THE INTERESTING PLACE IN CHINA

FIRLITA NURUL KHARISMAMAUDY PUTRI MONICA

SMA NEGERI 1 PEMALANG2009

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1. Tuntex Tower• Tuntex tower is a

skyscraper in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. it’s Located in Ling Ya District. this tower has 85 floors, with 347meters high. For that reason This tower is also known as Building 85. this building was built from 1994 to 1996 and opened in 1997. This building is the second tallest building in Taiwan,after the Taipei 101 tower . The tower has two separate towers the bottom is 35 floors and the top becomes a single tower

Tuntex Tower

• The design is inspired by high letters in the character of Han (高 ) and in english means high. This building is also used as hotel, commercial offices, and department stores. This building was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and Hellmuth, Obatta & Kassabaum.

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• The Great Wall of China was located in Beijing, it has 8,851.8 km (5,500 miles) long. The great wall of china was built in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai.

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• The great wall was built in the spring, autumn, and warring states periods as a defensive fortification by the three states that is Yan, Zhao, and Qin from the 5th century BC to 221 BC . Since that, the great wall has served as a monument of the Chinese throughout history. It’s forbidden to the visitor to stay overnight on the wall, because maybe we can see wild wolves on great wall.

Great Wall of China

3. Museum of Qin Terracotta

Warriors • The TerraCotta Warriors are

the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. it is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum in Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Upon ascending the throne at the age of 13 (in 246 BC), Qin Shi Huang,the first Emperor of all China, had begun to work for his mausoleum.It took 11 years to finish.

• It is speculated that many buried treasures and sacrificial objects had accompanied the emperor in his after life. A group of peasants uncovered some pottery while digging for a well nearby the royal tomb in 1974, It caught the attention of archeologists immediately. They concluded that these artifacts were associated with the Qin Dynasty (211-206 BC). This museum is opened from 08:30-17:30.

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Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors

4. Wolong National Natural Reserve• This place is in the east of Mt. Qionglai, and a 3-hours drive from Chengdu. there a lot of panda-panda in there. This Center was founded in 1980 with assistance from World Wildlife Fund. Wolong National Natural Reserve is home not only to the giant pandas but also to rare and endangered animals such as red panda, golden monkey, white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris), gnu (wildebeest) and precious plants like yew and beech.

• The Wolong National Nature Reserve was badly damaged in the May 12th earthquake. For security reasons, the pandas have been moved to Bifeng Gorge Base of China Panda Protection and Research Center. They will come back to Wolong after it is repaired. there are so many interesting place in Wolong Panda Reserve include: animal and plant specimen museum, local plant specimen, bird specimen, insects ,fish, amphibious and reptiles.

Wolong National Natural Reserve

5. Qing yan Ancient Town •Qingyan Ancient Town is one of the most famous historical and cultural towns in Guizhou Province, lies in the southern suburb of Guiyang. Qingyan Town was built in 1378 with 471 hectares wide. Qingyan Ancient Town has gradually become a distinctive ancient town with cultural features of Ming and Qing Dynasties (1644 - 1911).Qingyan Ancient Town was built completely of stone. The Visitors can see the spectacular city walls built right

•on the cliffs with vast rocks. There are four gates facing north, south, east and west. There are over 30 types of ancient building, including monasteries, temples, cabinets, caves, courtyards and palaces. there are so many interesting places in there If you like, stop at one of those tea houses and have a taste of the famous local foods, such as Qingyan tofu, rice tofu and rose sugar. The Religious culture in here is also quite rich, including Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism and Christianity.

Qing yan Ancient Town

6.The Ocean Park•Ocean Park is a major

attraction in Hong Kong. And it will be the world financial center in southeast China. Hong Kong Ocean Park is located on the south end of Hong Kong Island. With an area of 170 acres, it's one of the largest ocean parks in the world. if you go into there The trip starts from the middle Kingdom neighboring the Tai Shue Wan Entrance. At the middle Kingdom, tourists will see many ancient structures such as temples, pavilions and streets.

•Walking through the middle Kingdom, you come upon the Hong Kong Jockey Giant Panda Habitat, home to two lovely pandas, Anan the male, and Jiajia the female. And the next is the Dolphin Breeding Center. Here tourists will learn of dolphins' daily living habits Tourists can view at eight bottlenose dolphins. And in there you also can see so many beautiful place like Atoll Reef, Shark Aquarium, Ocean Theater, and etc.

