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Tourism Resources

China’s tourism resources are divided into three parts: the natural landscape, history and the human landscape Local Customs.

The natural landscape

Sichuan Jiuzhaigou

China’s vast land on the list goes on the odd-water vary – mountains, lakes, valleys and cave, waterfall, Xuanliduozi. Taishan Mountain, Mountain, Mountain, Hengshan and Songshan since ancient times was called a “Wuyue”, is China’s famous mountains. One Miangen in the central part of Mount Tai in Shandong Province magnificent, pulling the Forum, known as “the head of Wu Yue,” said. Huangshan in Anhui Province in the south while Qisong, Guaidan, sea of clouds and hot springs of the natural landscape of fantasy.

Jiuzhaigou, the Huangguoshu Falls and landscapes are located in Guilin, southwest China. The northern part of Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan, is a deep ravine 40 kilometres of the valley, a total area of about 620 square kilometers, with both lakes, waterfalls, snow-capped mountains and forests of the United States, known as the “fairy-tale world.” The Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou Province for a Great Falls group, 18 from the ground and four underground waterfall waterfall composed of five kilometers outside will be able to hear the roar of. Guangxi in the territory of the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo section, 82 km long, winding between the karst peaks, the river clean, picturesque, is the seat of the famous mountains and rivers of Guilin.

In the north of the plateau, many of the Pinghu become a spectacular mountain. Tianchi Lake in Xinjiang’s Tianshan Mountain, elevation 1,980 m, most of about 105 meters deep, crystal clear lake, around the hills, green grass and bright flowers.

Yangtze River Three Gorges scenery has long known, the two sides many attractions and beautiful parade of fascinating legends. Qutang Xia magnificent dangerous; Wu Gorge beautiful Shenyou; Xiling Xia Beach and more water needs, forest reef, more minor Three Gorges lush green, Shuiqing bottomed out. Here the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, China’s largest hydropower project.

History of human landscape

Great Wall

China’s long history of tourists left for today’s numerous cultural monuments. Great Wall as a symbol of the Chinese nation, has become China’s most famous tourist attractions, the history of human civilization’s greatest construction projects built in more than 2,000 years ago in the Spring and Autumn period, the voluminous works, the momentum of the majestic,known as the world miracle. At present there are open to tourists in Badaling, the veteran leader, Jiayuguan, such as the dozens of lots and their pass, Pier and Fort-fung.

Caves, rock paintings and sculpture art is also China’s tourism resources in the magnificent treasures. Grottoes relatively concentrated distribution of the Silk Road in Gansu Road, is the most famous Mogao Grottoes, known as the “Oriental Art treasure trove.” Mogao Grottoes existing distribution of the 492 caves in the cliffs on three or four levels ranging from murals total area of about 45,000 square meters, Choi statue more than 2,100 bodies, their fine art skills, rich imagination, Weiweitaiguan. Grotto art in southern China’s Sichuan masterpiece to the Leshan Giant Buddha as the representative, this mountain Zaocheng the Buddha, 71 meters high, Shoulder Width 28 meters, is China’s largest stone carving of a Zuofo; It is not only great shape and structure of symmetry Shows that the ancient craftsmen superb carving skills.

Religious and cultural sites from south to north the length and breadth. China’s Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Zen Buddhism built in 495 AD, to which the world-famous Shaolin martial arts. Temple is famous Ming Dynasty 500 arhats murals over 300 square meters, also in possession of the Qing Dynasty Shaolin boxing spectrum. Wudang Mountain Scenic Area in Hubei Province, within a radius of 30 km has 72 mountain peaks odd-insurance, beautiful scenery and is well-known Chinese Taoist shrines, is also the most complete existing China, the largest and highest grade of the ancient Taoist buildings. Peaks Pinnacle, the green to drop, “Emei show the world” reputation of Mount Emei is located in western Sichuan, is one of China’s four major Buddhist mountains, the mountains there are many ancient architectural relic of Buddhism.

