Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Friday, 25 March 2011

China. Beijing

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Sender: Susan-S 
Beijing. Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (60 meters high) and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water. The central Kunming Lake covering 2.2 square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In the Summer Palace, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures. The Summer Palace started out life as the Garden of Clear Ripples in 1750. (Wikipedia)
 

Friday, 18 March 2011

China. Zhenzhen

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Zhenzhen. Qinhai-Tiber railway and Yangtze River 
Qinhai-Tiber railway - is a high-altitude railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The total length of Qingzang railway is 1956 km.

Yangtze River -  is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for 6,418 kilometres (3,988 mi) from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai.  

Thursday, 28 May 2009

China

It is sad to say, but I can't tell anything about this nice card! It shows one of the Buddah statues, but where? Card arrived from China and it said this is a UNESCO WHS. The only suggestion is that this statue is from Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area...
May RR / sender: Ariell / days in transit: 16
Жаль, но я не могу сказать ничего об этой замечательной открытке! Она изображает одну из статуй Будды, но где? Открытка пришла из Китая и автор указал, что это один из объектов ЮНЕСКО. Посему, единственное предположение, что эта статуя из Парка Лешан.

UPD: The Yungang Grottoes, in Datong city, Shanxi Province, with their 252 caves and 51,000 statues, represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Five Caves created by Tan Yao, with their strict unity of layout and design, constitute a classical masterpiece of the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art.


Wednesday, 6 May 2009

China: Waterfalls at Lu Shan Montain.

Just WOW-card from China! It shows waterfall at Lu Shan Mountain. Lu Shan National Park - UNESCO WHS - is located in the Mount Lu Shan region of Jiangxi Province and extends across a 500 km² area to the Lake Poyang basin. It is a favoured domestic tourist destination. 

UK & Other countries RR, #130 / sender: Ariel / days in transit: 10

Открытка "без слов" из Китая. Иллюстрирует водопад на горе Лу Шань. Национальный парк Лу Шань - один из объектов ЮНЕСКО, расположен в провинции Цзянси и занимает площадь в 500 кв км и омывается озером Поянху. Парк - одно из любимейших местных мест отдыха.