简介:OnJuly20,2002,theStatePostalBureauissuedasetofthreestampspicturingtheQinghaiLakeshore,BirdIsland,andthedistantview.LocatedonthenortheasternQinghai-TibetPlateau,inWestChina’sQinghaiProvince,QinghaiLakeis3,196metersabovesealevel,andthebiggestinlandlakeinChina.Oilshavebeenusedtocaptureitsmagnificence.BirdIslandonQinghaiLakeisa
简介:<正>WiththerecentannouncementofthewaternowrisingbehindthemassiveThreeGorgesDam(SanxiaBa),IwasremindedofmyjourneydowntheLongRiveratatimewhenthedamwasunderconstructionandthemanycommunitiesalongtheriverstillexistedastheyhaddoneforhundredsofyears.TodaytheregionisattheheartofChina’smodernisationdriveandwillplayWiththerecentannouncementofthewaternowrisingbehindthemassiveThreeGorgesDam(SanxiaBa),IwasremindedofmyjourneydowntheLongRiveratatimewhenthedamwasunderconstructionandthemanycommunitiesalongtheriverstillexistedastheyhaddoneforhundredsofyears.TodaytheregionisattheheartofChina’smodernisationdriveandwillplay
简介:<正>ThescrollofPureBrightnessontheRiverdrawnbytheChinesetraditionalpaintingmasterZeduanZhangdepictsawell-offsceneofDongjing(presentcityofKaifeng),whichwasthecapitaloftheNorthernSongdynastyathousandyearagoandwasthetop-rankingmetropolisatthattime.Thescroll
简介:WETLAND,animportanteco-logicalsys-tem,isofinestimablescientific,ecological,socialandeconomicvalue.Bestowedliberallywithnature’sbounty,Chinaboastsvarioustypesofwetland,andduringthepastyearshasbuiltover130wetlandnaturereserves,ofwhichtenpercentareat
简介:<正>TheannualchrysanthemumfestivalwasheldasscheduledinKaifengonOctober28th,1998.Therewasallinbloomandwasfulloftouristsinthiscitythatday.ItwasalsothetimetoopentheGardenofFestivalofPureBrightnessontheRiver.Hugecrowdoftouristsseemedtobedrivenbyasortofgreatcharmandmovedintothisfascinatingplace.Allofthemwantedtogetthewonderfulfeelingthatoncetheyenterintothisgardenplace,theplacewilltakethembackthousandsofyearsintime.