China Cultural Chronicles May 27, 2012
- The Yangtze River
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The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world. The headwaters of the Yangtze are situated at an elevation of about 16,000 feet in the Kunlun Mountains in the southwestern section of Qinghai. It flows generally south through Sichuan into Yuanan then northeast and east across central China through Sichuan, Hubei, Auhui, and Juangsu provinces to its mouth, 3,720 miles, in the East China Sea north of Shanghai. The river has over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, Tuo Jiang, and Wu Jiang. The climate ranges from 96 degrees in the summer to cold, brisk temperatures in the winter. Precipitation is high due to the height of the mountains.
- The Yangtze River
Eason Q has added a photo to the pool:
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world. The headwaters of the Yangtze are situated at an elevation of about 16,000 feet in the Kunlun Mountains in the southwestern section of Qinghai. It flows generally south through Sichuan into Yuanan then northeast and east across central China through Sichuan, Hubei, Auhui, and Juangsu provinces to its mouth, 3,720 miles, in the East China Sea north of Shanghai. The river has over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, Tuo Jiang, and Wu Jiang. The climate ranges from 96 degrees in the summer to cold, brisk temperatures in the winter. Precipitation is high due to the height of the mountains.
- The Yangtze River
Eason Q has added a photo to the pool:
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world. The headwaters of the Yangtze are situated at an elevation of about 16,000 feet in the Kunlun Mountains in the southwestern section of Qinghai. It flows generally south through Sichuan into Yuanan then northeast and east across central China through Sichuan, Hubei, Auhui, and Juangsu provinces to its mouth, 3,720 miles, in the East China Sea north of Shanghai. The river has over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, Tuo Jiang, and Wu Jiang. The climate ranges from 96 degrees in the summer to cold, brisk temperatures in the winter. Precipitation is high due to the height of the mountains.
- Friendly elderly tibetan lady
- Friendly elderly tibetan lady
- Desertic tibetan valley
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Stitched Panorama
on the way down from Everest to TIngri
altitude around 4800m - Desertic tibetan valley
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Stitched Panorama
on the way down from Everest to TIngri
altitude around 4800m - Jalainur open cast pit
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Jalainur (province Nei Mongol) was one of the biggest coal pits in north east China. They used steam locomotives (class SY) until 2010 for shunting and the whole transportation of earth and coal in and outside the pit. Later it was done by trucks. But these years the production is nearly phased out. Only the deep mines are still in use. This worker protects his head against icy temperatures below -30 C°.
Jan. 2008 (scanned slide) - Black smith
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Seen in a small, chinese village north east of China (Jilin province).
Dec. 2008 (scanned slide) - Impression Nei Mongol
- Lake Manasarovar and a sunset Landscape, Tibet
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The turquoise lake, Manasarovar; {mtsho chen ma pham g.yu mtsho "Mapham Yutso"}
Manasarovar, the great turquoise lake. Unvanquished Turquoise Lake, another name of Manasarovar. the Ever-cool Turquoise Lake, Manasarovar. Lake Manasarovar.
At 4727 meters, and with 320 square kilometers, Lake Manasarovar is the highest large body of fresh water in the world.
Its other names are the Unvanquished Turquoise Lake (ma pham g.yu mtsho), Anavatapta, the Ever-cool Lake (mtsho ma dros pa), and the Divine Lotus Lake (padma lha mtsho). It is called the Unvanquished Lake because when one examines all the other great lakes of Tibet to see if they possess the eight qualities of perfect water (chu yan lag brgyad ldan) they are faulty in some respect. It is called Turquoise Lake because its limpid waters resemble a turquoise mandala. It is given the name Ever- cool Lake because it is the palace of the naga king Anavatapta, "Who Never Warms Up." It is called Divine Lotus Lake because it resembles a fully opened eight-petaled lotus.
dictionary.thlib.org/internal_definitions/find_head_terms... - China adds Georgia as travel destination
Map of Georgia
Georgia has officially become a new travel destination for Chinese citizens, according to an agreement reached between tourism authorities of the two countries.
The decision was announced Friday after officials of the two countries signed an Approved Destination Status (ADS) Memorandum of Understanding Friday in Beijing.
Zhu Shanzhong, vice director of the National Tourism Administration, said the signing and implementation of the MOU is expected to bring a new wave of Chinese tourists to the country.
He also suggested Georgian tourism authorities to focus on promotion in China and develop more tourism products that are particularly tailored for Chinese tourists.
Tourists have flocked to Georgia in recent years to bath in hot springs in the capital Tbilisi or relax on the country's Black Sea coast beaches.
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