Norbulingka in Lhasa, Tibet -China, once served as the summer residence of the Dalai Lama. Norbulingka means Jewelled Park and was built as a palace for the 7th Dalai Lama in the 18th century. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button […]
Yangtze River Cruise – Xiling Gorge
The Xiling Gorge – 西陵峡 – between Xiangxi and the city of Yichang is the easternmost of the three gorges on the Yangtze River. At the narrowest point, it has a width of 80 m. With the first rays of the new day we drive into the Xiling Gorge, the first of the three gorges. […]
Wong Tai Sin Temple – Hongkong
The Wong Tai Sin Temple (Chinese: 黄大仙 祠) is a picturesque Taoist temple amidst huge apartment buildings in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is dedicated to the Taoist monk Won Tai Sin. Also described as immortal Wong, the monk was able to look into the future and had healing powers. The foundation stone for the temple […]
Dujiangyan Irrigation System – China
The Dujiangyan Irrigation System was built 2300 years ago by order of the provincial governor Li Bing. It is located about 60 km northwest of Chengdu. Here, the Minjiang, an important tributary of the Jangtse was divided in the middle by a dam and a flat dyke, the so-called fish mouth. The water of the […]
West Hill Kunming – China
From the West Hill of the city of Kunming, located in the furthest outreaches of Southwest China in the Province of Yunnan, at an elevation of 2000 m, you have a beautiful panoramic view on the lake and the city. The temple complex of Huating and the Taihua Temple are popular excursion destinations. Please watch […]
Wannian Temple at Mount Emei
The Wannian Temple is the oldest surviving temple on Mount Emei. Among the over 200 temples that existed at one time, only 20 remain today. The rest had been destroyed mainly during the Cultural Revolution. The 3099 m high Mount Emei, also called Da Guang Ming Shan (Mountain of Great Light), is in the central […]