Pearls Of Epic Proportions
A nondescript building with the grandiose name of World Tridacnidae Pearl Exhibition Hall in Shantou in Guandong province in southern China houses the world’s most incredible and jaw-dropping collection …
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Travel to Kaiping Travel to China
Few have heard of Kaiping but this isolated region nearly 3 hours’ drive from Canton was a massive source of emigrants in the 19th century. Fleeing poverty and political …
Lantau Island
As well as the Nantou-Tuen Mun connection there is another remaining connection between Nantou and Hong Kong. In English, the largest island in Hong Kong is named Lantau. This …
WESTERN SHENZHEN OVERSEAS CHINESE TOWN
Entering Nanshan district along Shennan Ave. from the East, the first sub-district you come to is Overseas Chinese Town. Overseas Chinese town known universally as OCT is a district …
DA WAN SHI JU
If you think the Hehu Hakka Cultural Museum’s size is something unusual, go up the road to Pingshan Town to the Hakka wei, Da Wan Shi Ju. Da Wan …
INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUILDING
In the 1980s and early 1990s this was the absolute centre of Shenzhen. This was the first super tall skyscraper built in Shenzhen and one of the first in …
CHIWAN TIN HAU TEMPLE SHENZHEN
Tian Hou or Queen of Heaven, better known by her Cantonese name Tin Hau, is a female Daoist deity worshipped by seafarers and their families all around the coast …
CENTRAL SHENZHEN SHENNAN AVENUE
The choice of Shennan Avenue as one of Shenzhen’s great sights was an inspired one. Shennan Avenue runs the length of the city for approximately 30 km starting at …