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The Potala Palace (布达拉宫) is located on Mount Marpori (玛布日山), also known as Red Mountain, in the northwest of Lhasa (拉萨), the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区),...

Chinese Name: 大昭寺  English Name: Jokhang Temple Location: Located in Barkhor Square, Lhasa Admission Fee: 85 RMB Opening Hours: 11:30 to 17:30 About Jokhang Temple in Chengguan District, Lhasa Jokhang Temple (or Jokhang Monastery) is...

Chinese Name:拉萨八廓街 English Name: Barkhor Street, Lhasa The Barkhor (Tibetan: བར་སྐོར་, Wylie: bar-skor, ZYPY: Pargor; Chinese: 八廓; pinyin: bākuò) is an area of narrow streets and a public square located...

Why is Oriental Buddha Park So Special? Adjacent to the Giant Buddha, there is a scenic theme park called Oriental Buddha Park(东方佛都) or Oriental Buddha Capital which is also...

Why is Lingyun Temple So Special? Sichuan Lingyun Temple, surrounded by nine mountains, than Leshan Buddha was built a hundred years earlier. After thousands of years of continuous repair...

Why is Wuyou Temple So Special? Wuyou Temple is a unique Tang dynasty creation that displays influences from Tibet and Nepal as well as China. The temple makes for...

Why is Jiayang Steam Train So Special? The train is reputed as the “living fossil of the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century”, but sadly, rarely known to travelers...

Why is Leshan Giant Buddha So Special? Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-metre tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803, depicting Maitreya. It is carved out of a...

Why is Baihua Lake So Special? In the northwest suburb of Guiyang, there is Baihua Lake. As a large reservoir, the water here is well preserved. The lake is...

Why is Guiyang Forest Park So Special? Guiyang Forest Park, which used to be the experimental forest of Guizhou Forest Science Academy, is currently the oldest and largest municipal...