Eyes on China – A China travel Blog

Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the world’s largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a [...]

People say that the real culture of Beijing is “the culture of hutong” and “the culture of courtyard”. How true that is. Often, it is Beijing’s winding hutongs that attract tourists from home and abroad rather than the high-rise buildings and large mansions.
Hutong is a typical lane or small street in Beijing that originated during [...]

Maybe it was stupid. While tourists, both Western and China called the funicular tram literally Yunguyo Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), we begin our trek to the White Goose Ridge plateau at the top of the tourist area, about 700 m (2300)’s feet steep stairs above us. This eastern range is the easiest way to UNESCO-mess around [...]

I was born in Nanjing of East China and I have been living in this region for more than 20 years. I have fall in love with this part of China. Personally speaking, it is the one of the most beautiful places in China.
East China is a beautiful and richly endowed region of China. Both [...]

It is a fairly small town, perhaps best known as a house girl Nobel laureate author Pearl S. Buck.
Four major parks in Zhenjiang is the most common destinations for tourists. Access to each park costs RMB 30-50, and parks with pagodas admission charge for others (about 10) if you want to climb the pagoda.
Jiaoshan Park [...]