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 …
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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 …
THE THEME PARKS SHENZHEN
In the early 1980s in China, theme parks were considered one of the marks of development. This was an unexpected consequence of China’s opening to the world in the …
HUAQIANG BEI SHENZHEN
Huaqiang Bei is the main road in the downtown city area and not for the faint-hearted. People flock here from the countryside and crowds, hustlers and stalls proliferate. Huaqiang …
OCT ART AND DESIGN GALLERY SHENZHEN
This gallery was opened on September 1, 2008. It’s part of the He Xiangning Gallery stable of contemporary art galleries and it specialises in the avant-garde, specifically what its …
SHEKOU SEA WORLD SHENZHEN
Sunday lunch. It is 1:45P.M.. A bottle of fine Chilean red wine has disappeared effortlessly and the remains of a piece of steak and a particularly nutritious salad are …
SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
There are lots of institutions of higher learning in Shenzhen but only one Shenzhen University. That’s quite strange for a city of the size of Shenzhen. But in its …
MAP OF SHENZHEN AND HONG KONG
HEALTH INSURANCE Note that Shenzhen local hospitals may only treat you if you can pay first. Most hospitals require payment or a deposit in cash on admission, either to …