Grass Island (Chinese: 塔門) or Tap Mun is an island in Hong Kong, located in the northeastern part of the territory. Its area is 1.69 km². Administratively, it is part of the Tai Po District. There are about 100 people living on the island.
The Shechen Monastery (Tibetan: ཞེ་ཆེན་བསྟན་གཉིས་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང, Wylie: zhe chen bstan gnyis dar rgyas gling) is one of the six primary, or "mother," monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, in Tibet and Nepal. It is located in Derge …
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Chinese: 耶穌聖心主教座堂) also known as Stone House (Chinese: 石室) by locals, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Guangzhou (Canton), South China.
Ruijin (Chinese: 瑞金; pinyin: Ruìjīn) is a county-level city of Ganzhou in the mountains bordering Fujian Province in south-eastern Jiangxi.
Qingzhou (Chinese: 青州; Pinyin: Qīngzhōu), formerly Yidu County (益都县), is a county-level city, which is located in the west of Weifang City, Shandong Province, China. Qingzhou is a dynamic industry city, and also grows a great number of farm products…
Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (Chinese: 鄂尔多斯伊金霍洛机场) (IATA: DSN, ICAO: ZBDS) is an airport serving the city of Ordos in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is located in Ejin Horo Banner.
Olympic Sports Centre Stadium (simplified Chinese: 奥体中心体育场; traditional Chinese: 奧體中心體育場; pinyin: Ào Tǐ Zhōngxīn Tǐyùchǎng) is a multi-purpose stadium in Beijing, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It was constructed in 1990 fo…
Nanjing Tech University (NJTech; Chinese: 南京工业大学; pinyin: Nánjīng Gōngyè Dàxúe), colloquially known as Nan Gong Da (or Nangongda, 南工大), is a university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The university specializes in engineering.
The Nanjing South Railway Station (Chinese: 南京南站) (IATA: NKJ) is a high-speed railway station in Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China, serving the Jinghu High-Speed Railway, Huning Intercity Rail, Ninghang Passenger Railway and the Huhanrong…
Longkou (simplified Chinese: 龙口; traditional Chinese: 龍口; pinyin: Lóngkǒu), formerly Huang County (simplified Chinese: 黄县; traditional Chinese: 黃縣; pinyin: Huáng Xiàn), is a port city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, fa…
This is a list of Chinese-style gardens both within China and elsewhere in the world.
Lipulekh (elevation 5,334 m or 17,500 ft) is a Himalayan pass connecting the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand in the Pithoragarh district in India with the old trading town of Taklakot (Purang) in Tibet. It has been used since ancient times by traders, …
Lhoka Prefecture (Tibetan: ལྷོ་ཁ་ས་ཁུལ། "south of the mountains"), also known as Shannan Prefecture Chinese: 山南地区), is an administrative district in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Karakul or Karakuli ("black lake") is a lake located 196 km from Kashgar, Xinjiang province, China, in Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture on the Karakoram Highway, before reaching Tashkurgan, the Khunjerab Pass on the China - Paki…
Jintan is a county-level city under the administration of Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. The city has been dubbed as the “Golden Jug” in Chinese since 688 A.D. It has a long history of human civilization, tracin…
The Jinggang Mountains (Chinese: 井冈山; pinyin: Jǐnggāngshān; also Jinggang Shan or Jinggangshan) are located in the Luoxiao Mountains (罗霄山), in the remote border region between Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, China. It lies at the junction of four count…
Jiagedaqi (Oroqen: Jagdaqi, meaning "area with Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litvin"; simplified Chinese: 加格达奇区; traditional Chinese: 加格達奇區; pinyin: Jiāgédáqí Qū) is a district and the seat of Da Hinggan Ling Prefecture, Northeast China.
Ji'an (Chinese: 集安; pinyin: Jí'ān; formerly simplified Chinese: 辑安; traditional Chinese: 輯安; pinyin: Jí'ān) is a county-level city in southwestern Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Tonghua.
