Sanxingdui Museum is located in Northeast of Sanxingdu archeological site, west of the famous cultural city of Guanghan, on the bank of Jian River (commonly called Yazi River), 40 kilometers (about 24.9 miles) north of Chengdu City. Covering an exhibition area of 4,000 square meters (about 1544.4 square miles), and opened in October 1997 this [...]
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Taihu Lake, Wuxi, China
Taihu Lake, also called Zhengze or five lake is the 3rd largest and one of the Famous Five freshwater lakes. It occupies the area of water between the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Taihu Lake coversan area of 2420 square kilometers, 68 kilometers from north to south, 56 kilometers from west to east. It is 3 [...]
Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum in Lintong, Xian, Shaanxi Province. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China.
Upon ascending the throne at [...]
White Horse Temple
In the year 64 of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), Emperor Ming sent a delegation of his men to study Buddhism in the western world. After three years, two eminent Indian monks, She Moteng and Zhu Falan, came back with the delegation. They brought with them a white horse carrying Buddhist sutras and Buddhist figures [...]
Autumn lake of fresh products
Taihu Lake is located in the Yangtze River Delta Center, 55 kilometers east to west, 68 kilometers north to south, across the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, is China’s one of the five largest freshwater lakes. Taihu Lake is rich in resources of fish, known as “the Big Dipper Golden Sunrise,” “natural fish bank” reputation, its [...]