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Around 120 kilometers north of Tianjin, there is a 42-kilometer section of Great Wdl rarely visited by overseas tourists. Construction of the Huang-yaguan Great Wall started in 557 under the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was rebuilt during the Sui and Ming dynasties, with 14 beacon towers and 52 guard towers ， connecting Malanguan Pass in [...]

Panshan Mountain,in Jixian County (historically known as Yuyang City) of Tianjin ， is a National Scenic Area ranking among China’s top fifteen scenic spots. It is also popularly known as the Number One Mountain of East Beijing and,from the Three-Kingdom Period through the late years of the Qing Dynasty (3rd to 20th centuries) ,had remained [...]

Tianjin as a military stronghold of ancient Beijing gradually grew into a city through history from the Sui Dynasty on ， when the Great Cannel was built,to the prime time of the Tang Dynasty when Tianjin became a hub of communications for rice and cloth. In the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing Dynasty, the governor [...]

The Nadam Fair,a traditional Mongolian festival,falls in warm and sunny July and August in Inner Mongolia. Organized by the Qi (county) Government it usually lasts for seven days. " Nadam" in the Mongolian language means "recreation" or "games". It first began in the Han Dynasty (206B. C. -220 A. D.). The main activities at the [...]

Tomb of Princess Zhaojun Located 9 kilometers to the south of Hohhot proper,the cemetery covers an area of 1.3 hectare. The tomb is 33 meters high. It was said that each year when it turned cold and grasses became yellow,only this tomb remained green,so it was also called "Qingzhong" (Green Tomb). Wang Zhaojun ， also [...]

Wudangzhao ， or the Bad Ger Lamasery ， lying 70 kilometers southwest of Baotoujs one of the best-preserved Tibetanstyle lamaseries and largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Yellow Sect in the entire autonomous region. Situating on a hill slope and built during the Kangxi’s reign (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty,it is a vast complex consisting [...]

In the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,the area of grassland is 880 000 square kilometers,or accounting for 21.7 per cent of the nation’s total,the leading of China’s five largest grasslands. From east to west, are scattered grassy marshland ， typical grassland ， wideness grassland ， grassy wilder-nessd desert as well as hilly grassy marshlands,low wet and [...]

The only temple in the world that commemorates the life of Chinese hero Genghis Khan ， is the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ， was expanded at a cost of 220 million Yuan (US $ 26.5 million) plan.The temple is located in the city of Ulan Hot, the Hong Kong-based World Chinese Advancement Association funded [...]