Ubud in Bali is approx. 30 km north of Denpasar and is a major arts and cultural center of the island. Mainly painting (often on textiles) and wood and stone carving are practiced here. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button […]
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 […]
The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China , here seen at Badaling, is no doubt one of the major highlights of a trip to China. There is varying information available on the actual length of the wall. Normally, a length of 6800 km is assumed. The start of wall construction reach back to 656 AD, when the […]
Visiting the Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum (上海 博物馆 ) is the cultural center of Shanghai. Originally founded in 1952, the new building was completed in 1996. On an exhibition space of almost 40,000 sqm, the visitor can admire 10 galleries with approx. 120,000 exhibits. Some of the extraordinary exhibits are up to 8.000 years old. Please watch the […]