http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6095) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSun 18 May 2013 5:11:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/hutong-zhang-traditional-peking-museum-of-folk-art/ The Hutong Zhang Traditional Peking Museum of Folk Art is the only museum comprehensively tracing out the traditional Pekings folk culture in full-range. The Complex is made up of 6 major componentsTraditional Peking Flavor, Folk Toy-Collection, Exquisite Handicraft-Collection, Traditional Games Reviewing, Handicrafts Making and Teahouses with Beijing Opera Experiencing. Tourists at the Hutong Zhang Traditional Peking Museum of Folk Art always linger on the appreciation, relishing, listening ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5978) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 16 May 2013 18:49:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/water-cube/ A stunning piece of modern architecture, a mega structure, a piece that represents China as a global economic leader, the Water Cube is one of the mighty architectural structures designed for the Olympics. Now that the Olympics are heading for London, the Water Cube is now more than just an oversized water container. It is a fantastic venue to enjoy the magnificent architectural feat in China, and of course, have fun with the amusing activities inside. A brief backgrounder First,...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1447) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 15 May 2013 12:16:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/badachu-park/ Ba Da Chu (Eight Great Sites) Park, or Badachu Park as it is usually written in English, has a long history as an important holy place for Buddhists (the Eight Great Sites is a reference to the parks eight temples). The park, located in Beijings Western Hills (Xi Shan), about 16 kilometers from the heart of Beijing, is literally speckled with temples and gardens, all harmoniously nestled in among trees and rocks, evoking an atmosphere that is eminently conducive to meditation and contemplatio...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3898) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 15 May 2013 11:00:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/old-summer-palace-%28yuanmingyuan-garden-ruins%29/ Located in the northern part of the Haidian District of Beijing, Yuanmingyuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness), aka Old Summer Palace, was one of the most important imperial gardens of the Qing Dynasty. Its other nickname, King of Gardens, offers a clue to the totality of its physical setting, its splendid - and splendidly laid out - architecture, which included richly adorned halls, temples and pavilions, and its magnificent gardens, both in the narrow and in the broad sense, the latter being ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5087) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 15 May 2013 10:32:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/taoranting-park/ Taoranting Park, located in the south of Beijing City, is a beautiful city park centered on the famous scenic spot Taoran Pavilion (joyous Pavilion) which is one of the four famous pavilions in China, together with Aiwan Pavilion, Zuiweng Pavilion and Huxin Pavilion. Taoran Pavilion has become well-known since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) when a great many poets and scholars gathered there to relax and write poems, leaving many rare and precious poems there. Taoranting Park was named after th...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 55) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 15 May 2013 5:50:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/ming-tombs/ The Ming Tombs, located in Changping District, about 50 kilometers from the northwest of Beijing, are surrounded by mountains on three sides. The imperial cemetery covers an area of 120 square kilometers and there are 13 Ming Dynasty emperors buried there (along with 23 empresses and a number of concubines, princes and princesses), thus it is also called The 13 Mausoleums. These tombs are the best preserved Chinese imperial tombs and have been nominated by UNESCO as world cultural heritage. ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3889) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 15 May 2013 3:03:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/beijing-zoo/ While the natural beauty of Chinas mountainous and wooded areas can be an ideal vacation for some, not many are willing to trek and rough it up especially when there are too many things to do. The Beijing Zoo is a fantastic, convenient and well-kept venue for endangered animals, especially the vast variety of pandas available. Located in the district of Xicheng, this is one of the very first zoos to have been opened up in the nation. Aside from animals, though, the Beijing Zoo also boasts of ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5743) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 15 May 2013 2:55:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/residence-of-prince-gong/ The Former Residence of Prince Gong, or Gong Wang Fu in Chinese, covers roughly six hectares and consists of two parts: the palatial, siheyuan-style building compound, which also typically consists of courtyards and gardens, including flower and kitchen gardens (for a better understanding of the layout of the siheyuan compound, click here); and the main garden - or garden-park - which also consists of pavilions and other building structures.* The Former Residence of Prince Gong is Beijin...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5882) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 19:28:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/jinshanling-great-wall/ Situated a few kilometers southeast of Luanping Countrys Bakeshiying Township is the Jinshanling Great Wall. This portion of the infamous great wall is considered to be the most preserved one wherein it still contains much of its original structures and features. The Jinshanling Great Wall starts at the Wangjinglou Tower and then heads westwards to Longyukou, covering a total of 6 miles. Highlights The name Jinshanling Great Wall was derived from Big and Small Jinshanling, the la...