Hiking the Longji Rice Terraces (梯田) in southern China is something I would recommend for everyone to add to their bucket list. The name
During my visit to Guilin, I decided to set out on a three-day hike through the famous Longji Rice Terraces. Known as the “Dragon’s Backbone”, the terraces were
The hike
At night, I stayed in simple home stays run by farming families. Over multi-course meals
Reaching the hike’s end after three full days, I felt a profound
In ancient times, all roads
Surrounded by mountains, Sichuan, called Shu in ancient times, was known for its inaccessibility. That became widely known partly due to a line from Chinese poet Li Bai,
When builders approached the Mingyue Gorge in Guangyuan, they found
The Sword Gate Pass, a towering V-shaped mountain pass—the one that gave rise
Known for its beautiful scenery, Mount Wuyi is the only place in the country
With tea farming dating back over 1,000 years, the mountain’s tea industry has a rich history. The area
The need to strike a balance between farmers’ livelihoods and the local environment has appeared as
The park has a tea farming area of 34.54 square kilometers, accounting
The red panda, also called red cat-bear, has soft and thick fur with a red-brown stripe (条纹) from each eye to the corners of the mouth. Its body
The red panda lives in an area
About two
The red panda can live together
Now red pandas are
Jiuzhai Valley is a nature reserve in the north of Sichuan Province,
Located about 400km north of Chengdu, Jiuzhai Valley has
The park is the natural habitat for the giant panda and the Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey. However, because of the park’s size and
For environmental protection reasons, no personal transport
Earthquakes Around the Pacific
About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year.
China
The California Earthquake of the 18th of April 1906 is the worst earthquake that has ever happened in the United States. It took place at 5:15 am,
Fires caused by the California Earthquake
Ancient Chinese thinkers regarded nature, with human beings included in it,
Confucian scholars in the Song and Ming Dynasties all enjoyed observing the state of being of living things. Zhou Dunyi, for example, allowed the grass
Thirteen Chinese scientists successfully reached the peak of Mount Qomolangma on May 23rd in Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, with the world’s highest automatic meteorological station successfully
Recently, several leading technologies
At 3 a.m on May 23rd, a group of 13 scientists
Currently, automated weather
With thousands of fishing lights blanketing its surface, Erhai Lake in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province,
As darkness falls each night, fishing boats travel across the lake and fishing lights
The 2023 ecological regulation of fish populations in Erhai Lake aims to completely
Based on various fish
The first stage
No discussion about Chinese culture is complete without mentioning of the Great Wall. It is one of the most amazing
The hardships involved in building the Great Wall are beyond
Over the centuries, the Great Wall
The well-preserved sections we see today were mainly built during the Ming Dynasty (1368
—1644), among