【推荐1】Ready to escape the world and spend some time in nature? Here are some good options for you.

The Woodlands Cabin sits on five acres of wooded property. It is a beautiful 3-bedroom home (plus a kids’ room). The two outdoor decks surrounded by beautiful trees are the perfect place to enjoy a cup of coffee and watch deer pass by. It’s also perfect for getaways or a trip to the mountains, as it’s a 25-minute drive from Mount Hood skiing and a 15-minute drive from hikes.

Sleeps: 7

Cost: $400/person/night, 30% discount for 3 persons

Online booking: airbnb.com/rooms/21783133

This riverfront cabin sits on a full wooded acre with private access to the Washougal River. This home is located just 40 miles northeast of Portland and only 12 miles from downtown Washougal. The surrounding forest is filled with native northwestern plants and old-growth trees, some of which are more than 300 years old.

Sleeps: 7

Cost: $180/person/night, 40% discount for 2 persons

Online booking: airbnb.com/rooms/28839315

This beautiful cabin getaway is the total package with its convenient location to ski slopes, beautiful view of the valley and wonderful facilities including a 6-person hot tub (热水浴池), football table, fireplace, firepit, double shot electronic basketball game and more!

Sleeps: 14

Cost: $200/person/night, 40% discount for 2 persons

Online booking: airbnb.com/rooms/43745479

A short, leisurely drive through the pine tree-lined mountain road welcomes you to Pineland Chalet.

If the mountains are your kind of playground, you can fulfill your outdoor adventure needs with hiking, zip lining, or playing 18 holes of disc golf in the summer season. In the winter months, let your downhill dreams take flight with skiing and snowboarding.

Sleeps: 8

Cost: $250/person/night, 40% discount for 3 persons

Online booking: airbnb.com/rooms/29415461

【推荐2】Are you fond of watching films? Does the colorful, natural, or spectacular scenery in the films attract you to travel to their locations? We have selected three gorgeous film locations in China. If you’re a film fan or an outdoor enthusiast, check them out!

Fengguo Temple ＆ The Grandmaster (《一代宗师》)

Located in Y’xian county, Jinzhou, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, the Fengguo Temple is a Buddhist temple established in 1020, covering a total area of 60, 000 square meters. It is one of only three Liao Dynasty temples still in existence in China.

The main hall of the Fengguo Temple is the Buddha hall believed to be one of the largest in the world in ancient times. It is home to the world’s oldest and largest clay sculptures of painted Buddha statues. The Fengguo Temple was designated (指定) as a national foremost protected cultural heritage site in 1961 and a 4A-level tourist attraction in 2009.

Yunshuiyao Ancient Town ＆ The Knot (《云水谣》)

Situated in Zhangzhou, East China’s Fujian province, Yunshuiyao Ancient Town has a long history and is one of the scenic spots of the world heritage site, the Fujian Tulou. There is a magnificent banyan tree (榕树) group in the town consisting of 13 banyan trees, some of which are thousands of years old. Yunshuiyao Ancient Town is distinguished for its unique tulou clusters at the foot of the mountain. Fifty-three of these earthen buildings, which were first constructed in the mid Yuan Dynasty, are still standing today.

Dajiu Lake Wetland Park＆ The Assassin (《刺客聂隐娘》)

Located in Shennongjia UNESCO Global Geopark, Central China’s Hubei province, the Dajiu Lake Wetland Park boasts fascinating sceneries. It is a rare subalpine peat marsh wetland in the world’s middle latitude, at an altitude of over 1, 730 meters and with a total area of 20, 000 hectares.

Known as “Hulun Buir of Hubei province”, it is home to nine lakes on the plateau and lush meadows (草地). In the wetland park, there are extensive alpine meadows, wetland ferns (蕨类植物) , and some animals, such as storks, cranes, and sika deer, which are valuable for scientific research.

【推荐3】There is no better way to explore the Great Wall in China than by hiking or walking along it. Here we recommend three most popular hiking routes for you. Take your time and feel the history coming to life.

Route 1: Jinshanling-Simatai (West)

This route is also called Jinshanling Great Wall hiking. It is definitely the best hiking route if you want to see the original Great Wall. It includes some ruined sections as well as some breathtaking scenery with the Wall snaking along the mountain ridges into the distance.

Distance from Beijing: 1.5 hours by road                    Wall conditions: half ruined

Time needed: about 3 hours on the Wall                    Length: 5 kilometers

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Route 2: Mutianyu-Simatai

Mutianyu is the best fully restored section of the Great Wall with convenient access from Beijing. Simatai is the most spectacular wild section of the Wall but this route is the most visitor-friendly. An overnight stay in a hotel at Gubei Water Town will allow you to have a relaxing tour of the Simatai Great Wall section.

Distance from Beijing: 5 hours by road             Wall conditions: totally ruined

Time needed: two days                                        Length: 10 kilometers

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Route 3: Jiankou-Mutianyu (Wild Hike)

The experience will be extraordinary. When you reach the mountain ridges, you have conquered the most challenging Great Wall section. What's more, there are no crowds around you-it's just you, the mountains, the ruined wall, your guide, and the history behind these ancient ruins.

Distance from Beijing: 2. 5 hours by road                    Wall conditions: partly ruined

Time needed: about 4 hours on the Wall                    Length: 7 kilometers

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If you love a hiking trip with pleasant surprises and no disappointments, just pick one from the above routes.

【推荐2】Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive (巨大的) enough to cover California in more than 4 feet of water, a new study said.

After two years when summer ice melt had been the smallest, the summer of 2019 broke all records with 586 billion tons of ice melting, according to a report. The loss is far more than the yearly average of 259 billion tons of ice since 2003, and it easily breaks the previous record of 511 billion tons in 2012.

“Not only is the Greenland ice sheet melting, but it’s melting at a faster and faster pace,” said study lead author Ingo Sasgen, a geoscientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. The study also showed that there were many years in the 20th century when Greenland actually gained ice. The Greenland melt in 2019 added 0.06 inches to global sea level rise. That sounds like a tiny amount, but “in our world it’s huge — that’s astonishing,” said study coauthor Alex Gardner, a nice scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge. With more water from other melting ice sheets and glaciers (冰川), the ocean expands and that translates into slowly rising sea levels, coastal flooding and other problems.

Though general ice-melt records in Greenland go back to 1948，scientists began making more precise records in 2003, using NASA satellites to measure the gravity of the ice sheets. It’s like put-ting the ice on a scale and weighing it as water flows off, Gardner said.

In 2017 and 2018, cooler Arctic air flowed from the open ocean into Greenland, which made the melt less severe. Several other scientists said Sasgen’s study made sense. “The fact that 2019 set an all-time record is very concerning,” one of them said.