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Located at the east side of Ming Tombs Reservoir of Changping District, 40 km away from Beijing. Mangshan National Forest Park has the largest area in Beijing area. Mangshan park has four rare features: firstly, there are 176 species of trees on the mountain with 86% forest coverage. In spring, flowers in mountain are in blossom, in fall the smoke tree leaves are in red. The sceneries are gorgeo ...

On the southern side of Tiananmen Square, this monument was completed in 1958 and stands on the site of the old Outer Palace Gate. The 36-meter obelisk, made of Qingdao granite, bears bas-relief carvings of key revolutionary events (one relief shows the Chinese destroying opium in the 19th century) as well as appropriates calligraphy from Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. 

Repeatedly destroyed and restored, the Drum Tower in Beijing originally marked the center of the old Mongol capital. The drums of this later Ming-dynasty version were beaten to mark the hours of the day. Stagger up the incredibly steep steps from impressive views over Beijing's Hutong rooftops. Drum performances are given every half-hour from 9am to 11:30am to 1:30 pm to 5 pm.Fronted by a stele ...

These days a monk's video was posted on the Chinese internet, which has been viewed by several millions up to now. It makes the monk famous all over China. In the video, he was harassed by several monkeys when he was being interviewed on television in Emei Mountain. In the video, he said to the monkeys with a smile: "Hey, hey, stop disturbing me monkey, it's not easy to be interviewed, maybe you ...

China celebrated its second Tourism Day on May 19 with various activities staged across the country to welcome tourists from home and abroad, and thousands of travel agencies and hotels offering discounts to boost business.China Tourism Day - the nation's largest and most influential tourist event, was approved as a non-statutory holiday by the government in 2011. "We celebrate China Tourism Day ...

In mid-April, Easy Tour China team has had a exciting outdoor activity "CS True Man Show" at the foot of Mount Yao. It was a good time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime. All is new, clean and fresh. As for Mount Yao, it is the highest mountain in Guilin city. Different from most of other hills, it is covered with fertile soil and luxuriant vegetation. Absolutely, it i ...

The Palace Museum in the heart of Beijing, more popularly known as the Forbidden City, opened its Huangji Palace to the public on April 25, 2012. Huangji Palace, built in 1689, was used to hold ceremonies for emperors after they finished handling State affairs. Its structure is duplicated the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The palace is one of the main architectures along the east route of Forbidden ...