http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5024) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSun 3 May 2009 0:09:00 GMTmarikahttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/yellow-river-scenery/The Yellow River Scenery was built 20 years ago and covers and area of 17 square kilometers. It consists of The Five Dragon Mount, Yue Mount, the Camel Mount and the City of the Two Han Kings. The scenery spots include the Sky Pavilion, the Polar-looking Pavilion, the Happy Pavilion, and the Hill Side Pavilion, the Bright River Veranda and the folk customs garden and the Yellow River Tablets. The spot enjoys the reputation of a sparking pearl on the Yellow River, which attract tho...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 227) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 28 Apr 2009 4:22:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/dahuting-tombs-of-han-dynasty/Dahuting Tombs of Han Dynasty are located in Xinmi City, 6 km away from Zhengzhou City. They are regarded as the largest tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China with an area of 33,000 square meters. There are two tombs, eastern tomb and western tomb, which have a history of over 1,800 years and are about 30 meters apart from each other. They are similar in internal structure and style. Long and wide sloping tomb passages exist in both graves. The western one is a picturial stone tomb. It b...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 226) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 28 Apr 2009 4:18:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/dahe-village-ruins/ SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3102) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 23 Apr 2009 21:29:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/restaurant/yushunlou-restaurant-/Yushunlou Restaurant was first open in 1920 and was then regarded as the most famed restaurant of Yu (the short name of Henan province) cuisine. Bombed out in 1938, it was reopened in 1999. Its architecture is of the classical style and the environment is quiet and graceful. You can taste both Chuan (short for Sichuan Province) cuisine and Yu cuisine there. The cooks of the restaurant are extremely good at making delicacies. If you want to taste the Chuan and Yu cuisines, it will not disappoint...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3101) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 23 Apr 2009 20:50:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/restaurant/henan-restaurant/Henan Restaurant is a grand restaurant which is characterized by Yue (the short name of Henan) cuisine. It well reflects the customs and conditions of Henan province. It has been a famous restaurant where you can taste the delicate Yue cuisine and the local flavor snacks. In the restaurant, you can also drink tea and watch dramas. It is thought of highly for its graceful environment, genuine taste and reasonable price. If you want to have a taste of Henan, Henan Restaurant is a good choice....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 235) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 22 Apr 2009 2:19:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/eternal-peace-mausoleum/Eternal Peace Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Zhao Hongyin, the father of Zhao Kuangyi who is the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. It was first situated in Kaifeng of Henan province and was later moved to Gongyi City of Henan Province. There used to be many precious stone sculptures, which are delicately carved, along the passage. Unfortunately, the mausoleum has been destroyed gradually, leaving only some relics, telling the stories happening on it....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 228) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 21 Apr 2009 22:14:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/yongzhao-mausoleum/Imperial mausoleum is located in the Gongyi City, Henan province. Seven of the nine emperors of the North Song Dynasty are buried there. Furthermore, the mausoleum of the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty-Zhao Kuangyi's father is also situated there. Therefore, it is named Seven emperors and eight mausoleums. Among them, the Yongzhao Mausoleum belongs to Zhao Chen (the fourth emperor of the North Song Dynasty). It is the only one of the eight mausoleums that is recovered by archaeologists...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 234) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 21 Apr 2009 21:38:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/gongxian-buddhist-caves/Gongxian Buddhist Caves are situated 2.5 kilometers northwest of Gongxian in Henan province. While excavated in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, they were regarded to represent the highest achievement of the carving art from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Dynasty. Gongxian Buddhist Caves reach the first peak in the Chinese grotto carving history together with Longmen Grotto in Ruoyang of Henan province and Yungang Grotto in Datong of Shanxi province. There are now existed five big gr...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6059) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 20 Apr 2009 3:42:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/yellow-river-museum/Situated at the No.4, Zijingshan Road and built in 1955, Yellow River Museum is a museum of nature and science. The display area is 1,200 square meters with Yellow River as its thread. The collections include four categories, namely, historical relic, natural specimen, painting and calligraphy as well as photo and video. With more than 10,000 items of collections, the museum has formed its own characteristic. It is composed of four parts, The Great Yellow River, Scourges of Yellow River in t...