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Make Plans to Visit China

• Tourist Guide

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Stone Forest

• 75 kilometers from Kunming. It consists of
  innumerable bizarre-shaped ancient limestone
  cliffs and peaks created by wind and water
  erosion some 200 million years ago. This area is
  praised as the First Wonder Under Heaven

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Scenic Lijiang

• Lijiang is a small mountain town of stone and
  tile, laced with swift canals. There is no city
  walls due to a superstitious belief of the local
  ruler whose family name is Mu (tree). Wooden
  structures, mountains, small rivers and lanes
  integrate harmoniously in this mountain town.

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Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

• The mountain consists of 13 peaks. Among of them,
  the highest is 18000 feet above sea level. It is
  considered a treasure of wild plants and rare
  animals.

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The Black Dragon Pool

• The park holds the Black Dragon Pool and got name
  because of it. The pool is listed in the
  Collections of Famous Pools in China because of
  its beauty.

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Tiger Leaping Gorge

• One of the world's four great gorges, is located
  in Hutiaoxia Town in Zhongdian County, is honored
  as one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges
  on the earth.

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Tashilhunpo Monastery

• Tashilhunpo Monastery is one of the Six Big
  Monasteries of Gelugpa in Tibet. Also called the
  Heap of Glory, the monastery is located at the
  foot of Drolmari, Shigatse. Founded by the First
  Dailai Lama in 1447

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The Forbidden City

• The Forbidden city, is located in the center of
  Beijing and was the imperial palace during the
  Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace
  Museum, it is located to the north of Tiananmen
  Square. It is the world's largest palace complex
  and covers 74 hectares.

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Terra Cotta Warriors

• The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most
  significant archeological excavations of the 20th
  century. Truly, a sight not to be missed by any
  visitor to China.

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Potala Palace

• The Potala Palace located in Lhasa, Tibet, China,
  was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until
  the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India
  after a failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala
  Palace is a state museum of China. It is now a
  popular tourist attraction.

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Great Wall of China

• The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest
  wonders of the world. Just like a gigantic
  dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across
  deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus
  stretching approximately 4,163 miles from east to
  west of China.