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Nine Dragon Screen
The Nine Dragon Screen, a 5m-high and 27m-long spirit wall, is a glimmering stretch of coloured glazed tiles.
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Chìkǎn
The charming old town of Chìkǎn, 10km southwest of Kāipíng, has streets of shophouses with arcades on the ground floor flanking the Tánjiāng River (潭江). These distinctive qílóu (骑楼) buildings were built by overseas Cantonese merchants in the 1920s. Bus 6 from Yìcí bus station takes
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Bǎngyǎn Mansion
This dignified complex was the home of the 19th-century writer and politician Feng Guifen. It has a rich collection of antique furniture and intricate carvings of stone, wood and brick – it often serves as a movie set. The surrounding garden is pretty, with lotus ponds, arched brid
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Tap Seac Gallery
One of a handful of 1920s houses surrounding Tap Seac Sq, this building features a European-style facade and Moorish arched doors. The gallery inside hosts excellent contemporary art exhibitions. The original patio in the middle of the house has been kept, which creates a light-fil
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Rigsum Lhakhang
One of four chapels surrounding the Jokhang at cardinal points, this lovely small chapel hidden in a housing courtyard southwest of Barkhor Sq is dedicated to the Rigsum Gonpo trinity of Jampelyang, Chenresig and Chana Dorje (Vajrapani). Look for the line of prayer wheels disappear
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Pǔyòu Temple
Housed within the grounds of Pǔníng Temple, on the east side, this temple is dilapidated and missing its main hall, but it has a plentiful contingent of merry gilded luóhàn in the side wings, although a fire in 1964 incinerated many of their confrères. Entry is covered by the ticke
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Meteorological Signal Tower
This signal tower was built in 1907 to replace the wooden original as well as to serve as a meteorological relay station for the tireless Shànghǎi Jesuits. In the early 1950s it was commandeered as a river-boat police station, and in 1995 the entire edifice was shunted 22.4m to its
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Ox Warehouse
This atmospheric former slaughterhouse is run by a nonprofit that hosts contemporary exhibitions, workshops and performances by local and visiting artists. Much of the work is engagingly experiential. Even if nothings on, the architecture of the old buildings here makes it worthwhi
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Three Gorges Museum
This sleek museum showcases the history of settlement in the Chóngqìng region. Theres the inevitable exhibition on the Three Gorges, including a model of the dam, as well as clothing and artwork relating to southwest China’s minority groups. Some exhibits have better English captio
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Turpan Museum
Xīnjiāng’s second-largest museum houses a rich collection of relics recovered from archaeological sites across the Turpan Basin, including dinosaur fossils and a couple of local mummies. Pop in here before signing up for a tour; the photos of nearby sites might help you decide whic
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Lovers Road
This balmy promenade starts at Gŏngbĕi (拱北), at the border with Macau, and sweeps north for 28km along the coast, passing some of Zhūhăis most coveted real estate. The section near Tángjiā Public Garden is the most beautiful. There are kite and bicycle rentals along the way, and sn
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Huánchéng Park
This park on the Húchéng River is built around Black Tiger Spring (黑虎泉, Hēihǔ Quán), which empties into the old city moat through three stone tiger heads. It gets its name from the sound of the roaring water as it rushed over a tiger-shaped stone, long gone but immortalized in Ming
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Flower, Bird, Fish & Insect Market
One of few remaining traditional markets in town, here is where locals go to buy live crickets, birds, turtles, fish and flowers. The noise of birdsong and crickets chirping can be almost deafening. Note that some may find the conditions of the animals, particularly birds and turtl
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Pangong
About 8km north of Rutok Xian, in Western Tibet, the road hits the east end of lovely turquoise Pangong-tso (4241m). The long lake extends 110km into Ladakh in India. It’s worth continuing here for views of the lake but beware the tour boats; several Chinese tourists died here in 2
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Mu Family Mansion
The former home of a Naxi chieftain, the Mu Family Mansion was heavily renovated (more like built from scratch) after the devastating earthquake that struck Lìjiāng in 1996. Mediocre captions do a poor job of introducing the Mu family but many travellers find the beautiful grounds
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China Science & Technology Museum
About 8km north of the city centre and a big favourite with kids, this imposing facility has an array of hands-on scientific exhibitions, a kids science playground and state-of-the-art 3D and ‘4D’ cinemas. Walk east from South Gate of Forest Park subway station, then take the secon
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Friendship Pass Scenic Area
The Chinese side of the Sino-Vietnamese border is an attractive park sprinkled with old buildings. These include a yellow French colonial number erected by the Qing government, and the virile-looking Friendship Pass Tower , rebuilt in 1957 on the original 2000-year-old site with ba
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Chánglè Gate
At the southern end of the Yanzhao Dajie is Changle Gate , also known as Nanchengmen or South Gate. You can climb the gate, where there is a small exhibition. Extending away from the gate to the east and west are the dilapidated remains of the city wall, stripped of its trees and s
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Běiyìnquán
Tourists and locals flock here to taste the supposedly curative mineral spring water thats piped out through installed taps. Some even use the water to wash their hair! Bring you own bottle and fill up on the good stuff (which tastes like metal-flavoured soda water) and stroll the
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Law Uk Folk Museum
This teeny museum occupies two restored Hakka village houses that have stood in a district of office buildings, warehouses and workers’ flats for over two centuries. The courtyard and bamboo groves are peaceful, and the displays – furniture, household items and farming implements –
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