Fengjie was completed rebuilt. We can only still see the remains of the Old Town which is currently being carried away. From the size of this city alone – a metropolis with 1 million inhabitants – we can begin to see the enormous logistical efforts which are behind the dam project. Not all of the […]
Center of Shanghai
In the center of Shanghai, on the square in front of City Hall and the Shanghai Museum, you can marvel the architecture of the city is particularly well. As one can stay for days in the Shanghai Museum, you find it in a separate article. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access […]
Dazu Rock Carvings – Bei Shan
The Dazu Rock Carvings are about 1.5 hours drive north-west of Chongqing. At 75 different sites in the Chongqing Municipality, estimated 50,000 Chinese religious sculptures were carved in stone, with the oldest statues dating back to the early Tang Dynasty. Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To […]
Visiting the Sera Monastery – Tibet
The Sera Monastery about 2 km north of Lhasa is one of the three major monasteries of the Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The Sera Monastery once held 7000 Buddhist monks, yet today there are only 250. Yet this monastery is equally important as the Drepung Monastery. Please watch the video You are currently viewing […]
Jokhang Temple in Lhasa – Tibet
The Jokhang Temple, Tibet’s most sacred place, is in the center of Lhasa. Along the innermost of the three pilgrim routes, pilgrims move around the temple in a clockwise direction while walking on the 800 m long Barkhor. In front of the temple, many throw themselves flat along the ground. Some pilgrims also move this […]