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 68) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 19:11:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/jingshan-park/ Jingshan Park, opposite the northern gate of the Palace Museum was once an imperial garden during the Ming and Qing Dynasties( 1368-1911) and has not opened to public until 1928. The artificial hill with 5 peaks was built with earth from digging the moat of the Imperial Palace. 5 pavilions with 5 bronze Buddhas were built on each peak in 1751 under emperor Qianlong, however 4 of the Buddhas were removed by the troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force in 1900. By the north upper gate is th...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1872) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 14:05:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/hutong/ The Beijing Hutong (胡同) has a very special and important position in the rich history and culture of Beijing. The Beijing Hutong is one of the must see items in Bejing. They are a wonderful glimpse into the world of yesterday in Beijing. While visit the Beijing Hutongs, you can feel the dramatic changes of Beijing and you can evident the History of Beijing experence its life style and traditional culture. Beijing hutongs, lanes or alleys formed by lines of siheyuan (a compound with ho...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 53) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 10:39:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/mutianyu-great-wall/ Mutianyu Great Wall is located in Huairou County, about 80 kilometers northeast of Beijing. As one of the best-preserved sections of the Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall stretches from Juyongguan Pass in the west to Gubeikou Gateway in the east. In its day, Mutianyu Great Wall served as the northern barrier that defended the capital city and the Imperial Tombs from the heathen tribes to the north which, prior to the erection of the Great Wall, had instigated numerous raids on Imperial Chin...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2650) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 6:44:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/chuandixia-village/ Situated about 90 kilometers from downtown Beijing, Chuandixia Village（爨底下村） becomes well-known for its 500 well-preserved quadrangle dwellings in the possession of over 70 families, which can date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its referred to as the Potala Palace in Beijing. The construction of these antique dwellings integrates tile carving, stone carving and wood carving, with elaborately carved gate piers, rational layout, unique features and various shapes. Chuandixia Village ma...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 16) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 4:31:00 GMTdavidhttp://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 highest...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5742) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 14 May 2013 1:47:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/tiananmen-square/ Measuring 440, 000 square meters, Tiananmen Square is the largest open-air square in the world. It can hold about one million people for public celebration or gatherings. In the square tourists can climb the Tiananmen Rostrum, watch the daily national flag raising ceremony eary in the morning (the time varies subject to the sunrise), visit the National Museum of China, and go to the Mausoleum of Chairman Mao in which one will see the body of the great Chinese leader. The Tiananmen Rostrum...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1709) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 13 May 2013 23:50:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/forbidden-city/ The Forbidden City, aka Imperial City and sometimes referred to as the Palace Museum, for the museum that it houses (and often referred to by visitors from all over the world in more common parlance as the imperial palace) was built during the Ming (CE 1368-1644) Dynasty, beginning in the fourth year of the reign (CE 14021424) of Emperor Zhu, aka the Yongle Emperor, or in 1406, and was completed in the 18th year of Emperor Zhus reign, or in 1420. From its opening in 1420 to the end of China...]]>Tue 13 May 2013 21:41:00 GMTmeimeilihttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/the-9th-china-international-garden-expo-in-beijing/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1805) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 13 May 2013 13:36:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/beijing-capital-museum/ Overview Beijing Capital Museum is a large-scale comprehensive museum in Beijing with the most advanced facilities, which is one of the landmark buildings of Beijing in modern times. The earliest construction preparation began in 1953 and it was open to the public on October, 1981. The museum was located in the Confucian Temple of Guozijian Street at that time. In order to accommodate more collections and serve more visitors, a new museum of Beijing Capital Museum began to be built ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5988) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 13 May 2013 4:07:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/huaibei-ski-resort/ Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort, which was built in the year 2000 and opened to the public on January, 2001, is one of the earliest ski resorts in Beijing and a relatively large ski resort boasting topflight ski runs, amazing natural scenery and complete facilities of a variety. It is located 18 kilometers north of Huairou urban area, which is 67 kilometers from downtown Beijing. Embraced by the Great Wall, Huaibei International Ski Resort boasts picturesque natural scenery. The ski ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6057) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 13 May 2013 3:55:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/beijing/attraction/bird%27s-nest/ The National Stadium, also known as Birds Nest, is the main stadium of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which is located in Olympic Green Village, 8 kilometers from downtown Beijing. The stadium was mainly designed by the famous Swiss architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Chinese architect Li Xinggang, which is a large steel-structure building and its known as the Birds Nest based on its distinctive design and shape. During Beijing Olympic Games, the opening ceremony, the closing ceremon...]]>