http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1404) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 10 Feb 2010 19:52:00 GMTbwalker@pnc.com.auhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/simatai-great-wall/Known for its dangerous, steep, and astonishing position, the 19 kilometers long Simatai Great Wall has 35 watchtowers. It is recognized as the best preserved portion of Ming Great Wall. Built by the famous general Qi Jiguang, the Simatai Great Wall was confirmed by the UNESCO as the Primitive Great Wall. Simatai Great Wall is separated into two parts by a valley which are known as the east and the west parts. The west part appears gentle with 20 well-preserved watchtowers dotted along t...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6087) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 25 Jan 2010 1:02:00 GMTgo2chttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/sackler-archaeology-and-art-museum/Sackler Archaeology and Art Museum is located in the Whooping Crane Garden of Peking Universitys West Campus. It is the first archaeology museum in Chinas institutes of higher learning. The museum is designed for education, scientific research and social services, and providing opportunities for the students to do some teaching practices. It takes an active role in helping Chinas archaeology researches and promoting the knowledge of archaeology, as well as developing Chinese traditional culture ...]]>Sun 24 Jan 2010 21:32:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/beijing-spring-festival-concerts/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1980) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 22 Jan 2010 7:59:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/beijing-chocolate-wonderland/The World Chocolate Wonderland Theme Park in Beijing begins to accept customers from January 29th, 2010 to April 10, 2010. Located on the north side of Birds Nest National Stadium, the park is the first of its kind in China. The Chocolate Wonderland is consisted of five indoor halls, including the Worlds Chocolate Hall, Worlds Candy Hall, Wonderland Theme Hall, Sweet Experience Hall and Sweet Gift Hall, as well as the outdoor activity areas of Sweet Stages and Sweet Shopping Street. The Chocola...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 16) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 22 Jan 2010 2:47:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/yonghe-lama-temple/Yong He Gong, or the Palace of Harmony and Peace, and widely known as the Lama Temple, is a best preserved Tibetan Buddhist temple in China. Located in An Ding Men, Dongcheng District, the Lama temple covers 66,400 square meters and is 480 meters long from north to south and 120 meters wide from east to west. The architecture, ornaments and size of the temple is comparable to the Forbidden City therefore it is recognized that it is a miniature royal palace and a Buddhist temple of the hi...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1422) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 20 Jan 2010 0:32:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/beijing-astronomical-observatory/ The National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), as an umbrella organization, was born in April, 2001 as part of a reorganization aimed at bringing China's many separate astronomical observatories under the authority of a single, overarching, specifically focused organization, albeit, one with many separate roofs. NOAC represents the fusion of five principal astronomical institutions consisting of four regional observatories and an astronomical research center. All five of these in...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1978) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 4:14:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/baiyunguan-temple-fair/Baiyunguan, or the White Cloud Taoist Temple, is situated near Fuxinmen, southwest of Beijing. For hundreds of years the temple has been hosting the yearly temple fairs during the Spring Festivals, which is noted as the oldest temple fair and having the most numerous pilgrims in Beijing. Two activities in this temple always attract lots of people:touching the stone m and shooting the coin at Wofeng Bridge. Under the archway behind the temple gate stands a stone m. People believe that a stroke a...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1977) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 4:11:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/bird%27s-nest-snow-festival/The Bird's Nest, formerly known as the National Stadium of China, hosts a snow festival from December 19th to February 20th, 2010. The largest indoor skiing center in Beijing has been built in the Birds Nest. There are a lot of exciting activities for tourists to take part in, such as skiing and snowboarding. An artificial ice mountain has been built and serves as a stage for performances. During the festival, the stadium provides 14 raceways, 500 snow loops, 500 snowboards and three snow motor...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1976) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 3:56:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/chaoyang-temple-fair/Chaoyang Temple Fair, also referred as Chaoyang International Carnival, is a foreign style temple fair, which will be held in Chaoyang Park of Beijing. Besides holding local performances, the temple fair also introduces performances from all over the world, especially UK and Russia. Chaoyang Temple Fair of 2010 To be started at the exact day of Westerners' Valentine's Day, Chaoyang Temple Fair 2010 will be featured with a romantic theme, and it is about to create a lovely and romantic env...]]