monks. The main hall has excellent murals and statues of Sayamuni (Sakya Thukpa), flanked by Jampelyang (Manjushi), Jampa (Maitreya) and Drölma (Tara). The inner s
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Soviet Department Store Building
This weather-beaten, three-storey building on Shengli Lu (胜利路) just opposite Cháyáng Guesthouse (茶陽賓館; Cháyáng Bīnguăn) was a department store built in the 1950s with Soviet funds. Patches of yellow paint still cling onto its facade, and you can make out Mao-era slogans on its red
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Plum Monastery Buddhist
This dignified temple is dedicated to the Father of Chinese Zen Buddhism – Master Huineng (六祖慧能), who was said to be fond of plum blossoms. Born in Zhàoqìng during the Tang dynasty, Master Huineng planted plum trees all over the hillside during a sojourn here, and dug a well (look
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Gānzī Prefecture Tibetan Cultural Heritage Museum
By the Pǎomǎ Shān cable car entrance, behind the building with the big red om, this bēng kē -style (崩柯) structure (three-storey structures with split log and packed earth walls), houses exhibits surveying the Khams rich heritage from the garb of regional tribes to thangka (sacred p
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Lou Kau Mansion
Built around 1889, this Cantonese-style mansion with southern European elements belonged to merchant Lou Wa Sio (aka Lou Kau), who also commissioned the Lou Lim Ioc Garden . Behind the grey facade, an intriguing maze of open and semi-enclosed spaces blurs the line between inside an
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Lì Garden
About 15 minutes by taxi from Kāipíng, Lì Garden has a fortified mansion built in 1936 by a wealthy Chinese American. The interiors featuring Italianate motifs and the gardens with their artificial canals, footbridges and dappled pathways are delightful.Diāolóu watchtowers here inc
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Shangshung
Down the Sutlej Valley, 2km past Khyunglung (曲龙; Qūlóng) village, is the extensive ruined cave city that archaeologists believe belonged to the early kingdom of Shangshung. A 20-minute trail to the site leads from a roadside chörten and drops past hot-spring terraces to cross the S
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Gomang College
Gomang is the second-largest of Drepung’s colleges and follows the same layout as Loseling. The main hall has a whole row of images, including Jampa, Tsepame and the seventh Dalai Lama. Again, there are three chapels to the rear: the one to the left houses three deities of longevit
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Changyu Wine Culture Museum
The unexpected Changyu Wine Culture Museum introduces the history of China’s oldest and largest Western-style winery, which produces grape wines as well as brandy and a Chinese ‘health liquor’. Cheong Fatt-Tze, dubbed China’s Rockfeller, founded the winery in 1894, after overhearin
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