Cishou Pagoda   Cishou Pagoda ,located in Beijing’s western suburbs, was originally named Yong’anwanshou Pagoda (永安万寿塔 Pagoda of Lasting Peace and Longevity).Later it was called Cishou Pagoda (慈寿塔 Pagoda of Benevolence and Longevity) . Cishou Temple was built in 1576 during the Ming Dynasty by decree of Empress Dowager Li, mother of Emperor Zhuyi. It [...]

How do you spend a sunny summer afternoon? While the outside is quiet hot, a leisure bookstore can be a best choice for you to enjoy your afternoon.  Here are some carefully selected bookstores for your book lovers in Beijing. You can not only enjoy reading there, but also make new friends!  Bookstores & cafes [...]

Are you bored with the Palace Museum and want to find something special to know? Here are four special museums in Beijing City. You may not only see something interesting, but also experience something unique.       Beijing Police Museum          Located in an antique Western-styled building, formerly a Citibank branch, the museum is home to [...]

New York-based writer and photographer Jennifer Pinkowski’s photo takes us to Beijing, where she went in 2007, and to the ancient neighborhoods first established under Kublai Khan. The color of the pinwheels contrasts with the subject matter – these are public bathrooms, whose smell Jennifer hasn’t forgotten.

The second Rape Flower Festival in Changgou is hold from May 28th to June 15th, 2011, in Changou Town, Fangshan district. The Beijing’s largest rape flower field, about 133.3 hectare (329.5 acre) ,  takes you only 1 hour to catch the spring from the city center.      The rape flower in north China always blossoms [...]

On August 18-23, 2011 the 8th world conference of IALE-International “Landscape ecology for sustainable environment and culture” will be held in Beijing, China.

Chinese officials have denied the Beijing palace that was once home to China’s emperors is being used as a club for the rich.

Police in China have arrested a man they say broke into Beijing’s famed Forbidden City, and stole seven pieces of art from the Palace Museum.

 Did you see the spring is coming? There is an old saying in China that one can never know when spring is coming until seeing the kite in the sky. Kite flying is a traditional with nearly 3,000 years history and still plays an important role in Chinese culture today. Now, Chinese don’t only fly a kite in spring, but also [...]

Beijing – The National Tourism Administration of China announced on Tuesday that national tourism day will fall on May 19 each year, despite previous calls for setting the date on Chairman Mao Zedong’s birthday.