China City Guide is another affiliated part of China Travel Guide. It aims at giving the netizen or online readers a systematic and readable information about China Cities in different sizes and levels. China is the third largest country throughout the world inferior to Russia and Canada. However, before the separation of Outer Mongolia, China was the largest country indeed in the world. Currently, the entire territory of China is more than 9,600,000 square kilometers . But in the aspect of population, China is out of question the top country ahead of any other on the earth. China is the center of East Asia, even the whole Aisa Region. China has 4 municipalities directly under the central government, 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 2 special administrative regions, 283 prefecture-level cities, 17 prefecture-level regions, 30 prefecture-level autonomous regions and 3 meng, 856 districts under the province-level government,368 county-level cities, 117 autonomous counties, 1463 counties, 49 qi, 3 autonomous qi, 2 prefecture-level special regions and i forest administrative region.
Historically, China used to one of the most powerful and worldwide influential empire. Since 1840, roughly after the First Opium War, the old Empire of China got gradually declined and continually invaded by neighbour represented by Japan, who used to be a single-hearted student in Tang Dynasty of China. Especially the First Sino-Japanese War or Jiawu Oceanic War (1894-1895) and Anti-Japanese War, China paid a lot and learnt a lot. Since the final victory during World War Two, China suffered from the severe civil war between China Communist Party and Kuomintang Government. In 1949, China became a founded socialistic or communist country and also experienced a lot of failures and frustrations
in progress like Anti-Rightist Movement and Cultural Revolution. In 1978, China began the great reform and opening policy, and sicne then, the look of China changed absolutely. Nowadays, China on the whole has been the second largest economic entity and also the acknowledged engine of global economic development. This is the China's history and economy in brief.
China traditionally is also a famous country for its colorful customs, lifestyles and unique culture. China's social institution in the past was absolutely independent and different from the western standard. China's individual and social value are conventionally dominated by three beliefs: Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Chinese people probably are the most sincere, devotional and god-fearing pilgrims around the world, though today's society sparkplugs antitheism. Confucius, Lao Zi and Buddha or Bodhisattva in welcomed in mind. So a vivid feature of Chinese tourist attractions or destinations is that travlers can easily find the taoist temples, buddhist temples and memorials of Confucius wherever travelers are in China, besides these sites are usually built in the center of areas.
Generally, The highlights of China Attractions is closely connected with the city where they are located. Hence, to introduce China tourist resources, it is the must to introduce China cities, particularly the major or representative cities like Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Guilin, Zhangjiajie, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huangshan, Xiamen, Nanchang, Qufu, Qingdao, Jinan, Chengde, Datong, Lanzhou, Pingyao, Dalian, Tianjin, Dali, Lijiang and Guiyang and so on. The best tourist destinations that the itinerary-designers unexceptionally list in the tour schedule are Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin, Three Gorges Area(The best section of Yangtze River), Lhasa, Hangzhou, Suzhou and some other parts.
The climatic feature of China is mainly influenced by its geography, location and landform. Due to the complicated or intricated landforms and climatic characteristics, travelers in different destinations of China had better take notice of the weather forecast in the certain time when you are enjoying your traveling or consult the local travel agencies or service departments taking charge of offering service free of charge. By the way, travelers had best keep the basic daily living equipments like the cool or warm clothes, sunglass, destination maps and some changes for unexpected needs. Anyway, we hope everyone that has read our travel tips and guides , besides is about to have a travel to China, will have a splendid and unforgettable experience in China. The city index hereinafter can be a brief guide to help you learn more about China and China Cities...Welcome to China and Welcome to Seeraa International...(More Introduction of China Travel Guide) |