Showing posts with the label China

The Temple of The Flying Monks

Mar 27, 2017

That tiny orange figure levitating above this futuristic structure high on the Songshan mountain in rural Henan, China, is indeed a monk, al...

Lucky Knot Bridge in Changsha, China

Oct 29, 2016

A curvaceous new footbridge inspired by the Mobius strip has opened in Changsha, China, that offers pedestrians a variety of different route...

Taipei’s Typhoon-Bent Mailboxes

Sep 1, 2016

In August 2015, a powerful typhoon named Soudelor slammed into the east coast of Taiwan bringing torrential rain and fierce wind in excess o...

Chaka Salt Lake: Mirror Of The Sky

Aug 29, 2016

Chaka Salt Lake near the town Chaka in Wulan county is one of the most beautiful lakes of the Qaidam Basin in Northwest China’s Qinghai prov...

China’s ‘Transit Elevated Bus’ Drives Above Traffic Jams

Aug 4, 2016

China has unveiled a futuristic ‘straddling bus’ that’s capable of driving over other cars stuck in nightmarish traffic jams which has becom...

Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum

Jul 27, 2016

On 12 May, 2008, a devastating earthquake in Wenchuan County, in Sichuan, China, left nearly 70,000 people killed and over 18,000 missing. A...

Colossal Statue of Guan Yu in Jingzhou

Jul 14, 2016

An enormous statue of the ancient Chinese warrior Guan Yu was recently unveiled at a park in Jingzhou city in Hubei province. The statue dep...

Famous Porcelain Tower of Nanjing Rebuilt

Jun 20, 2016

The lost Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, ranked one of the seven wonders of the medieval world, is back in Nanjing more than a hundred and fifty...

The Alpine Lakes And Waterfalls of Jiuzhaigou

Jun 9, 2016

The Jiuzhaigou Valley, located at the foot of the snow-capped Minshan Mountain, in the north of Sichuan province, China, is a place of excep...

A Walkway Over Water in China

May 3, 2016

The Shiziguan scenic area, in Xuan'en County of central China's Hubei Province, has unveiled a new floating walkway over a brilliant...

The Floating Guangji Bridge

Apr 25, 2016

Guangji Bridge, also known as Xiangzi Bridge, is an ancient bridge across the Han River in Chaozhou, Guangdong province, China. It is renown...

Anping Bridge, China’s Longest Ancient Bridge

Apr 25, 2016

Spanning the bay between Jinjiang County and Nan'an County, west of Fuzhou City, China, is the beautiful 12th century Anping Bridge, als...

Women’s World War 2 Memorials

Mar 12, 2016

All wars change the lives of those they touch, but nothing was as transformative and revolutionary as the Second World War, particularly for...

The Feng Shui Skyscrapers of Hong Kong

Mar 9, 2016

In Hong Kong, a city with one of the most beautiful skyline , the plan and design of a building is determined as much as by architects and e...

Drone Photos Show The Density of Hong Kong’s High Rises

Mar 9, 2016

Hong Kong based photographer, Andy Yeung , shows us how densely populated his city is by flying a drone over and capturing the view with a w...

The Urban Villages of China

Feb 25, 2016

Over the last four decades, China has experienced rapid urban growth and massive rural to urban migration. Between the late seventies to the...

Chinese Village Builds Giant Golden Statue of Mao Zedong

Jan 7, 2016

Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, was a controversial figure. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military s...

Asia’s Largest Man-Made Waterfall Opens in China

Jan 5, 2016

The largest man-made waterfall in Asia has opened to the public in Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province. The waterfalls is 12.5 meters high an...

A Daredevil Aerial Walkway Over a Tea Park in China

Dec 30, 2015

What’s more dangerous than a glass-bottom bridge ? A bridge without a bottom, of course! Such an aerial walkway buttressed by only ropes ha...

Yanweizhou Wetland Park, China

Dec 29, 2015

Located in the heart of Jinhua City in central Zhejiang province in eastern China, is a natural riparian wetland where the Wuyi River and Yi...