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2008.08.23



Beijing location in China:


The Olympic Green, the heart of the Olympic games and the site of thirteen venues, is a huge 1,135 hectares section specially developed for the Olympic games. The Olympics Green includes the stunning Olympic Stadium (Bird Nest) and National Swim Center. (Water Cube).
The Olympic Green has been designed by US design firm Sasaki. Attributes like sustainability and post-Olympic use have been incorporated in the design.
Olympic Green is where 50% of the competition venues are found and is located at the north end of the central axis of Beijing City. A forest park, a central area including competition venues, Olympic Village, the Main Press Center (MPC), and the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) and so on for Olympic Games can be found at Olympic Green. There are several subway stations to connect the Olympic Green and the downtown area. Besides, people can also choose buses, taxis or to drive to Olympic Green.
While developing the Olympic Green, Sasaki has focused on Beijing's long-term development and the facilities, including the 680 hectares of park, will be used in day-to-day life by Beijing residents. They will also be used in several other competitions. The apartments in the Olympic Village would be sold as commercial housing after the Games.

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2008.08.24





Guangdong location in China:


Shenzhen City Hall, the third one since 1980, built after the city outgrew the first two, is situated in the heart of Shenzhen CBD, with total area of 210,000 square meters. The shape of great wings symbolizes the city’s rapid development.

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2008.08.25





Guangxi location in China:


Elephant Trunk Hill is located on the western bank of Li River Scenery. The shape of the hill is just like a huge elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk, so it is called Elephant Trunk Hill.
Shui Yue Cave (Water Moon Cave) is between the trunk and the legs, which is a semi-round cave penetrated by water. The inverted reflection of the cave in water plus the part above forms a full moon. This phenomenon is unique and many laudatory inscriptions were found on the wall inside the cave. People can boat through the cave to the river.
Another cave regarded as the eyes of the elephant lies in the hillside. It provides tourists an ideal position to enjoy the panoramic view of Guilin.
On the top of the hill is a two-storey pagoda built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) surrounded by green trees. The north seat of the second floor is inlaid with an image of Bodhisattva Puxian. The pagoda looks like a precious vase on the back of an elephant seen from distance and many beautiful legends about the pagoda with good wishes are said among people.
As the symbol of Guilin, Elephant Trunk Hill is the main scenic spot of the Elephant Trunk Hill Park, which also includes Yunfeng Monastery (a building with ancient style), Aiqing Dao (Love Island) and so on.

[HKG]

I've been the Elephant Trunk Hill !

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2008.08.26



Guizhou location in China:


Situated to the east of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the mid-western part of Guizhou Province, Anshun City has become the center of tourism for the western part of Guizhou. Located directly on the route between Qian (Guizhou) and Dian (Yunnan), it has been the collection and distribution center for commercial goods since ancient times. Due to its important strategic position, it is also known as - 'the belly of Qian, the throat of Dian, the lips and teeth of Shu (Sichuan) and Yue (Guangdong)'.
Many beautiful mountains and rivers decorate this mysterious land. Three national scenic and historic interest areas are located here including: Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park, Dragon Palace Cave Scenic Spot, and Getu River Scenic Area.
Anshun City also hosts one national forest park, Jiulongshan Forest Park, as well as a number of province-level and city-level scenic spots. The spectacular scenery of this area is most often associated with the typical Karst type of topography. In addition to the scenery, there are many notable historic places of interest that leave an everlasting mark on visitors including: Puding Chuandong Human Fossil Site renowned as 'Asian Lamp of Civilization', the 'Red Cliff Relics' - one of the eight mysterious writings in China - a book from Heaven, Anshun Wenmiao Temple - renowned for stone-carving building complex, the cliffside inscriptions, ancient rock art, and ancient tombs.

[HKG]

Guizhou is the poorest province in China because of their bad council !

[Saigoneseguy]

Yes i find it hard to believe it's even poorer than Ningxia Hui.

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2008.08.27



Hainan location in China:


Yalong Bay boasts unparalleled beauty. The 7.5-kilometer (4.7- mile) long, crescent-shaped bay with an area of 18.6 square kilometers (about 7.2 square miles) is one of the famous scenic spots in Hainan Province.
With the average temperature a pleasant 25.5 C all year-round, Yalong Bay is situated in the southernmost part of Hainan Province, 25 kilometers (about 15.5 miles) away from the tropical seaside tourist city, Sanya. The scenery is amazing, with endless rolling hills, serene gulfs, clear blue sea and silvery sand beaches--three times as long as any in Hawaii. Home to several well-preserved coral reefs with tropical fish of varied kinds, colors and shapes, the ocean here is crystal clear, allowing visitors to view underwater sights up to 10 meters (33 feet) deep from the surface.