Huairou District (simplified Chinese: 怀柔区; traditional Chinese: 懷柔區; pinyin: Huáiróu Qū) is situated in northern Beijing. Huairou District, covering an area of 2,557.3 square kilometres (987.4 sq mi), is divided into 2 subdistricts of the city of Hu…
Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 红河哈尼族彝族自治州; traditional Chinese: 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州; pinyin: Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture in southeast-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Its name i…
Goldenport Park Circuit (simplified Chinese: 北京金港国际赛车场; traditional Chinese: 北京金港國際賽車場) is a permanent circuit in Jinzhanxiang, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic of China (10 km North of Beijing) designed by Australian Michael McDonough.…
Foguang Temple (Chinese: 佛光寺) is a Buddhist temple located five kilometres from Doucun, Wutai County, Shanxi Province of China. The major hall of the temple is the Great East Hall, built in 857 AD, during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). According to arc…
East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL; Chinese: 华东政法大学; pinyin: Huádōng Zhèngfǎ Dàxué) is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, founded in 1952.
Demchok (Ladakhi: ཌེམ་ཆོཀ་ ; Hindi: देम्चोक) is a small village and military encampment in the Indian-controlled part of the disputed Demchok sector south of Aksai Chin, administered as part of the Leh district of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Ka…
The Dali Skull, or Dali Man (Chinese: 大荔人), is a nearly complete fossilized skull, probably representing an early form of Archaic Homo sapiens which lived in the Late Middle Pleistocene period.
The Dadiwan culture (5800–5400 BC) was a Neolithic culture located primarily in modern eastern area of Gansu and Shaanxi provinces of China. The culture takes its name from the earliest layer found at the type site at Dadiwan. The remains of millet …
The Central Radio & TV Tower (simplified Chinese: 中央广播电视塔; traditional Chinese: 中央廣播電視塔; pinyin: Zhōngyāng guǎngbò diànshì tǎ) is a 405-metre-tall (1,329 ft) telecommunications- and observation tower in Beijing, China. It is the tallest structure in…
The Battle of Nanri Island (Chinese: 南日島戰役; pinyin: Nánrì Dǎo Zhànyì) was a conflict between the Republic of China Army (ROCA) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), over People's Republic of China owned Nanri island near Mainland China. This confl…
Aksu Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 阿克苏地区; traditional Chinese: 阿克蘇地區; pinyin: Ākèsū Dìqū; Uyghur: ئاقسۇ ۋىلايىتى, ULY: Aqsu Wilayiti, UYY: Ak̡su Vilayiti?) is located in mid-western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 131,161 …
Zhucheng (simplified Chinese: 诸城; traditional Chinese: 諸城; pinyin: Zhūchéng) is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China.
Yumen (simplified Chinese: 玉门; traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, literally, "Jade Gate,") is a city in western Gansu province, China. It is a county-level city with a population of 106,812 (2002 est.), and is part of Jiuquan "prefecture-level …
Yueyang Tower (simplified Chinese: 岳阳楼; traditional Chinese: 岳陽樓; pinyin: Yuèyáng Lóu) is an ancient Chinese tower in Yueyang, Hunan Province, on the shore of Lake Dongting.
Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport (IATA: YNJ, ICAO: ZYYJ) is an airport serving the city of Yanji in Jilin province of Northeast China.
Wuyishan City (Chinese: 武夷山市; pinyin: Wǔyíshān shì) is a county-level city in the municipal region of Nanping, in the northwest of Fujian province, People's Republic of China.
Wujin District (simplified Chinese: 武进区; traditional Chinese: 武進區; pinyin: Wǔjìn Qū; Wade–Giles: Wu-chin; Postal map spelling: Wutsin) is one of districts under the jurisdiction of Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. The…
Wuhou District (simplified Chinese: 武侯区; traditional Chinese: 武侯區; pinyin: Wǔhóu qū) is one of nine districts of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, China. It contains the historic site, Wuhou Temple and Jinli Street.