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    10月14日拍摄的“倒彩虹”当日16时许，山东省阳谷县上空正西方向出现一个下半月形彩虹，持续时间达15分钟，吸引了众多行人驻足观看。据了解，当日是阳谷县持续20多天阴雨天气后，迎来的第一个晴天。

The Pools of Immortals (Shenxian Chi, also known as Goddess Lake or Fairy Pools), where a fairy bathes, is a tranquil and pure universe, permeated with charming folklore, deep feelings, mystery and sanctity. It is as a glittering and crystal clear pearl mounted on the Jiuzhaigou (Nine Dragon Valley) tour ring.

Kumtag, China's sixth largest desert, is expanding by one to four meters eastward annually. The expansion poses a threat to the Mogao Grottoes, also known as the Caves of 1,000 Buddhas, in northwestern Gansu Province.

Lijiang, an ancient town in southwest China's Yunnan Province, has won UNESCO's 2007 Award of Merit for its restoration of ancient buildings, UNESCO official Richard Engelhart announced in the town, on Monday.

Reflection of the diversiform-leaved poplars are seen on the Black River in Ejin Oasis, in the desert of Araxan League in north China's I...

China's tropical island paradise Hainan Province is developing into a luxury, international resort destination, especially along the white sands of Yalong Bay where Douglas Williams enjoys the five-star treatment at Hilton.

If the people who own and build five-star hotels and airports are gamblers, they must be some of the best. Assuming they probably are, it's odds on that Hainan Provi...

A farmer's house along the Ancient Road of Mules and Horses

During the third general census of cultural relics in Hunan Province, an ancient road built during the Qin Dynasty (221–206 b.c.) was discovered around the environs of Dengjiatang Village, Chenzhou City in the province.
The Ancient Road of Mules and Horses

This roadway served as an important communications route two thousand years ago. "That ancient road is comparable to today's highway from Beijing to Zhuhai," Xie Wujing, an ancient road specialist in the Hunan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau said.

"Hoof prints are still obvious on some of the slates. They couldn't have been formed in this way without hundreds of years of trampling," He Qiang, the deputy director of Cultural Relics Bureau of Hunan Province, said on October 11, 2007.

The Jiayu Pass, the western starting point of the existing Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Gansu Province, is a historic attraction for tourists from both home and abroad.
I visited the pass along with a group of nine employees from Shenzhen's Guan Shanyue Art Museum on Sept. 20 after visiting the Dunhuang Grottoes. This was the second time I had been to the attraction I first visited in 1995.

When we arrived at the pass at around 9:30 AM, I immediately noticed a number of environmental changes had been made.

    HONG KONG, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong has retained its position as Asia's second largest destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), according to a report released on Wednesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

    The report, named World Investment Report 2007, highlighted Hong Kong as a "front-runner"...