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 Under the rule of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan in the 13th century, it was known as Khanbaliq, the city of Khan. The city did not receive its typical form which still survives today, until the rule of the Ming dynasty. The Emperor Yongle is considered its actual planner and architect. Beijing lies on a plain that opens to the south. In an anologue to this position, all important buildings in the city are built to face the south, protected from harmful yin influences from the north such as the Siberian winter or the enemies from the steppes, for it was in the south that the generosity and warmth of the yang sphere was thought to reside. As a result, the Outer or Southern Gate to the city, was the largest, most beautiful and most sacred of its kind. The Coal Hill (Jingshan) to the north of the Imperial Palace, which when the air is clear has a beautiful view of the rooftops of Beijing, was probably created according to geomantic considerations.
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Australia |
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 About Australia is an Australian travel guide including tours, accommodation, events, and Australian travel information, if you're interested in the Australian way of life or want the facts about Australia, you'll find everything you need right here! Australia's biggest attraction is its natural beauty. The landscape varies from endless sunbaked horizons to dense tropical rainforest to chilly southern beaches. Scattered along the coasts, its cities blend a European enthusiasm for art and food with a laid-back love of sport and the outdoors. Visitors expecting to see an opera in Sydney one night and meet Crocodile Dundee the next will have to re-think their grasp of geography in this huge country. It is this sheer vastness that gives Australia - and its diverse population - much of its character.
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Austria |
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 Austria has few peers as a year-round holiday destination, with plenty of winter sports in the Alps, some of the most impressive and overblown architecture in Europe and an unrivalled musical tradition that even The Sound of Music couldn't sully. Austria's cities have plenty to engage visitors: Vienna is the capital, hub of the country's musical life and littered with beautiful buildings; music, art and architecture reach baroque perfection in Salzburg, Mozart's birthplace; Innsbruck's snow-capped peaks frame fascinating historic buildings.
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China |
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China ranges from mostly plateaus and mountains in the west to lower lands in the east. Principal rivers flow from west to east, including the Yangtze (central), the Huang He (Yellow river, north-central), and the Amur (northeast), and sometimes toward the south (including the Pearl River, Mekong River, and Brahmaputra), with most Chinese rivers emptying into the Pacific Ocean.
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Dubai |
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Dubai offers you a variety of exotic experiences which will be a very unique experience! We take you through all these in our private-guided tours designed for small groups.
Dubai is a shopper's paradise. During the Shopping Festival in March, almost two million visitors arrive here, looking for discounts on gold, electronics, clothing, and Persian carpets. Here's a glimpse of a few!
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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong consists primarily of Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories as well as some 260 other islands. The Kowloon Peninsula is attached to the New Territories to the north, and the New Territories spans northwards eventually connecting with mainland China across the Sham Chun River (Shenzhen River). Overall, Hong Kong encompasses a collection of 262 islands and peninsulas in the South China Sea. While Lantau is the largest island, Hong Kong Island is the second largest and the most populated. Ap Lei Chau is the most densely populated island in the world.
The name "Hong Kong", which literally translates to mean "fragrant harbour", is derived from the area around present-day Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island. This is an area where fragrant wood products and fragrant incense were once traded. The narrow body of water which separates Hong Kong Island from the Kowloon Peninsula is known as Victoria Harbour and is one of the deepest natural maritime ports in the world.
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International Spots |
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WORLD 7 WONDERS The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Chichén Itzá, the most famous Mayan temple city, served as the political and economic center of the Mayan civilization. Its various structures - the pyramid of Kukulkan, the Temple of Chac Mool, the Hall of the Thousand Pillars, and the Playing Field of the Prisoners – can still be seen today and are demonstrative of an extraordinary commitment to architectural space and composition. The pyramid itself was the last, and arguably the greatest, of all Mayan temples.
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