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Measuring 1,075 km from east to west and 921 km from north to south, Sichuan is located on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Southwest China with Qinghai, Gansu and Shaanxi to the north, Tibet to the west, Yunnan and Guizhou to the south and Chongqing to the east, whose east and west parts are dominated by hills and mountains respectively with river networks densely dotted, serving as a combining area of Southwest China, Northwest China and the Central China and a green corridor to Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Sichuan is famous in China as a tourist city now, with more and more visitors from all over the world plan a Sichuan travel.

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With a total population of 805,000,000 by the end of 2011, Sichuan has jurisdiction over 7 districts, 3 autonomous prefectures, 13 prefecture-level cites, 18 county-level cities, 150 countries, 8 autonomous counties, namely, Chengdu, Mianyang, Neijiang, Nanchong, Leshan, Zigong, Luzhou, Deyang, Guangyuan, Suining, Meishan, Yibin, Guang’an, Dazhou, Ya’an Bazhong, Ziyang, Panzhihua, Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Liangshan, Zang Autonomous Prefecture of Ganzi and Zang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, etc.

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The climate varies from one region to another in Sichuan, featuring a warm winter, a hot summer and rainy autumn in East Sichuan and a cold and long winter and good sunshine in West Sichuan, and meteorological disasters such as flood, drought and low-temperature occur frequently. the annual average temperature and precipitation in Sichuan are 8℃ and 900 mms in Sichuan, of which 90% of precipitation is concentrated on May to Ocotober.

Sichuan Travel Highlights

Sichuan is abundant in tourist resources, and it boasts 5 world heritage sites, 9 national-level key scenic areas, 33 cultural relics under China’s State Protection and 19 provincial-level scenic area.

Wonderful Sichuan

The 5 World Heritage Sites in Sichuan composed of 3 world natural heritages (Huanglong Scenic Area, Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic Area and Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries), one world cultural heritages and one world nature (Mount Qingcheng & Dujiangyan Irrigation System) and one culture heritage (Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area). The 9 National-level Key Scenic Areas refer to Jinyun Mountain, Jianmen Ancient Road and Gongga Mountain along with Leshan Giant Buddha, Emei Mountain, Qingcheng Mountian, Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Huanglong Scenic Area and Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, of which the Gongga Mountain boasts the highest peak in Sichuan Province. The 33 highlighted cultural relics under China’s state protection in Sichuan are represented by Du Fu’s thatched cottage, Zhuge Liang Memorial Hall and Sanxingdui Site.

Some Sichuan scenic spots are really rare to see in China and even in the world, of which the 7,556-m tall Gongga Mountain and the 6,250-m tall Siguniang Mountain are titled “Mountain King” and “Mountain Queen” respectively by later generations, and Xiling Mountain is covered with snow throughout the year, Hongyuan Plain spreads on the vast land. Some famous rivers such as Jinsha River, Yachun River, Dau River and Min River also run through Sichuan with stormy waves, creating a wonder after another along their ways, all of which add much luster to your Sichuan Travel.

Covering an area of 1.87 square km facing Xiamen Island across a 600-m wide Egret Isle, Gulangyu Island situates southwest of Xiamen, which is like spring throughout the year, boasting a garden on the sea. Gulangyu Island serves as a comprehensive holiday resort combining sightseeing, entertainment, shopping and recreation with tourism, which was listed as an AAAAA-level Scenic Area by China’s National Tourism Administration on Aug. 5, 2007.

Gulangyu Island Xiamen

Boasting the cradle of musicians, Gulangyu Island is always filled with the sound of music, where you’ll hear beautiful melody from nowhere once in a while, accompanied by the beating of the sea-waves, and it absolutely makes your Xiamen travel a charming experience.

Architecture-Complex-on-Gulangyu-Island

Gulangyu Island is nicknamed “Architecture Expo Hall”, where a large number of colonial architecture complexes, a legacy of the international settlements of 14 countries from the 19th century to the 20th century, are available, highlighted by the Corinthian and Ionic buildings, Roman columns, Gothic steeples, Islamic domes and Baroque relief sculptures, and it’s reverberated with a combination of the romantic passion and the classical elegance.