[steve0]

Snows on the Greatwall!It's so cool!!!!

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2008.08.28



Hebei location in China:


The Nihewan Basin in northern China is a major area of archaeological research in East Asia and a prime focus for the search for early hominids. It is located in Hebei Province, about 150 km northwest of the Zhoukoudian village. The Nihewan is a large extinct lacustrine basin with extensive Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits containing hominid activity sites with associated fossil fauna and stone artifacts. These sites are indicative of the earliest hominid occupation in East Asia at 40° north latitude. The newly identified site of Goudi, in the eastern Nihewan Basin, where in situ lithic artifacts and fossil fauna have been found associated in Early Pleistocene sediments, has been dated paleomagnetically to about 1.66 million years (Zhu et al. 2004) and therefore represents the earliest hominid occupation in East Asia.

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2008.08.29



Heilongjiang location in China:


Harbin (哈尔滨) is a city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of Northeastern China.
Harbin is originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets". Harbin bears the nicknames "The Pearl on the swan's neck" because the shape of Heilongjiang resembles a swan, and "Oriental Moscow" or "Oriental Paris" for the architecture in the city. Harbin is also known as "Ice City" for its long and cold winter.

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2008.08.30



Henan location in China:


Henan Museum (河南博物院), located in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, is a newly-built modern history and art museum. It has a collection of more than 130,000 pieces of cultural relics through the ages. Henan Museum occupies an area of more than 100,000 square meters, with a total floor space of 78,000 square meters.
Henan Museum is one of the oldest museums in China. In June, 1927, General Feng Yuxiang, the commander in chief of the National Revolutionary Army and the chairman of Henan Province at that time, proposed that “Education is the Essential Politics for a Country (教育为立国根本要政)” . In July, the founding committee of the Heman Museum was established. The site designated for the museum was the former Legal and Law School, which was located at Kaifeng Court West Street (Sansheng Temple Street, Kaifeng today). Thus, the Museum was born.
At present the museum has a collection of more than 130,000 pieces of cultural relics treasures, of which more than 5,000 pieces are treasures of the first and second grades. Among them, the prehistoric cultural relics, bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and pottery and porcelain wares of the various dynasties in Chinese history possess most distinguishing features. Inside the museum, there are basic exhibition halls, specialized exhibition halls and provisional exhibition halls. For the first batch of exhibitions, two basic displays and six specialized displays are offered. They are rich in contents, presenting a spectacular sight to visitors. 　

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2008.08.31



Hong Kong location in China:



Mui Wo (梅窩), which means "plum nest", is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The main beach in Mui Wo is known as Silver Mine Bay (銀礦灣).
The history of Mui Wo is linked to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty in the late 1270s. In 1276 during the Mongol invasion, the Southern Song Dynasty court moved to Fujian, then to Lantau Island and later to today's Kowloon City, but the child emperor, Zhao Bing, after being defeated in the Battle of Yamen, committed suicide by drowning with his officials. Tung Chung valley, named after a hero who gave up his life for the emperor, is believed to have been a base for the court. Hau Wong, an official of the emperor is still worshipped in Hong Kong today.
Mui Wo is located on Silvermine Bay, so named for the silver mines that were once worked along the Silver River which flows though the village. The nearby Silvermine Cave was mined for silver during the second half of the 19th century. It has since been sealed off for safety.

[kix111]

awesome photo, hey i have been to the elephant trunk hill XD its awesome

and the shot on beijing olympics site is just amazing

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2008.09.01



Hubei location in China:

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2008.09.02



Hunan location in China:

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2008.09.03



Inner Mongolia location in China:

[xXFallenXx]

Originally Posted by HKG

I've been the Elephant Trunk Hill !

Originally Posted by kix111

awesome photo, hey i have been to the elephant trunk hill XD its awesome

and the shot on beijing olympics site is just amazing

haha me too!

[Ribarca]

9/4/2008

Hong Kong.


Can somebody please help me to locate those nice maps!

[emagdnim]

Originally Posted by riasbaixas

2008.08.06

They sell 1:1 scale replicas of these, seen it at a party in a upscale neighborhood, super cool