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Showing posts with label CHINA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CHINA. Show all posts
November 13, 2017

3196 CHINA (Hong Kong) - Former Marine Police Headquarters

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Now officially renamed as 1881 Heritage, the Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound is one of the four oldest surviving government...
November 7, 2017

3191 CHINA (Hong Kong) - Pottinger Street

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Known also as the Stone Slabs Street (since it is paved unevenly by granite stone steps), Pottinger Street is located in Central Dis...
October 8, 2017

1061, 3164 CHINA (Guangdong / Guangxi / Guizhou / Hainan / Hubei / Hunan / Sichuan / Yunnan) - Miao people

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3164 Miao people Posted on 21.04.2014, 08.10.2017 Miao is an ethnic group who live primarily in southern China , in the provin...
June 26, 2017

3085, 3098 INDIA / CHINA - Joint India (Chennai) - China (Ningbo) International Postcrossing Meetup, May 7, 2017

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3085 INDIA - Joint India (Chennai) - China (Ningbo) International Postcrossing Meetup, May 7, 2017 Posted on 12..06.2017, 26.06.2017...
June 19, 2017

3093 CHINA (Yunnan) - Pumi people

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The Pumi people are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China , ethnically related to the Tibetans , and recognized...
April 13, 2017

3018 CHINA - Yao people

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The Yao people are one of the 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities in China , and one of the 54 ethnic groups officially recogni...
April 10, 2017

3015 CHINA (Gansu) - Yumen Pass - part of Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (UNESCO WHS)

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3015 The ruin of The Small Fangpa Castle at Yumen Pass Yumen Pass , or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate (named for the many jade ca...
April 1, 2017

2127, 3007 CHINA (Yunnan) - Jino people

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2127 Young Jino woman Posted on 16.12.2015, 01.04.2017 The Jino people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group, which live in an area of ...
March 1, 2017

CHINA / KAZAKHSTAN / KYRGYZSTAN - Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (UNESCO WHS)

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The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian...
October 29, 2016

2844 CHINA (Anhui) - Mount Huangshan (UNESCO WHS)

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Located in the humid subtropical monsoon climate zone of Anhui province , Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) is renowned for its magnificent...
October 12, 2016

2813 CHINA (Guangxi) - Cormorant fishing at the Li River

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Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) is a family of some 40 species of aquatic bird, which range around the world, except for the central Pa...
September 30, 2016

2787 CHINA (Macau) - Guia Fortress - part of Historic Centre of Macau (UNESCO WHS)

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2787 Macau - Capela de Nossa Senhora da Guia and Guia Lighthouse at the Guia Fortress. The Guia Fortress is a 17th-century colonial...
September 25, 2016

2773 CHINA (Inner Mongolia) - Camel racing

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The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), the camel with two humps, is one of the tavunhorshoo (five snouts), the five domesticated anim...
August 25, 2016

2707 CHINA (Inner Mongolia) - Hādá

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A Hādá (khata, dhar, khadag or hatag) is a traditional ceremonial scarf in tengrism and Tibetan Buddhism , so is common in cultures w...
July 8, 2016

CHINA (Macau) - Historic Centre of Macau (UNESCO WHS)

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It's said that in the 16th century, when the Portuguese landed at the coast of South China Sea , somewhere between the Zhu Jiang (Pear...
June 11, 2016

2604 CHINA (Inner Mongolia) - Mongolian yurts

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2604 Yurts in Inner Mongolia in 1986 "...They [the Mongols ] have circular houses made of wood and covered with felt, which they...
May 19, 2016

2564 CHINA (Inner Mongolia) - Tsagaan sar, the White Moon Festival

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Tsagaan sar (literally White Moon) is the first day of the year according to the Mongolian lunar calendar , and is a big celebration f...
May 14, 2016

2550 CHINA - The General Guan Yu

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Guan Yu (died 220), courtesy name Yunchang, was a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty , who pla...
March 24, 2016

0039, 2402 CHINA (Hong Kong) - Images of Hong Kong

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2402 Images of Hong Kong Posted on 14.11.2011, 24.03.2016 Located on the southern coast of China , at the Pearl River Estuary and...
March 20, 2016

2392 CHINA (Inner Mongolia) - A Wedding Ceremony

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The Mongolian wedding ceremony has changed over time, but still the Mongolian people are trying to keep the traditional rituals. When...