四 季 浙 江 Four Seasons in Zhejiang   Located in the southeastern coastal area of China, Zhejiang is a dazzling pearl strewn in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta and neighbors Shanghai – China’s number one mega-city. Zhejiang is bestowed with a sprawling sea area (including 101.8 thousand square kilometers of land area and 260 thousand square kilometers of sea area), and is one of the country’s most densely-populated provinces (with 58.50 million permanent inhabitants) . It has long been reputed for its opulence and is dubbed “a land of fish and rice, silk and cultural treasures”. It is also one of China’s most splendid tourist destinations.   Every living creature on earth each have their own law of thriving and withering and an invisible hand named Time, has painted on the great canvas of Zhejiang the magnificent beauty of the four seasons.   The four seasonsRead More…

  Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China is located in the northwest of China and the interior of Eurasia. The Silk Road connected ancient China with the world, making it a place of coexistence and exchange among various civilizations. Xinjiang has long been a multi-ethnic area and has officially become a part of China since the Han dynasty. Today, it is the home of all 56 Chinese ethnic groups.       Close to Nature The landform of Xinjiang can be summarized as “three mountains segmenting two basins”; from the north to the south, there lie the Altai Mountains, Tianshan Mountains and Kunlun Mountains. To the north of the Tianshan Mountains is Junggar Basin, and to the south is Tarim Basin, in which Taklimakan Desert is China’s largest and world’s second largest shifting sand desert. To the east of the Tianshan Mountains, Turpan Depression marks the lowest point of China – 154.31 meters below sea level; to the west is Ili Valley, where the scenery isRead More…

      Chushu (End of Heat), the fourteenth of 24 solar terms, falls on August 22, the fourth of the seventh month of Chinese lunar calendar this year. As the name implies, Chushu means that the summer heat is receding and that the three periods of the hot season are close to an end or has already passed. Temperature drops, especially after each autumn rain.   Yunnan province / Photo by Chi Lok Tsang Dali, Yunnan province / Photo by Sugarman Joe Erhai Lake, Dali, Yunnan province / Photo by Lincoln Yoon   Offering sacrifices to ancestors Offering sacrifices to ancestors and embracing autumn are major customs around Chushu. As some crops are ripe, people offer newly harvested rice to ancestors to report on the harvest.     Autumn outing   Eryuan West Lake, Dali, Yunnan province / 张金明 Zhang Jinming Erhai Lake, Dali, Yunnan province / Image by Melodyxzl The Three Pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple, Dali, Yunnan province / Photo by Chongming Liu Sky MirrorRead More…