China, one photo every day

[hzkiller]

woooooo!your pictures so new!

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.05



Beijing's location in China:


Beijing is one of the very few cities to possess multiple ring roads (or beltways).
Beijing's 5th Ring Road (五环路) is a ring road encircling the city about 10 kilometers away from the city centre and links the suburban areas of Huantie, Shigezhuang, Dingfuzhuang and Ciqu. It also passes through the Beijing Development Area. It navigates through very barren land in the south before heading west toward the Fragrant Hills.
Due to its proximity to future Olympic venues, it has been nicknamed the "Olympic Avenue".

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.06



Chongqing's position in China:


Chongqing Arhat Temple (罗汉寺), an ancient Buddhist temple and monastery, is situated in the busiest downtown area of Chongqing. Originally built about 1,000 years ago, during the Song Dynasty, it was rebuilt in 1752 and again in 1945. The present clay arhats were molded in the spring of 1986. More recently, the construction work of the Depository of Buddhist Texts and the Meditation Room has been completed, and the carving and molding are underway.

[sebvill]

Beautiful country. Soem pics are really stunning.

[khangu]

I can't believe you've been to so many places to take so many beautiful photos.

I would need to have won lotto and take a whole year off to get to these kind of diverse locations and take the photos you did.

Good job, loking forward to more. This is the definitive guide to China's landscapes.

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.07



Fujian's position in China:


Fuzhou (福州), also seen as Foochow, Fuchow or Fuh-chau in earlier Western documents, is the capital of Fujian (福建) province.
It is one ofthe fourteen open coastal cities in China. Situated by the East Sea and in the lower reaches of the Min River, this area of 12,153 square kilometres is populated with 5.83 million people.
The city of Fuzhou is alternatively called Three Hills. The Yu, Wu and Screen Hills, all verdant with flourishing trees and grass, form a triangle inside the city. The White and Black Pagodas, elegant and slim as they are, face each other from the Yu and Wu hills. The Min River flows through the city, carrying along with it the reflections of trees and flowers. As it is said, "Three Hills, Two Pagodas and a River" constitute the unique landscape of Fuzhou City.
The city tree is Banyan Jasmine flower is known as the symbolic flower of the city.

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.08



Gansu's position in China:


The Qilian Shan (祁连山), also called Nan Shan (南山) or "southern mountains", is a northern outlier of the Kunlun Mountains, forming the border between the Qinghai and the Gansu provinces of northern China. The mountains are the source of the Ejin (Heihe) River.
The range stretches from the south of Dunhuang some 800 km to the southeast, forming the western border of the Gansu Corridor. Formerly the mountain range was named Richthofen Range after Ferdinand von Richthofen.

[ChingBr]

God this last pic is so beautiful. I've seen some good shoots of Tibet, but I didn't know Gansu. Nice mountains!

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.09


广州抽水蓄能电厂上水库

Guangdong's position in China:


Guangzhou Pumped-Storage Power Station (GPSPS) is the largest pumped storage power station in the world which supports the Guangdong and CLP’s power systems.
The 2,400 megawatt (MW) facility has a 535 metres (m) head and eight 300 MW power generation units. The pumped storage power station is capable of absorbing surplus power from the nuclear power station during the night trough (low demand) and releasing power for handling the daytime peak load (high demand).
The Plant can thus complement the Daya Bay nuclear power station, the surplus electricity from which is used to pump water to the upper reservoir, to be released to supply electricity during peak periods by running the water to the lower reservoir and hydro-power generation. The response time of this pumped storage Power station is the fastest among all types, and is totally environmentally friendly. It does not produce harmful pollutants like some traditional power stations.
The site in Conghua was well chosen as it has the ideal geological condition, with quality granite rock bed which would keep water. It has natural valleys that readily formed into upper and lower reservoirs with a head difference and a good catchment area. Conghua has become Guangzhou's "back garden" due to its natural environment of "green hills, clean waters and blue sky".

