The beautiful gardens, temples and canals of SuZhou 苏州

Traditional Chinese Erhu plays 'Rain in JiangNan' 雨碎江南 二胡版 ... Bonus film - 'Birdsong in hollow valley' in Chinese court music style 宫廷雅乐风 宋代装束 秦时明月 ...

Great video ! Song by Pharrell Williams ... Bonus film : hop in for a drive around ShenZhen ...

With The New Atlas - Inflection - Brian Berletic and Angelo Giuliano ... Bonus film - with Mark Sleboda - don't miss this either ...

A forest park / nature reserve ...

Bonus film - big city Hong Kong trip ...

JiaYuGuan is the first pass at the western end of the Great Wall of China. It lies 6 kilometers southwest of the city of JiaYuGuan in GanSu province. The fortress lies between two hills and near to an oasis that was then on the western edge of China. According to legend, when JiaYuGuan was being planned, the official in charge asked the designer to estimate the number of bricks required; the designer surprised the official by giving him an exact number. The official questioned his judgment, asking him if he was sure that would be enough, so the designer added one brick to the total. When JiaYuGuan was finished, there was one brick left over, which was placed loose on one of the gates, where it remains today. Nearby are the DunHuang Caves (also known as the MoGau Caves); these grottoes date from the 4th century AD and contain Buddhist art from over the next thousand years.

HǎiKǒu, known as the 'Coconut City', is the capital of semi-tropical HaiNan province in south China; a port city on the island's north coast, facing the mainland.

With The New Atlas - don't miss it ...

HangZhou is located in north-western ZheJiang province, at the southern end of the Grand Canal, which runs from BeiJing, in the south-central portion of the YangTze river delta.