China Travel Guide
Located in East Asia, China is the world's most populous and the third largest country. As one of the ancient civilization in the world, China is a fascinating country to visit because of beautiful combination of historic sites, cultural relics, scenic areas and modern cities. Various wonderful places makes China as one of the most favorite country to travel.
Great Wall of China was originally created as a defensive structure to protect northern border from hostile tribe during Qin dynasty. Nowadays, it is one of the most popular destination when traveling to China. Forbidden City in the center of Beijing, was the imperial palace during Ming and Qing dynasties. This worlds largest complex listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Site in 1987. Emperor Qin was the First China's Emperor, he still at the age of 13 when ordered to build his mausoleum that involved 700,000 workers and more than thirty years to complete. These giant project result was thousands of Terracotta Warriors that guard Emperor Qin in the afterlife. That was the purpose of tomb construction, that nowadays draw China's visitor to Xian.
Since China's geographic consists tons of mountain and some of great rivers, its offers a various scenic attractions. Yellow Mountain (Huangshan) in Anhui known as one of best places to view sunrise. Shaolin temple, home of martial arts is in the vicinity of Songshan, located in Henan Province. Wuyi Mountain (Wuyishan) in Fujian is the most famous mountain in the province and consider as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
China also have magnificent scenery rivers such as Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the longest river in Asia, and third longest river in the world. It start from Qinghai Province, that flows eastward to East China Sea via Shanghai. Flows from Kunlun Mountain to Bohai Sea, Yellow River (Huanghe) is the center of ancient Chinese civilization. As the second longest river in China, Huanghe runs through nine provinces with 5,464 km (3,395 miles) long, it is also called as "mother river".
Inner Mongolia offer the most tranquil landscapes in the whole country, with its large grassland and unique cultures. There are many attractive activities such as Mongolian wrestling, rodeo competitions, camel and horse riding, archery, Mongolian singing and dancing performance, or visiting traditional families. Xilamuren Grassland is the first scenic spot from its kind and most famous steppe throughout Inner Mongolia.
Shanghai is well known as center of financial, commercial, industrial and industry in China, while Hong Kong is a world class shopping center. Macao, located 60 kilometres (37 miles) southwest of Hong Kong, is heaven for world gamblers. Currently, a lot of China cities become a modern city as effect of China's giant boost of economic.