1940S TRAVELOGUE OF WESTERN CHINA / CHENGDU / SICHUAN 73892
Created in the 1940s by Encyclopedia Brittanica, this fascinating travelogue and educational film showcases Western China including Nanking. It is narrated by O.J. Caldwell, who taught at the University of Nanking prior to the Japanese invasion.
The film contains unique footage of the Sichuan basin (called the valley in the film) and some city scenes shot in Chengdu. The narrator describes the Sichuanese as people who in time of peace have pursued their placid ways close to the friendly earth. The city, buzzing with rickshaws and workers toting shoulder poles, is shown next to the ancient city wall, which was torn down during the Cultural Revolution. For centuries, the flow of seasons and the tides of growth have led a mellow rhythm to their days, explains the narrator, confirming that the reputation of Sichuanese as leading slow-paced lives is long-standing.
In addition to production of bamboo objects, including handmade chopsticks, the film shows other handcrafts, including clay pottery, silversmithing, and silk weaving. Today, the same types of looms are on display at the Shu Brocade Museum.
Late in the film, a classroom of students is shown, and finally, the film shows technologies that had recently arrived in Chengdu, including electricity, automobiles, medical technology, and airplanes.
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1,100-year-old garden uncovered in SW China
The ruins of an ancient garden built more than 1,100 years ago were uncovered at a construction site in southwest China's city of Chengdu.
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Short visit of Kunming (Yunnan - China)
(EN) Kunming is the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of Yunnan, and is the seat of the provincial government. It is also home to several universities, museums, galleries and other important economic, cultural, and educational institutions. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming as well. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. Located in the middle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is located at an altitude of 1,900 m above sea level and at a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. It covers an area of 21,473 km2}} and its urban area covers 2,081 km². Kunming has population of 6,432,2120 including 3,055,000 in the urban area and is located at the northern edge of the large Lake Dian, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes.
Kunming consists of an old, previously walled city, a modern commercial district, residential and university areas. The city has an astronomical observatory, and its institutions of higher learning include Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and a medical college. On the outskirts is a famed bronze temple, dating from the Ming dynasty. Kunming was formerly called Yunnanfu (云南府; literally meaning Yunnan Capital) until the 1920s.
Its economic importance derives from its geographical position. Positioned near the border with Southeastern Asian countries, serving as a transportation hub in Southwest China, linking by rail to Vietnam and by road to Burma and Laos. This positioning also makes it an important trade center in this region of the nation. It also houses some manufacturing, chiefly copper, though some other chemicals, machinery, textiles, paper and cement take key. Though having a nearly 2,400 year history, its modern prosperity dates only from 1910, when the railroad from Hanoi was built. The city has continued to develop rapidly under China's modernization efforts. Kunming's streets have widened while office buildings and housing projects develop at a fast pace. Kunming has been designated a special tourism center and as such sports a proliferation of high-rises and luxury hotels. (wikipedia)
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SanXingDui, China Who did all these 5000 years ago?
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Human history has to be re-written because of this. Who did all this 5000 years ago? Discovery in China
Sanxingdui (Chinese: 三星堆; pinyin: Sānxīngduī; literally: three stars mound) is the name of an archaeological site and the previously unknown Bronze Age culture for which it is the type site. Sanxingdui is now believed to be the site of a major ancient Chinese city in what is now Sichuan, China. The Bronze Age culture which was first discovered in 1929 and then re-discovered in 1986 when archaeologists excavated remarkable artifacts, that radiocarbon dating dated as being from the 12th-11th centuries BCE. The culture that produced these artifacts is now known as the Sanxingdui Culture, and archaeologists are identifying it with the ancient kingdom of Shu. The artifacts are displayed in the Sanxingdui Museum located near the city of Guanghan.
The discovery at Sanxingdui, as well as other discoveries such as the Xingan tombs in Jiangxi, challenges the traditional narrative of Chinese civilization spreading from the central plain of the Yellow River, and Chinese archaeologists have begun to speak of multiple centers of innovation jointly ancestral to Chinese civilization.
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China’s Captains Courageous: Elite handlers of cultural relics
Packing, shipping and escorting relics, these men have handled precious heritages. They have to know very well and do their job meticulously. Watch this episode of the documentary series, China’s Captains Courageous, to see more.
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Archaeologists find primitive 5,000-year-old writing
Archaeologists in China believe that markings discovered on stoneware excavated south of Shanghai could be a new form of primitive writing dating to about five-thousand years ago. #LocalHeroes
CHINA: The Tea Way - 2 Huangshan Mount - Luzhou
China — is the homeland of tea. Tea is grown and produced here, it is tasted and drunk, advertised and sold. The production technology and traditional ways of consumption of tea have strongly intertwined with the Chinese mentality and religion. It is possible to understand it only in the context of the full structure of Chinese life. It will also become the main goal of our travel across the southern provinces of China - from Shanghai to Chengdu.
We will visit large highly modern megalopolises and small villages, the tourist centers and godforsaken places, mountains and the oceanic coast, palaces and huts, tea plantations and factories, museums and tea shops, Buddhist and Taoist monasteries and temples, tea ceremonies and tea houses. Everywhere, where tea is grown, made and consumed. In China it is done all over the place. So let's get on our way.