>Tue 19 Jan 2010 3:08:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/xiangshan-red-leaves-festival/Tue 19 Jan 2010 3:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/longqing-gorge-ice-lantern-festival/ Time: January 16 to February 28 Venue: Longqing Gorge Scenic Area How to Get There: From Madian Qiao on the North Third Ring Road, take the ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1971) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 2:43:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/changdian-temple-fair/The Changdian Temple Fair is often a favorite outing for Beijing residents during the Lunar New Year. The temple fair in Changdian dates back to the reign of Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty. The temple fair is a huge prosperous market for paintings and calligraphic works, antiques, articles for daily use, toys, food products, fruit and vegetables. In addition, one can enjoy shows like acrobatics, lion dance, magic, and operas and attend the Old Photo of Beijing City exhibition, Exhibition of Tr...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1934) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 2:43:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/lamps-and-lanterns-fair-of-the-lantern-festival/In the past during the Lantern Festival (the 15th dayof the First ChineseLunar Month) each year, traditional lantern fairs were held in places like Changdian where people played with various beautiful lambs and lantern riddles. Now many other locations such as the Cultural Palace of Working People, Yuanmingyuan, or Winter Palace, and Zizhuyuan or Garden of Purple Bamboo also offer lamps show. Apart from the old flowery lanterns, many new modern colorful lights are introduced. Another kind of lam...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1973) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 2:33:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/dongyue-temple-fair/The fair at the Dongyue Temple (Beijing Folklore Museum)is among the most ancient in Beijing whose history dated back to the Yaun Dynasty and culmination was in the following Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Dongyue temple fare is particularly known for its comprehensive range of folk customs and activities. Praying for good fortune is the theme of the Dongyue Temple Fair. During the fair, one see a variety of ornaments inside and outside the temple that carry the Chinese Character 福 (good fortune ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1972) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 19 Jan 2010 2:06:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/miscellaneous/grand-view-garden-temple-fair/Anyone who have read one of the four greatest Chinese classical literature masterpiece - The dream of the Red Mansion (by Chao Xueqing of the early Qing Dynasty) know that the construction of the Daguanyuan or the Garden of Great Scenery was associated with this great book. Each Spring Festival a range of celebration and parties are staged in the park as to welcome the spring. The ornaments, layout and shows of the park all accord with the description of the novel - The dream of the Red Mansion....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3889) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 5 Jan 2010 1:34:00 GMTgwnnikkiiihttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/beijing-zoo/Beijing Zoo was called Wan Sheng Garden (literally it means the Garden of 10,000 animals) during the Qing Dynasty. In 1912, under the Republic of China, this royal garden became an experimental station for farming and animal husbandry. It was not until 6 years after the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1955 that this garden was officially opened to visitors as the city zoo of Beijing. It is now the largest zoo in China. There are more species of animals here than in any other zoo. An...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5637) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 11 Dec 2009 0:19:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/yushengtang-tcm-museum/Yu Sheng Tang TCM Museum [note, TCM does not refer to Turner Classic Movies in this context :), but to Traditional Chinese Medicine, just to clear up that little item!], or Yushengtang Museum, as it is usually written in English, is located on Fengtai Nan Road in the Fengtai district of Beijing. The TCM Museum in Beijing is only one of several such museums round about China - there are similar museums in Shanghai and in Hangzhou, the museum in Shanghai being both the first and the largest in the...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2808) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 16 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMTcelinatayhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/nanshan-ski-resort/Nanshan Ski Village, located on Nanshan Mountain some 60 kilometers from Beijing, was the first Chinese ski resort to introduce international-standard snowboarding, having entered into a partnership with the Austrian company, Mellow Constructions, to establish a Mellow Park within Nanshan Ski Village; the Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park has five large jumps, five kickers, seven rails and an 80-meter half-pipe, all constructed to Mellow specifications (note that the full name of Nanshan Mellow...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 88) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 29 Jun 2009 0:13:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/tanzhe-temple/ Tan Zhe Si, or Deep Pond and Zhe-Tree Temple in English, located near Beijing's Western Hills, is the Beijing area's oldest Buddhist temple. In fact, some believe that the temple actually predates the city, i.e., that it was left standing when the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan, in CE 1215, razed the Jin (CE 1115-1234) Dynasty capital, Zhongdu, where Dadu cum Beijing was later to be built, to the ground. The temple's name derives from the fact that behind the temple lies a deep pond, called ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3901) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 22 May 2009 1:34:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/peking-man-site-at-zhoukoudian/Peking Man Museum, or Zhoukoudian Anthropological Museum, is situated in the village of Zhoukoudian (Choukoutien in Pinyin Chinese, Zhoukoudian being to Choukoutien as Peking is to Beijing) near Beijing, where the 1921 discovery of Peking Man (Sinanthropus pekinensis), based on the surface find of a molar, created a sensation when it was first discovered, since it was not only the first example of a prehistoric humanoid find in China, but the first such find in all of Asia. Pek...]]>