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Would You Dare Ride the Tallest Outdoor Elevator in the World?
According to Guinness World Records, the incredible Bailong Elevator in Hunan, China, is the tallest outdoor lift or elevatori in the world, it’s name means literally “Hundred Dragons Elevator”. The glass elevator rises 326 meters (1,070 ft) up a huge cliff in the Wulingyuan area … Continue reading
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Tagged Bailong Elevator, china, elevator, glass elevator, Guinness World Records, lift, record, travel, Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie
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“Puzzle Ball Theater” Architects Pays Homage to 19th-Century Chinese Puzzle Balls
London-based Steven Chilton Architects (SCA) has designed this stunning theater as entry for a competition. SCA takes its inspiration from ancient Chinese ivory puzzle balls, intricately carved artifacts made of concentric spheres carved from a single piece of ivory. Each sphere, freely rotating, has open carving, and to … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, carved, china, chinese, design, geometric, project, puzzle ball, sca, theather
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China Opens World’s Coolest Library With 1.2 Million Books
MVRDV and Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI) have completed Tianjin Binhai Library as part of a larger masterplan to provide a cultural district for the city. The 33,700m2 cultural centre featuring a luminous spherical auditorium and floor-to-ceiling cascading … Continue reading
China’s Apricot Blossom
Image credits: Swordlily Chang Far in the northern China, there locates the Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture which has attracted many tourists there every year for its gorgeous natural scenery. Famed as “the Jiangnan beyond the north of the Great Wall”, Yili … Continue reading
The Faceless Figures by Julien Malland aka Seth
Fengjing, China Born in Paris, in 1972, Julien Malland began painting murals in the 20th arrondissement of Paris under the name of Seth. He made himself known among Parisian graffiti artists by creating characters. As a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cambodia, china, france, graffiti, Illustration, indonesia, italy, Julien Malland, rome, Seth, street art
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25 Of The Most Dangerous Journeys To School In The World
In some parts of the world school can be a hard-won luxury. According to UNESCO, progress in connecting children to schools has slowed down over the past five years. Areas that lack suitable school routes can often flood, making it … Continue reading
Southern Sky Column aka Avatar Hallelujah Mountain
The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Chinese: 湖南张家界国家森林公园; pinyin: Húnán Zhāngjiājiè Guójiā Sēnlín Gōngyuán; literally: “Hunan Zhangjiajie National Forest Park”) is a unique national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in northern Hunan Province in the People’s Republic of China. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, china, Hallelujah Mountain, hunan, park, scenic area, Southern Sky Column, travel, UNESCO, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
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China, China the Porcelain Portrait Busts by Ah Xian
China, China: recent works in porcelain by Ah Xian was an exhibition of 40 hand-painted, porcelain body-casts by one of the most interesting artists to emerge from post-cultural revolution China. The exhibition was the result of the artist’s sojourn to Jingdezhen, … Continue reading
Olive Pit Sculpture Carved in China in 1737
In 1737 Ch’en Tsu-chang, originally from Kwangtung, followed the natural shape of an olive pit to carve a small boat. On the boat there are eight figures, each of which is animated and expressive in an individual manner. The entire … Continue reading
Teahouse at the Southern Peak
Are you ready for the most adventurous tea of your life? This photojournal shows the trip that is necessary to get to the teahouse on the southern peak of Mt. Huashan in China. The base of the mountain is called … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, china, Mt. Huashan, photojournal, southern peak, tea, teahouse, Teahouse at the Southern Peak
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