Interesting China Facts
From the long history to successive culture, delicious food, Kung fu, panda, magnificent landscape... China has it all! Here are some interesting and amazing facts about this country, which give a quick glance of the various cultures and lifestyles followed out here.
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Mount Wutai
Mount Wutai, located in the northeastern part of Shanxi province, is 230 kilometers away from the provincial capital city Taiyuan. It is equally famous with Mount Emei of Sichuan province, Mount Jiuhua of Anhui province, and Mount Putuo of Zhejiang province, as...
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Mount Sanqingshan National Park
Mount Sanqingshan lies in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, with Yujing Peak as its highest peak (altitude 1 816.9m), the scenic area is 756.6 square kilometers. The combination of rich modeling of granite stones and variety of vegetations, the variation of the...
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Fujian Tulou
Fujian Tulou was listed as world cultural heritage site by UNESCO in 2008. It is a type of Chinese rural dwellings of the Hakka is in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian Province. Once they were regarded as nuclear equipment by the satellites of USA and...
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Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
The Kaiping Diaolou are fortified multi-storey towers, generally made of reinforced concrete. Located in Kaiping County, Guangdong province, these towers are the multiple-story-house for the purpose of defense and dwelling. They can be divided into tree t...
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South China Karst
Karst is a unique landform evolved in the carbonate rocks, which demonstrate the forces of nature; South China is famed for its rich and diversified Karst landforms. South China Karst represents the unrivaled features of the tropical and subtropical karst terrain...
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Yin Xu
Yin Xu, or the ruins of the Shang Dynasty, is located in the area of Xiaotun Village in the northwest of Anyang City, Henan Province. It has a history that can be traced back to over 3300 years ago, covers an area of 24 square kilometers. It is the ruins...
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Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries- Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries world natural heritage including Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains, covers an area of 9245 square kilometers and also covers Chengdu, Aba, Ya'an and Ganzi these four city states and 12 counties. More than 30% of the world...
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Historic Center of Macau
The "Historic Center of Macau,"the only world heritage site that China declared in 2005, was approved at the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). With 20 historic...