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China has been
a major travel destination of the world and attract
more and more tourists from all over the world.China
will be more important to the 2lst century. Fascination
with Chinese past, Chinese present, and Chinese future… |
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China has 23
provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities
and 2 Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and
Macao). Different cities, different culture and special
interests. |
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Introduction Of Shanxi Province
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| Shanxi
Province |
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Geographic
location |
| Shanxi Province
is situated in the middle of the Yellow River valley,
lying between latitude 3434'-4044' north and longitude
11015'-11432' east. Its location west of the Taihang
Mountains gives the province its name, Shanxi, meaning "west
of the mountain. |
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| Other
Information Of Shanxi Province |
| Capital |
Taiyuan |
| Population |
32.97
millions |
| Ethnic
groups |
Han |
| Major
Cities |
Taiyuan | Datong | Changzhi | Yuci | Yangquan | Linfen |
| Climate |
| It gases a mild continental climate
with four distinct seasons awash in sunlight. The annual
average temperature ranges from 4 to 14 and annual precipitation
from 400 mm to 650 mm. The frost-free season ranges from
120 to more than 220 days. |
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| Major
Scene Spots |
| The
Ancient City Of Pingyao |
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| Pingyao is a small town
in central Shanxi Province whose history goes back 2,700
years, when it was first built during the reign of King
Xuan (827-782 BC) of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Until
this very day, the town looks much the same as when it
was the county seat of the Ming and Qing dynasties.The
city wall stretches for about six kilometers. The town
is protected by a city moat, both three meters deep and
wide. Outside the city gate is a drawbridge. Within the
city, four big streets and eight small streets radiate
to join with 72 lanes. The 3,797 original quadrangle
residential houses are all of the same black-colored
bricks and gray-colored tiles. Out of the total, over
400 of these courtyard houses are still well preserved.
There are also temples of varying size and old-fashioned
stores. |
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| Hanging
Temple |
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| The Hanging Temple is
located on the crag of Jinlongkou west cliff at the foot
of Hengshan Mountain, 5 kilometers to the south from
Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province. Hengshan Mountain is
known as the North Mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains
in China. The Hanging Temple was built on the Jinlong
Valley at the foot of Henshan Mountain, which is 80 kilometers
away from Datong City. According to the History of Hengshan
Mountain, the Hanging Temple was first built at the end
of the Northern Wei Dynasty (about the sixth century).
It was said to be built by a monk named Liao Ran in the
Northern Wei Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,400
years. After many times of repairs, the Hanging Temple
had a large scale, and became a rare high altitude building
in China, known as a high building on cliff. |
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| Yungang
Caves |
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| The Yungang Shiku (Cloud
Ridge Caves) were carved in sandstone from about AD 460
to 470. They are a product of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The caves consist of over 53 grottoes and 50,000 statues
that include Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and flying Apsara.
They are cut into the sandstone cliffs of Wuzhou Shan,
and stretch for 1km east to west. The grottoes are found
16 km west of the city of Datong, and located next to
the pass leading to inner Mongolia. This is the northern
most outpost of the Silk Road. Wei rulers came to this
site, which is basically desert, to pray for rain.The
Yungang Shiku contain some of the oldest stone sculptures
in China. |
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| Wutai
Mount |
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| Mount Wutai is located
in Wutai County in Shanxi Province, about 120 kilometers
north of the city of Taiyuan. It consists of five platform-shaped
peaks, of which, the highest, at 3,058 meters above sea
level, is called the "roof of North China." The
weather here is cold and the peaks are snowcapped all
year round. The slopes are thickly forested. |
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