A view in Jiuzhaigou national park

The Nine Castles Valley—Earthly Paradise <1>

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March 9th 2009
The Nine Castles Valley—Earthly Paradise The high land area in western Sichuan Province is highly likely considered the most expectable destination for backpackers, photographers, ordinary tourists or anyone who wonna learn an absolute place in lifetime. That’s Jiuzhaigou which is now a national park, translated as Nine Castles Valley, a Tibetan county with both incredible landscape and amazi ... 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