The Ocean Park

7. Hong Kong Disneyland•If you Walking into Hong Kong Disneyland, you feel like you are live in a wonderland. Accompanied by Mickey Mouse and the others Disney friends, you start a fantastic and magical journey, the first place when you go into is The 'Main Street, USA‘ but still There are Chinese elements here too. Enter the main street you see Plaza Inn, it is the first Chinese restaurant in Main Street, complete with 19th Century

•Chinese table service. With the image of cartoon heroine Mulan everywhere. Market House Bakery and Main Street Corner Cafe are also good places for visitor to enjoy. And in there the visitor can the pageant, it is adapted from Disney's animated classic 'The Lion King', ,this colorful pageant of music and dance is just like a classic music drama. This is a show that will appeal to all ages. And the Another interesting place is like Tarzan island, Fantasyland, Disney's Storybook Theater, Tomorrowland, Space Mountain, the Grand Parade and Firework.

• this colorful pageant of music and dance is just like a Disneyland opened at 9 p.m, and the tickets selling from 09.00 until the park closes.

• The tickets for Adults is HK $ 350 HK$ 350 • The tickets for Students (12-25) HK $ 350

HK$ 350 • The tickets for Children (3-11) HK $ 250 HK$

250 • The tickets for Seniors (65 or above) HK $

170 HK$ 170• The tickets for Children under 3 are free

Hong Kong Disneyland

8. Jade Buddha Temple •In 1882, an old temple was built to keep two jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by. a monk named Huigen. unfortunately The temple was destroyed during the revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately the jade Buddha statues were saved and a new temple was built on the present site in 1928. It was named the Jade Buddha Temple.

•There are two statues in the temple, there are sitting Buddha and Recumbent Buddha, Both of statues are carved with whole white jade.The Sitting Buddha is 190 centimeters high and coated by the agate and the emerald, The Recumbent Buddha is 96 centimeters long, lying on the right side with the right hand supporting the head and the left hand placing on the left leg, this shape is called the 'lucky repose‘. there are other major places in the temple like, Devajara Hall, Mahavira Hall,the Kwan-yin Dian Hall, the Amitabha Dian Hall, the Zen Tang Hall.

Jade Buddha Temple

9.GUILIN LI RIVER •The Li River is a river in Guangxi Province, ChinaThe River Li originates in the Mao'er Mountains in Xing'an Сounty and flows in the general southern direction through Guilin , Yangshuo and Pingle. Along the 100-kilometer stretch of the River Li, mountain peaks rise into the sky. It is one of China 's most famous scenic areas. there are also Reed-Flute Rock: a limestone cave, Seven-Star Park: the largest park in Guilin, Mountain of Splendid Hues:

• a mountain consisting of many layers of variously colored rocks. Elephant-Trunk Hill: a hill that looks like a giant elephant drinking water with its trunk. It is symbol of the city of Guilin, Lingqu Canal is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China and the oldest existing canal in the world, Other attractions include: Duxiu Peak, Nanxi Park, the Taohua River, the Giant Banyan, and the Huashan-Lijiang National Folklore Park.

LI RIVER

10. Xian City WallThe fortifications of Xi'an, an ancient capital of China, represent one of the oldest and best preserved Chinese city walls. Construction of the first city wall of Chang'an began in 194 BCE and lasted for four years. That wall measured 25.7 km in length, 12–16 m in thickness at the base. The existing wall was started by the Ming Dynasty in 1370. It encircles a much smaller city of 14 km². The wall measures 13.7 km in circumference, 12 m in height, and 15–18 m in thickness at the base.

Xian City Wall

11. Dazu Rock Carvings•The Dazu Rock Carvings are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, Dazu Rock Carvings consisting of 50,000 statues, with more than 100,000 Chinese characters forming the inscriptions and epigraphs, dazu rock is located in Chongqing town The earliest carvings were begun in 650 A.D,

• In the 12th century, during the Song Dynasty, a Buddhist monk named Zhao Zhifeng began work on the elaborate sculptures and carvings on Mount Baoding, dedicating 70 years of his life to the project. the carvings were opened to Chinese travelers in 1961 and foreign visitors in 1980

Dazu Rock Carvings