Tunxi -- An early morning on Lao Jie

Yellow Mountain and Tomb Sweeping

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April 6th 2010
Our latest adventure began in an old, well-used, sleeper train as we headed south into the southern frontier of Anhui Province. Our first and foremost goal, to visit the esteemed 黄山, Huang Shan or Yellow Mountain, became a bit more than we had initially expected being that everyone in China seemed to think it was also a good weekend to travel… Thanks to the P.R. of China national holi ... read more

Asia » China » Anhui » Huangshan

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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