There is an old Chinese saying: If you visit the five sacred mountains, then you won't need to go into mountains any more. And, after having visited the Huangshan Mount, there is no need to go to either of those five mountains.
The City of Shexian, situated on the southern slopes of the Huangshan Mounts, in the riverheads of Xinanjiang, was a large cultural center in the Middle Ages. Now, it is the museum-city of classical Chinese architecture.
Not only Chinese live in China. There are representatives over 100 nationalities and ethnic minorities.
In the Town of Daceyun, most of the population are not Chinese. Here live the representatives of She people — one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic minorities. These people have their own territory, however small - the Tszinin-Shesky autonomous county.
The Town of Daceyun is very small. There is only one cobble-stone paved street, built up with shabby stalls and several lanes, branching from it.
The source of welfare is the river. It is good for fishing. And in recent years, they also organize rafting for tourists.
In the southwestern part of the Province of Fujian, each family or clan of Hakk people lives in one common house, more similar to a fortress. They use regular earth as the construction material.
The first earth fortresses appeared in the 10th century. They were called tulou. These constructions, original by their form and construction technology, turned out so solid and comfortable for living, that they had been built up till the end of the 20th century.
The City of Zhanjiang is rather small according to Chinese scales. There are only seven million residents here. Tourists get here only when transiting on the way to Hainan Island.
The second largest Island of China is in the South China Sea. It lies approximately at the same latitude, as the American Hawaii. It is the only tropical Island in China. There are no competitors to it and won't be any — as far as to a beach resort.
In recent years, the Chinese try to bring to the island part of the foreign tourists, sunbathing in the resorts of Thailand and Vietnam.
Haikou — the largest city of the Hainan Island, although rather small according to the Chinese scales — a little over one million people.
The City of Guilin, located on the Lijiang River bank, is among the most popular tourist centers of China. There are several original dishes in Guilin. The most popular of them is the local rice noodles, well-known all over the country.
From ancient times, people went down Lijiang River on bamboo rafts. Today, rafts are the most popular means of transport here. However, progress has reached here too. The bamboo has been gradually superseded by stronger plastic pipes, and oars and rowing poles replaced by motors, running on petrol.
There is a popular Chinese saying: It is the best of all to be born in Suzhou, to live in Hangzhou, to eat in Guangzhou, but to die … in Luzhou.
This is the last city we've got to. Why is it considered, that exactly here it is most convenient to meet one's end? It appears, for the most trivial reason. There is a lot of good wood here, that is turned into quality and, most importantly, cheap coffins. So is it better or not, depends on how to look at it. But the fact is - it is cheaper. And for Chinese, it is important.
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Elderly Chinese brave the freezing waters in Beijing
Elderly winter swimmers brave below-freezing temperatures in China's capital, claiming that icy water is the secret behind good health.
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Diarra Boubacar a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in China
If Diarra Boubacar did not have very good reflexes and a pair of sturdy legs, he might never have been able to distinguish himself as a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in China.
The 53-year-old still has a good laugh when he talks about his first day working as a doctor at a private hospital in Chengdu, the city in Southwest China known for its panda museum and research base.
Kunming, Yunnan, China - Part 2
Kunming
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Kunming is the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. Kunming is also called the Spring city due to its weather. The city is home to several universities, museums, galleries and other important economic, cultural, and educational institutions. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. Located in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is located at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet) above sea level and at a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. It covers an area of 21,473 square kilometres (8,291 sq mi) and its urban area covers 2,622 square kilometres (1,012 sq mi). Kunming has as of 2014 a population of 6,626,000 with an urban population of 4,575,000 and is located at the northern edge of the large Lake Dian, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes.
Kunming consists of an old, previously walled city, a modern commercial district, residential and university areas. The city has an astronomical observatory, and its institutions of higher learning include Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and a medical college. On the outskirts is a famed bronze temple, dating from the Ming dynasty.
Its economic importance derives from its geographical position. Positioned near the border with Southeastern Asian countries, serving as a transportation hub in Southwest China, linking by rail to Vietnam and by road to Burma and Laos. This positioning also makes it an important trade center in this region of the nation. It also houses some manufacturing, chiefly copper, though some other chemicals, machinery, textiles, paper and cement take key. Though having a nearly 2,400 year history, its modern prosperity dates only from 1910, when the railway from Hanoi was built. The city has continued to develop rapidly under China's modernization efforts. Kunming's streets have widened while office buildings and housing projects develop at a fast pace. Kunming has been designated a special tourism center and as such sports a proliferation of high-rises and luxury hotels.
Kunming will be the hub for the Pan Asia High Speed Network using high speed trains to connect China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore.
Kunming, Yunnan, China - Part 3
Kunming
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Kunming is the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. Kunming is also called the Spring city due to its weather. The city is home to several universities, museums, galleries and other important economic, cultural, and educational institutions. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. Located in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is located at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet) above sea level and at a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. It covers an area of 21,473 square kilometres (8,291 sq mi) and its urban area covers 2,622 square kilometres (1,012 sq mi). Kunming has as of 2014 a population of 6,626,000 with an urban population of 4,575,000 and is located at the northern edge of the large Lake Dian, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes.
