Tourists Visit Yunnan’s Stone Forest Scenic Spot with Visions of Avatar
In addition to blockbuster film Avatar’s growing popularity in China, fans have become captivated by Pandora, the mysterious planet from the film. During the Chinese New Year holiday, China’s southwestern Yunnan Province witnessed more than 90,000 visitors to the Stone Forest Scenic Areasince it is reminiscent of the forest depicted in the film.
Located 80 kilometers southeast of Yunnan Province’s capital of Kunming, the Stone Forest scenic area boasts landscapes that underwent complicated geog…
China to Celebrate the Upcoming Lantern Festival on February 28
When we are still enjoying the festive moodof Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival is coming to us this Sunday, on February 28, the fifteenth day of the first Chinese lunar month.
For most Chinese people, Lantern Festival is considered to be the ending of Chinese New Year, and various kinds of celebrations are to be held.
If you want to know what Chinese people will usually do during the Lantern Festival, please check it out here….
Chinese New Year 2010 Holiday Announcement
Dear China Travel Members,
The Chinese New Year Holiday, or the Spring Festival Holiday, will start on February 13 and end on February 19, lasting for seven days. During the holiday, China Travels office is scheduled to be closed.
To celebrate this important occasion, most China Travel staff will leave for the holiday, so you might not be able to get response to your emails in time. However, some staff will be responsible to handle your bookings of tours, flights, hotels and trains during the …
Construction of China Pavilion at Shanghai Expo Completed on February 8
Construction was completed Monday on the China Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, with fireworks, floating balloons, red lanterns and ribbons, and deafening gongs and drums to celebrate the occasion.
Almost 1,000 spectators, including pavilion designers, construction workers and government officials, attended a completion ceremony outside the iconic structure, dubbed the Oriental Crown, in the Pudong New District of Shanghai on the eastern bank of the Huangpu River.
It is a satisfying d…
Shanghai to Set Up 20 New Tourist Information Centers
To prepare fro the upcoming World Expo, the Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration states that 20 tourist information centers will be set up, with all construction work to be finished by May 1, 2010.
To offer better services to foreign and domestic tourists during Expo 2010, the local government has decided to build 20 new tourist information centers and reconstruct or expand 20 of the existing centers in Shanghai to offer comprehensive and Expo-related tourism information to local citizens …
Park Planned For Cao Cao Tomb
Cao Cao, a politician and general from the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220-280), couldn’t have been more wrong in his thinking that as long as his tomb was built with austerity, tomb raiders would leave it alone and he could enjoy peace in his final resting place.
Despite its austerity, with burial sacrifices consisting mainly of stone carvings and his personal daily utensils, the tomb had been plundered many times by the time it attracted the attention of archaeologists. A protective excavation …
New ID System Installed for Spring Festival Trains
People returning home for Spring Festival can expect lengthy delays at train stations after the introduction of a new ID-based ticket booking system. The system will be effective on a trial implementation between Jan 30 and Feb 13.
The Ministry of Railways announced that passengers would have to show their ID card or other recognized identity document when buying a train ticket at 37 railway stations in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and Guizhou provinces.
Spring Festival, or the Lunar Chinese New …
Ten Giant Pands Cubs On Exhibit for Shanghai Expo
Ten giant panda cubs, selected from the Chinese Giant Panda Protection and Research Center of Sichuan Province, were transported to Shanghai for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
The ten pandas, including four males and six females, are sure to attract a lot of visitors. It is important to choose the right time for a visit, and the best time may be in the early morning when they are the most energetic and playful. Pandas may spend their time snoozing after a big meal and a play.
These cute pandas …
Wuhan_Guangzhou Bullet Trains Link to Hit Airlines Hard
Competition between airlines and rail operators will further hot up on Saturday thanks to the launch of China’s longest high-speed train link between Wuhan and Guangzhou.
The line stretches more than 1,000 km and will slash the travel time from Wuhan, Hubei province, to Guangzhou in Guangdong from 10 hours to just three.
Tickets for the service - which also stops at Changsha, capital of Hunan - went on sale at new stations in the three cities last weekend, with prices ranging from 780 yuan…
China Marine Silk Road Museum Opened in Guangdong
On December 24th, the China Marine Silk Road Museum was opened in the coastal city of Yangjiang in South China’s Guangdong Province. The museum has housed a 1,000-year-old merchant ship named Naihai 1, and more than 300,000 pieces of historical relics from the Song Dynasty of China (960-1279).
Situated near Hailing Island of Yangjiang City, about 200 kilometers (four hours’ bus drive) from Guangzhou, the China Marine Silk Road Museum covers an area of more than 130,000 square meters (32 acres…