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3103) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 10 Apr 2009 4:48:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/restaurant/zhengzhou-roast-duck-restaurant/Zhengzhou Roast Duck Restaurant is famed in Zhengzhou for its roast duck, Caiji Steamed Dumpling, and Geji Stewed Cake. As you can judge from its name, roast duck is their main dish. The ducks are of a special kind, namely, Peking Stuffed Duck. The roast ducks are crispy outside and tender inside, fat but not greasy. Even a glance at it can whet your appetite....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 231) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 10 Apr 2009 4:15:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/zhenzhou-museum/Built on July 1st, 1957, Zhengzhou Museum was first named Zhengzhou Historical Relics Museum, and its named was changed in 1962. It is the museum that is built earliest in Henan province. It covers an area of 4.720 square meters with the basic exhibition area of 2.000 square meters. It is consisted of three parts which occupy eight exhibition halls. The first part is named Dawn of Civilization in Zhengzhou, including two sections, namely, Old Stone Age and New Stone Age. Through the exhibiti...]]>Fri 10 Apr 2009 1:16:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/festival/chinese-massage/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1806) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 10 Apr 2009 1:12:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/product/yellow-river-inkstone/The Yellow River Inkstone is made from the earth deposited in the Yellow River. After being fumed and steamed with many valuable herbs, it's carved artificially. It's one of the four famous inkstones that have been used by calligraphers and artists over the centuries. It has a hard and fine texture with various colors. It's a new type of inkstone, which combines health care, practicality and appreciation into one body. Many sets of inkstone like An Old Man on His Birthday, Dragon and Phoe...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1809) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 9 Apr 2009 22:56:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/product/xingyang-dried-persimmon/The Xingyang Dried Persimmon is a famous traditional produce in Xingyang. Its characterized by whiter powder on the surface, corelessness, soft pulp, sweetness, and being easy in storage and transport. It has very high nutritional value. Every 100 grams of persimmon contains 16 milligams of Vitamin C, 11 grams of carbohydrate and 0.7 gram of protein. The white powder on the surface can also be used as medicine. Up to now, it has entered the international markets like Southeastern Asia and Japan....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 225) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 9 Apr 2009 20:43:00 GMTchristyinguilinhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/shang-dynasty-ruins/Shang Dynasty Ruins are situated in the downtown of Zhengzhou City, and cover an area of 25 square kilometers. In 1955, a wall with its girth of seven meters was found in the center of the ruins. It was then proved to have existed at the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, earlier than Yin Dynasty Ruins in Anyang. In the Warring States Period and the following dynasties, the walls were used and mended. The highest wall is about nine meters high, while the lowest one is one meter high with the most p...]]>Thu 14 Feb 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/food/caiji-steamed-dumpling/...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5033) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 14 Feb 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/former-residence-of-tufu/Tufu is the poet of Tang dynasty, the great poet of realism in Chinese literature history. His poets profoundly reflect the social appearance of a turning period from rise to decline. He wrote more than 1,000 poems all his life, the famous of which are Three Officials, Three Departures, Song of Roof Blown Off by the Autumn Winds and so on. With a concave ground at the back of mountain named Inkstone-washing Pool, the native place of Tufu is a house with 20m by 10m countyard and a brick c...]]>Thu 14 Feb 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/food/geji-stewed-cake/...]]>Thu 14 Feb 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/food/heji-noodles-braised-with-mutton/...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 230) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 14 Feb 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/henan/zhengzhou/attraction/henan--museum/As one of museums built earlier in China, Henan Museum has developed from Henan Province Museum. Henan Museum Preparatory Committee was established in July,1927, deciding that the museum was located in the Three Saints Temple Street, Kaifeng city. It regained its name as Henan Museum on December 1,1930. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Henan Province Museum became one of the country's famous museums through donation, excavation and allocation, further enriching the heritage collections for exhibi...]]>