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Mosuo Folk Custom Museum
This museum in Luòshuǐ is set within the traditional home of a wealthy Mosuo family, and the obligatory guide will explain how the matriarchal society functions. There is also an interesting collection of photos taken by Joseph Rock in the 1920s. The entrance fee is normally discou
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Qīngjìng Mosque
Built by the Arabs in 1009 and restored in 1309, this stone edifice is one of China’s only surviving mosques from the Song dynasty. Only a few sections (mainly walls) of the original building survive, largely in ruins. The adjacent mosque is a donation from the government of Saudi
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Stanley
This crowd pleaser is best visited on weekdays. Stanley Market is a maze of alleyways that has bargain clothing (haggling a must!). Stanley Main Beach is for beach-bumming and windsurfing. With graves dating back to 1841, Stanley Military Cemetery , 500m south of the market, is wor
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Political Museum
The League of Left-Wing Writers was established down a side alley on 2 March 1930. Today the building serves as a political museum, perhaps worth a look for the architecture alone. Also wander down this alley for some lovely old architecture, pigeons in coops and further small alle
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Tàizǐwān Park
This exquisite and serene park just south of the Sū Causeway off West Lake offers quiet walks among lush woodland, ponds, lakes, rose gardens and lawns along a wooden walkway. Just take off and explore. It’s heavenly in spring, with gorgeous beds of tulips and daffodils and floweri
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Guǎngxī Museum
A fairly interesting museum showcasing Qing ceramics, art and calligraphy with Guǎngxī characteristics, and the customs of ethnic minorities. The collection of ancient copper drums is one of Chinas best. The traditional handicrafts shop (广西传统工艺展示馆) on the ground floor has great sou
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Kun Iam Statue & Ecumenical Centre
This 20m-tall bronze figure, emerging Virgin Mary–like from a 7m-high lotus in the outer harbour, is probably the only statue in the world of the goddess of mercy that is not facing the sea. The lotus shelters a small and unspectacular ecumenical centre, which distributes pamphlets
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Léifēng Pagoda
Topped with a golden spire, the eye-catching Léifēng Pagoda can be climbed for fine views of the lake. The original pagoda, built in AD 977, collapsed in 1924. During renovations in 2001, Buddhist scriptures written on silk were discovered in the foundations, along with other treas
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Memorial Hall of the Lǐngnán School of Painting
This small but excellent museum on the leafy campus of the Guǎngzhōu Academy of Fine Arts (广州美术学院; Guǎngzhōu Měishù Xuéyuàn) pays tribute to the founders of the Lǐngnán school of painting, such as Gao Jianfu, and shows the colourful ink and brush works of contemporary artists verse
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Zhùshèng Bridge
Zhènyuǎn’s old bridge (祝圣桥; Zhùshèng Qiáo), a gorgeous and robust span of arches topped with a three-storey pavilion , is an impressive sight, leading visitors across the water to Qīnglóng Dòng. River views along the river from the bridge at night are serene, with Qīnglóng Dòng spl
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Tsepak Lhakhang
As you exit the Ramoche, a doorway to the right by a collection of yak-butter and juniper incense stalls leads to one of Lhasas hidden gems, the Tsepak Lhakhang. The central image is Tsepame, flanked by Jampa and Sakyamuni, and theres wonderful kora path. The site is very popular w
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Fisherman’s Wharf
This seaside community was built in the style of an early-20th-century American east coast village. It makes a great backdrop for photos, has a row of pleasant coffee and wine shops, and features a perfect replica of the 1853 German Bremen Port Lighthouse, built with bricks from ra
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No 6 Bathing Beach
Closest to the train station is the No 6 Bathing Beach, a short strip of sand and tidepools, next to Zhàn Bridge , a pier reaching into the bay. At its tip, the eight-sided Huílán Pavilion is constantly packed to the rafters. If the pavilion looks familiar, that’s because it’s on e
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Inner Mongolia Museum
This massive museum in the northeastern section of town has a distinctive sloping roof supposed to resemble the vast steppes of Mongolia. It’s one of the better provincial museums, with everything from dinosaurs and Genghis Khan to space-age rockets. Take bus 3 from Xinhua Dajie or
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Hāmì Kings Mausoleum
The main site in Hāmì is this peaceful complex of tombs containing the nine generations of Hāmì kings who ruled the region from 1697 to 1930. The green-tiled main tomb is of the seventh king Muhammed Bixir, with family members and government ministers housed in Mongolian-style buil
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China Silk Museum
This fascinating museum has excellent displays of silk samples, silk making techniques, a room of looms with workers, a textile conservation gallery where you can watch conservationists in action, a superb gallery devoted to silks from Dūnhuáng, silk embroideries and exhibitions on
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Chángchūn World Sculpture Park
Nestled amidst 90 hectare of parklands in the far south of the city, the Chángchūn World Sculpture Park hosts an impressive array of sculptures from Chinese and international artists. The park is one of Chángchūns unsung sights and worth sniffing out. A taxi from Peoples Sq will co
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Báiwáng Shān
Head to the top of this hill opposite the bus station for panoramic views out to the bay and across the ever-expanding city. The phallic-shaped monument is Báiwáng Shān Tǎ (白王山塔), a pagoda erected by the Japanese in 1909 after they took Lǚshùn. Climb to the top up the stairs (made
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Bǎisuì Gōng
A 30-minute hike up the ridge behind Zhīyuán Temple leads you to Bǎisuì Gōng, an active temple built into the cliff in 1630 to consecrate the Buddhist monk Wu Xia, whose shrunken, embalmed body is coated in gold and sits shrivelled within an ornate glass cabinet in front of a row o
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Church of St Lawrence
One of Macaus three oldest churches, St Lawrence was originally constructed of wood in the 1560s, then rebuilt in stone in the early 19th century. The neoclassical church has a magnificent painted ceiling and one of its towers once served as an ecclesiastical prison. Enter from Rua
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