China has 100 historical and cultural city, has reached most of the years of history. Yangtze River south of Suzhou, Hangzhou, two cities, rivers and lakes staggered, vertical and horizontal water networks, bridges water, rural cottages, picturesque Poem, since ancient times there is “paradise” reputation. Jianyu Ming’s, is still intact to protect the ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province, central, and here one after another found the Yangshao culture of the Neolithic period and the Longshan culture types of sites that Wuliuqiannian former human reproduction has been in this home. Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan is the center of the Naxi Dongba culture, is the Han, Tibetan, Bai, such as the cultural crossroads of all ethnic groups, have rich historical and human landscape. The city was built in the Song Dynasty, the city has many Ming and Qing period of the stone bridge, stone Church and residential areas, to study the history of the Chinese Vernacular Architecture has provided valuable information, known as the “living museum of ancient residential areas.”

Local Customs

Tibet's Potala Palace in Lhasa

China’s 56 ethnic groups of different culture and way of life colorful, unique national holiday. Tibetan is also the largest one of the most interesting festivals – Xuedun Festival (yogurt), and was designated as the Tibetan Drama Festival and the Tibetan calendar every year on June 30 began five days in Tibet around the major schools of Tibetan Drama gathered Lhasa Norbu Lingka To perform card game, and it buzzes.

Lunar New Year to be held in July grassland that Damu (entertainment, recreation) General Assembly, the Mongolian is the annual grand festival. Mongolian people sing and dance festival in, wrestling, horse races and archery competitions, festival Aobao and material exchanges.

Live in Yunnan’s Dali Bai annual Lunar New Year held in March “March Street”, Dali West Point Cangshan this festival to become the natural arena. Legend has it long time ago, the Goddess of Mercy Bai uniforms for the people of the hazards of Beelzebub, the people of their sense of merit, year after year to spend Fenxiang worship, but gradually evolved into traditional festivals, the Bai people has now become an annual exchange of material and cultural and sports activities event .

Yunnan Xishuangbanna Dai people of the Lunar New Year festival of Songkran, the water was regarded as auspicious Dai, happy, a symbol of happiness. In the first day of the festival, people with squid Zhanshui exchanged blessing ceremony, the following day for splashing water, the scene of a grand warm, people with Piao, pots, barrels of water, chasing each other, the spill. During the holiday season also held dragon-boat race, jumping Kongque Wu and other activities.

The newly built road to the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan plateau lakes – Lugu Lake became a popular tourist destination. Several hundred square kilometres around the lake area inhabited by ancient, mysterious 30,000 Mosuo people still retain a matriarchal society and the characteristics of “non-married men and women do not marry” the marriage custom, known as the daughter of the last on Earth States . Mosuo girls Fengzi, the elegant and Dumuqingzhou to break out of the Yuge tourists were called the “Lake Sanjue.”

Tourism Services

China’s civil aviation, railway, river and marine passenger transport, road transport rapid development in China for overseas tourists and tourism in China to provide guarantee and facilitate the traffic. To meet the needs of tourists at different levels, the new construction, renovation and expansion of a large number of guest houses, hotels, a total of 8,880 star hotels. Among major cities and tourist attractions are well-equipped, courteous service the hotel reception domestic and foreign tourists.

China now has 1,349 international travel agencies, only Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing municipalities have four 248. June 12, 2003, the National Tourism Bureau and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the “establishment of foreign holding, foreign-owned travel agencies temporary regulations.” July 18, the National Tourism Board approved JAL International Travel Service (China) Co., Ltd. as the first wholly foreign-owned travel agencies to enter the Chinese market, the major business of Japanese tourists inbound tourism companies have opened in Beijing. December 1, from China’s first foreign holding tourism enterprises in TUI China Travel Co. Ltd. was officially established in Beijing, the company is holding the MB China Investment Co. Ltd. and Europe’s biggest tourism group TUI, the Chinese enterprises to cooperate with More than 300 local Chinese travel agency sales network composed of the China Travel Service Head Office.