[toddhubert]

Originally Posted by riasbaixas

2008.03.09


广州抽水蓄能电厂上水库

Guangdong's position in China:


Guangzhou Pumped-Storage Power Station (GPSPS) is the largest pumped storage power station in the world which supports the Guangdong and CLP’s power systems.
The 2,400 megawatt (MW) facility has a 535 metres (m) head and eight 300 MW power generation units. The pumped storage power station is capable of absorbing surplus power from the nuclear power station during the night trough (low demand) and releasing power for handling the daytime peak load (high demand).
The Plant can thus complement the Daya Bay nuclear power station, the surplus electricity from which is used to pump water to the upper reservoir, to be released to supply electricity during peak periods by running the water to the lower reservoir and hydro-power generation. The response time of this pumped storage Power station is the fastest among all types, and is totally environmentally friendly. It does not produce harmful pollutants like some traditional power stations.
The site in Conghua was well chosen as it has the ideal geological condition, with quality granite rock bed which would keep water. It has natural valleys that readily formed into upper and lower reservoirs with a head difference and a good catchment area. Conghua has become Guangzhou's "back garden" due to its natural environment of "green hills, clean waters and blue sky".

I've been there last year, quite good!

[willliu]

nice job!

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.10



Guanxi's position in China:


Located approximately 27 kilometers (about 16 miles) southeast of Longsheng County, a vast region of rice terraces stretches layer upon layer, coiling around from the base of Longji (the dragon's backbone) Mountain to its summit. This is the most amazing terrace in China, the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. Construction of the terraces began in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and continued until the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) when construction was completed. The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces are the culmination of both the profound wisdom and strenuous labor of the Zhuang people.

[foxmulder]

never stop man!

[pauletta]

my favorite country CHINA :)

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.11








黄果树大瀑布

Guizhou's position in China:


Huangguoshu Falls (literally "Yellow-Fruit Tree Falls") is a waterfall located on the Baihe River in Anshun, Guizhou Province. It is 74 m (243 feet) high and 81 m (266 feet) wide. It is the largest waterfall in Asia.
Huangguoshu Falls borders Zhennning County and Guanling County.
In the middle of the waterfall is a cave that arches into the cliffside and is curtained by a sheet of water. A path has been cut into the cliff behind the fall which gives you a beautiful view through the cascading water.
Together with minor waterfalls, the charms of Huangguoshu Waterfall are a natural tourist drawing card. Hospitable ethic groups add the human touch.

[ChingBr]

Beautiful pics as usual! Simply beautiful! Thank you very much for posting Riasbaixas!

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.12



Hainan's position in China:


Hainan is the largest oceanic province and economic special zone in China. In 1992, the State Council approved to set up Yangpu Economic Development Zone with an area of 31 square kilometers and investors are entitled to enjoy the special preferential policies for making investment in Yangpu Special Zone，Development Zone and Free Trade Zone.
Lying on the Yangpu Peninsula in the northwest of Hainan Province, the zone is 128 km from Haikou and 145 km from Haikou Meilan International Airport. Surrounded by sea in three sides with 24 km long coastline, it is home to Yangpu Harbor-a state category-one port, which is strategically located on the international sea route of Singapore-Hong Kong-Shanghai-Osaka and near to Viet Nam's Haiphong, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang or Beihai.
Yangpu Peninsula features broad sea area and deep seawater with over 20 bays and about 150 km long coastline including more than 70 km long deepwater coastline.

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.13



Hebei's position in China:


Field experiment, plots bunded for separate irrigation, on a field visit near Baoding, Hebei.

[riasbaixas]

2008.03.14



Heilongjiang's position in China:


The former forestry railway of Huanan survived by serving several small coal mines around Hongguang. The line has some very steep gradients, and normally coal trains leaving Lixin are banked by a C2 up to the summit. There are plenty of good photo positions, in my opinion this line is the most photogenic narrow gauge line, remained in Heilongjiang province.
The HuaNan Coal Railway survives, but for how long no one knows because the mines it serves are small, inefficient, and arguably unsafe. The HuangJingGou line suddenly ended operation earlier last year. One or two narrow gauge forestry lines may remain, but only with diesels, as well as a scattering of other industrial narrow gauge lines both steam and diesel.

[Red flag's egg]

Originally Posted by riasbaixas

2008.03.14



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this is awesome, the train looks so cool with heavy smoke
but it also givees heavy polution....