Kunming consists of an old, previously walled city, a modern commercial district, residential and university areas. The city has an astronomical observatory, and its institutions of higher learning include Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and a medical college. On the outskirts is a famed bronze temple, dating from the Ming dynasty.
Its economic importance derives from its geographical position. Positioned near the border with Southeastern Asian countries, serving as a transportation hub in Southwest China, linking by rail to Vietnam and by road to Burma and Laos. This positioning also makes it an important trade center in this region of the nation. It also houses some manufacturing, chiefly copper, though some other chemicals, machinery, textiles, paper and cement take key. Though having a nearly 2,400 year history, its modern prosperity dates only from 1910, when the railway from Hanoi was built. The city has continued to develop rapidly under China's modernization efforts. Kunming's streets have widened while office buildings and housing projects develop at a fast pace. Kunming has been designated a special tourism center and as such sports a proliferation of high-rises and luxury hotels.
Kunming will be the hub for the Pan Asia High Speed Network using high speed trains to connect China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore.
China Hails UNESCO's Listing of Nanjing Massacre Files
China on Saturday welcomed UNESCO's inscription of the documents related to the Nanjing Massacre on its Memory of the World Register.
The files show the atrocities of Japanese troops killing 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers from December 13, 1937 to January of 1938.
By applying for listing the documents into the world memory heritage, we are trying to remind people of remembering history, cherishing peace and defending human dignity. The files are the true records of history. We want to tell that part of history through the files so as to make history serve as a mirror to provide a reference for building a better future, said Ma Zhendu, vice-curator of the Second Historical Archives of China.
The success in listing the Nanjing Massacre files has made the memory of the city of Nanjing the memory of the world and let more people in the world know the significance as a worldwide warning against human holocaust so that they will draw lessons from history and commit to memory that part of history and cherish world peace, said Zhu Chengshan, curator of Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.
Learning the news, Xia Shuqin, an 87-year-old survivor of the Nanjing Massacre said it will let more people of the later generations know the painful history.
Making the Nanjing Massacre part of the world memory heritage shows that history is there for the young people and for those who died. It will never be obliterated, said Xia.
After learning the news, many people made a special trip to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall on Saturday morning.
We can not forget history as time goes on. To show the history to the public is to let people learn about history more profoundly. This is absolutely necessary, said Cao Jiansheng, a resident from Nantong City in Jiangsu Province.
Just as one sentence in the Memorial Hall says, 'we could forgive them, but we could not forget history,' said Gu Heng, a student from Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
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Kunming, Yunnan, China - Part 4
Kunming
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Kunming is the capital and largest city in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. Kunming is also called the Spring city due to its weather. The city is home to several universities, museums, galleries and other important economic, cultural, and educational institutions. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. Located in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is located at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet) above sea level and at a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. It covers an area of 21,473 square kilometres (8,291 sq mi) and its urban area covers 2,622 square kilometres (1,012 sq mi). Kunming has as of 2014 a population of 6,626,000 with an urban population of 4,575,000 and is located at the northern edge of the large Lake Dian, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes.
Kunming consists of an old, previously walled city, a modern commercial district, residential and university areas. The city has an astronomical observatory, and its institutions of higher learning include Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and a medical college. On the outskirts is a famed bronze temple, dating from the Ming dynasty.
Its economic importance derives from its geographical position. Positioned near the border with Southeastern Asian countries, serving as a transportation hub in Southwest China, linking by rail to Vietnam and by road to Burma and Laos. This positioning also makes it an important trade center in this region of the nation. It also houses some manufacturing, chiefly copper, though some other chemicals, machinery, textiles, paper and cement take key. Though having a nearly 2,400 year history, its modern prosperity dates only from 1910, when the railway from Hanoi was built. The city has continued to develop rapidly under China's modernization efforts. Kunming's streets have widened while office buildings and housing projects develop at a fast pace. Kunming has been designated a special tourism center and as such sports a proliferation of high-rises and luxury hotels.
Kunming will be the hub for the Pan Asia High Speed Network using high speed trains to connect China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore.
Remember forever: Story behind China's early railway heroes
In 1970, some 4,065 workers were sent by the Second Company of the China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group to construction sites in the western parts of central China’s Hunan Province, a region known for majestic mountains and rivers, to build seven railway stations, 30 bridges and 22 tunnels. During nine years of the mission, 86 construction workers lost their lives, their names are inscribed on a tombstone in a pavilion near the Zhangjiajie railway station on the Zhicheng-Liuzhou railway line. Forty-three years on, workers of the same company visited the tombstone to pay their tribute to these railway heroes before the Qingming Festival, also known as the Tomb-Sweeping Day.
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Best Attractions and Places to See in Taiyuan, China
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Experts call for accelerated removal of China's 2nd child policy
Despite a relaxation of China’s one-child policy, surprisingly few couples are choosing to have a second child.
Some experts are calling for an accelerated removal of restrictions on a second child, warning that the country’s birthrate is moving towards a dangerously low level.
Wu Guoxiu filed this report from Beijing.