Yang Lei on Gulangyu Island Xiamen

A number of highlighted attractions are available on Gulangyu Island, including the Sunlight Rock, Shuazhuang Garden, Bright Moon Garden, Yuyuang Garden, Island Ring Road, Gulang Rock, Piano Museum, Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, Paradisiacal Palace, Ocean World and the Natural Bathing Beach, and the natural scenery integrates into the cultural heritages perfectly.

Egret-River Xiamen

The Island Ring Road is 6 km long, which is a combination of the roads, tunnels and curved bridges, and it starts with the Ferry Port in the east and the Bright Moon Garden in the west.

Michael-Yang-on-Gulangyu-Island

The night of Gulangyu Island is rather quiet, when the Sunlight Rock, the Eight Diagram Tower and the Statue of Zheng Chenggong set off one another with the lamplights casting upon.

Shenzhen has a time-honored history of more than 1,600 years, and the people lived and reproduced in the area as early as Neolithic Age.

It functioned as a garrison station for the Baiyue people in the Xia (2,070 B.C. -1,600 B.C.) and the Shang Dynasty (1,600 B.C.-1,046 B.C.), who made a fishing life along the sea. Nanhai, Guilin and Xiang Prefectures were established by Emperor Qinshi in the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-206 B.C.), with Shenzhen as a part of Xiang Prefecture, and it was called Bao’an County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 A.D.-420 A.D.).

It was the transportation hub on the Marine Silk Road in the Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1,279 A.D.), which was abundant in salt, pearls and spices. It remained functioning as a county- Xin’an County in the Ming Dynasty (1,368- A.D.-1,644 A.D.), including the present Hong Kong and Shenzhen, which continued functioning as the economic center in south part of China during the Qing Dynasty (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.). Shenzhen got its present name in 1979, and it became the first special economic zone of China in 1980.

Shenzhen covers an area of 2,020 square kms in all, among which the land area is 1,953 square kms and Shenzhen special economic zone is 327.5 square kms, and it administers 6 districts, namely, Futian District, Luohu District, Nanshan District, Yantian District, Bao’an District and Longgang District respectively, realizing regional economic integration in 2010. Shenzhen special economic zone is 49 kms from west to east and 7 kms from south to north, with Anle Village in the west, Shenzhen River in the south, Wutong Mountain and Yangtai Mountain in the north and Dapeng Bay in the east.

Shenzhen is a multi-ethnic city with 56 ethnic groups living harmoniously in the city, and the total number of people has reached as many as 14.5 million by 2010, among whom the ethnic minority people reach 0.36 million. Mandarin is widely spoken in Shenzhen (Guangdong Province) of China, and Hakka language, Chaozhou language and Cantonese are main native languages among the local people.

As the biggest of its kind among the 4 famous gardens in Suzhou, the Humble Administrator’s Garden initially served as the former residence of Lu Guimeng in the Tang dynasty, Dahong Temple in the Yuan dynasty and the former residence of Wang Xianchen in the Ming dynasty, which was designed by Wen Zhengming from Wumen Painting School, and it is composed of the east garden, the central garden and the west garden. It’s a must-visit attractions for visitors during their Suzhou travel.

Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou

As the main body of the the Humble Administrator’s Garden , the 12,333 square-meter central garden is centered with a pond bristling with lotus flowers, whose layout preserves a simple and vigorous artistic style of the Ming-era gardens, with halls, towers and pavilions of various heights scattering along the pond. In the south of the pond perches Xiangyuan Hall, the main architecture in the central garden, and it faces a small island in the west and east respectively across the pond.

The Humble Administrator’s Garden

On the west and east islands stand “Scented Snow & Blue Cloud Pavilion” and “Frost-Waiting Pavilion” respectively, in which the scenery changes with seasons. The Leaning Jade Pavilion and the Scented Isle are in the west of Yuanxiang Hall, which stand like the legs of a tripod together with “The Pavilion in the Lotus Breezes”, adding so much luster to your Suzhou travel.

Distant Fragrance Hall

Location: 178, Dongbei Street, in Loumen, Suzhou
Opening Hours: 07:30-17:30
Bus Route: 202, 313, 923, 529, 40

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