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Xiamen |
Xiamen, the second
largest city in Fujian province next to the capital Fuzhou, covers a
total area of 1,516 square meters. As one of the five earliest
special economic zones, with heavy investment from Taiwan and Hong
Kong, it has been a city growing in strength. Despite its fame as an
industrial powerhouse, this port city has not lost much of its
charm, and as a sightseeing haven has become one of the best areas
to visit in Fujian and for good reason: With good food, some great
architecture and a mild to hot climate, Xiamen is hard to beat.
Xiamen, known in the West as Amoy, has long been an important
trading port both for the Chinese and the Colonialists that were to
make use of it. It is the island of Gulangyu, however, that nowadays
most attracts Westerners to this area of Fujian, with its hundreds
of interesting and quietly crumbling colonial villas.
For the Chinese, one of the main reasons for visiting this isle is
to pay homage to the great general and pirate Koxinga, who led heavy
resistance against the invading Manchu armies in the seventeenth
century, and who fought and defeated the Dutch armies in Taiwan.
Tributes to Koxinga are scattered all about the island, including
the majestic granite statue of him, staring out towards Taiwan.
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Beijing
Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It
covers 17,000 square kilometers, most of which is mountainous,
accounting for 62% of the city's landmass. The rest, 6400 square
kilometers or 38% of the total are flat. The municipality
governs 14 urban districts and 4 rural counties. Beijing is home
to the Peking Man, one of the earliest human species that
existed some 500,000 years ago. Historic records and
archeological findings prove that as a city, Beijing dates back
more than 3,000 years ago.
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Xi'an
Xi'an, formerly called Chang'an, is one of the six ancient
capitals in China and also one of the four great ancient capital
cities of the world (the other three are Aden, Cairo and Rome).
It served as the earlist capital and has the longest history of
capital intermittently. During Xian's 3,100 years of
development, 13 dynasties such as Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang, held
it as their capitals. Here we have the historic site of Lantian
Apeman approximately 800,000 years ago, Banpo--the historic
remains of 6,000 years ago Neolithic matriarchal clan community,
the most wonderful archeological found--the terra-cotta warriors
and horses of Emperor Qin shihuang. click here for more
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Shanghai
Shanghai,
the largest city in China, is an amazing mix of the ancient and
hi-tech western civilization. It is a multi-cultural metropolis
with both modern and traditional Chinese features. The city,
whose name literally means "on the sea", is located on the East
China coast just to the south of the mouth of the Yangtze River.
It has a status equivalent to a province, and reports directly
to the central government. Serving as the largest base of
Chinese industrial technology, one of the most important
seaports and China's largest commercial and financial center,
shanghai draws the attention of the whole world. A cultural,
prosperous city, Shanghai offer visitors some of the world’s
grandest sights. click here for more
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Wuxi
Wuxi, the famous tourist city in Jiangsu Province, is one of the
15 economic central cities in China called as "homeland of fish
and rice". Taihu Lake, the third largest freshwater lake in
China, has many islets which have now become the main tourist
destinations for visitors. The Three Kingdoms City, built in
1993 to film the famous historical TV serial - the Romance of
Three Kingdoms, which is one of the four most famous novels in
China, was totally in Han Dynasty style. So when you enter the
Three Kingdoms City and sometimes see lots of people wearing
ancient costumes, don't be so surprised, it's only a scene for
filming actually.
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