Tourism theme

In order to be rich in tourism resources better introduced to the domestic and foreign tourists, since 1992, launched the annual National Tourism Administration of Tourism different themes, each theme will focus on a tourist attractions. 1992 theme of the first activities were identified as a “friendship tour”, since there are “mountains and rivers scenery You,” “heritage Tour”, “Folk Customs Tour”, “vacation leisure travel,” and “ecological environment Tour”; 2000-2003 are the subject of tourism, “China Century Tour”, “Chinese Sports Tour”, “Chinese Folk Art Tour” and “Kingdom of outbound Chinese cooking.”

Chinese civilization of 5,000 years of historical tradition, developed its own unique way of life, eating habits and civil practices. Colorful, full of characteristics of the Chinese people’s life has become an important component of Chinese culture part, but also constitutes a very humanistic value of tourism resources. In 2004 the theme of tourism were identified as “Chinese people’s life Tour”, the purpose is to allow overseas tourists in-depth China’s social reality, personal experience of the Chinese people’s life and the meaning of Chinese culture, the warm feelings of the Chinese people’s longing for peace and friendship and Blessing.

China’s rich tourism resources, with magnificent mountain rivers, rich and colorful customs, unique flora and fauna and countless monuments, plus the unique Chinese opera, music, dance and world-renowned cuisine, attracting a large number of annual Domestic and foreign tourists. At present, China has become the world’s largest, fastest growth, the strongest potential of the tourism market.

China's tourism market

2007 China’s total tourism income reached 1.09 trillion yuan, exceeded 1 trillion yuan. 2007 the year the number of inbound tourism to 132 million passengers, an increase of 5.5 percent, the number of inbound overnight travel up to 54.72 million passengers, up 9.6 percent; tourism foreign exchange earnings reached 41.9 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.5 percent; China will continue to maintain the world’s fourth largest inbound tourism reception status. The number of domestic tourism reached 1.61 billion passengers, an increase of 15.5 percent; domestic tourism revenue reached 777.1 billion yuan, an increase of 24.7 percent.

Steady development of China’s outbound tourism citizens into the emerging Asian region remarkable source exporter. At present, China has opened tourist destination countries and regions reached 134, of which the implementation of 91. 2007 Chinese citizens outbound tourism amounted to 40.95 million passengers and continue to maintain Asia’s largest outbound tourist country’s position.

According to the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC) to preliminary estimation, China’s tourism and travel industry in the next decade is expected to realize an annual growth rate of 10.4 percent, China will become the world’s fourth largest tourism economy. According to the World Tourism Organization predicted that by 2020 China will become the world’s number one tourist destination and fourth largest exporter of tourists.

Welcome to the People’s Republic of China

Chinese national flag

The world’s third largest country, ranking after the Russian and Canada, China has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers, making up 6.5 percent of earth’s land mass. Approximately 98 percent of China’s land area is located between 20 and 50 north latitude. In climate, the greater part of the country belongs to the temperate zone (i.e., the cold-temperate, temperate, and warm-temperate zones) and the subtropical zone, which respectively account for 45.6 and 26.1 percent of China’s land area.

The territory of China extends about 5,200 kilometers from the Pamirs in western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the eastern corner of the boundary marker at the confluence of the Heilong and Wusuli Rivers.

From north to south, it measures some 5,500 kilometers, stretching from the borderline in the Heilong River north of the town of Mohe to the Zengmu Reef at the southernmost tip of the South China Sea Islands.

China is bordered by Korea in the northeast; Russia and Mongolia in the north; Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and India in the southwest; and Burma, Laos, and Vietnam in the south. Across the seas to the east and southeast it faces Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia.

The length of the land boundary is 22,000 kilometers and the mainland coastline, 18,000 kilometers (32,000 kilometers with the coastlines of the 5,000 or more offshore islands included).

China has a vast sea area, its domain extending into the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. Contiguous to each other, the four seas form a northeast southwest arc covering a total area of 4.78 million square kilometers.