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The list of places recognized as World Heritage in China can hardly be covered in a tourist trip a month. The extent and variety is impressive, but logic regarding the extent and size of a country like China (Beijing flights.) Today we went to one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism, Mount Emei.

Mount Emei has an undeniable mystique helped by the environment and climate: a superb staging of nature. The mountain rises through the fog wrapped in a light that believers and pilgrims assigned to the Buddha himself, especially when a radiating natural light, breaks through the mist control an almost magical. On the top of Mount Emei, is the first Buddhist temple in China, with almost two thousand years old, along with numerous monasteries.

It is striking how many of the monasteries are adapted to the terrain, in the form of terraces or on pillars. So, go on Mount Emei, and promote you, we will discover at every turn beautiful postcards. Even schedule a rise at dawn is an incredible show: from above, a blanket of clouds simulated a sea that covers the entire territory.

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Shanghai, on the Huangpu River through the urban landscape, and like any big city bank, with its boardwalk. Although in this case, where one of the most cosmopolitan and oldest in the country, the urban landscape becomes a true mark of the country’s recent history. The area is called the Bund, and the facades of its banks are a succession of typically European buildings of the colonial era, with old office towers, banks, and all in a rich and diverse architecture to match.

Bund, is actually a catalog of architectural scale of the most varied, ranging from classical, to the Renaissance, and of course, in line with the rage and economic potential of Shanghai, with newer designs cutting the skyline . However, no major recent changes since the area is protected and restricted in height.

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In the Yanshan Mountains, there are more surprises great for sightseeing in China. The so-called “pearl inlaid on the Great Wall” is only 224 kilometers from Beijing, and like everything in China, a city with pretensions to giant scale. Chengde is famous for having been a former imperial summer residence, and thus save a monumental legacy.

Around Chengde, latent constructs of the Summer Village, a refuge from the heat. The touch of luck in the city, comes from the hand of the emperor Kangzi, who in the early eighteenth century can choose the place for the summer. Today, historic monuments survive in the midst of a big city. It is ideal for walks and excursions, the area of the town of Summer, with temples in the hills areas. In particular, the Chengde Mountain Resort has the largest imperial gardens in the world, including in the list of World Heritage.

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