2010

 
 

Photo taken at Beijing, The Badaling Great Wall (八达岭长城)

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Forbidden Palace Museum

故宫博物院

Wangfujing Church

王府井天主堂

The Ming Tombs

- Dingling

明十三陵－定陵

Wangfujing Street

王府井小吃街

Tian’an Men

天安门

Badaling Great Wall

(八达岭长城)

The Summer Palace

颐和园

SHANGHAI 上海

Lying on the banks of the Huangpu River, close to the mouth of the mighty Yangzi on China’s eastern seaboard, Shanghai is the nation’s largest and most dynamic city, with a population of 13 million people.

Pudong

浦东

The Bund

外滩

Yu Garden

豫园

Nanjing Road

南京路

The Oriental Pearl Tower

东方明珠塔

The Bund at night

外滩夜景

HANGZHOU 杭州

Renowned in medieval China as an earthly paradise, Hangzhou became the splendid capital of the Southern Song dynasty between 1138 and 1279. The capital flourished and its glories were extolled by Marco Polo, who allegedly visited Hangzhou at the height of its prosperity and described it as “the City of Heaven, the most magnificent in all the world”

SUZHOU 苏州

A network of canals, bridges, and canal-side housing characterizes the city of Suzhou. During the Ming dynasty, Suzhou flourished as a place of refinement, drawing an influx of scholars and merchants, who built themselves numerous elegant garden.

West Lake

西湖

The Humble Administrator’s Garden

拙政园

Suzhou Canal

苏州小溪