Sichuan Province - MinShan Mountains 8

Sichuan Province - MinShan Mountains

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October 8th 2008
Sichuan province is the land of spicy food and home of the Panda. Chengdu is the capital, geographically akin to St. Louis - the final post of the eastern part of the country before the vast and much less populated western frontier. We flew into the capital, Chengdu, and then flew north to JiuZhaiGou (Valley of Nine Villages) about 4,000 meters above sea level (13,000 feet) and at the southern e ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more