ShanHaiGuan, east of Beijing at the coast, is at the eastern end of the Great Wall.
This is located near QinHuangDao and is closely associated with China's first emperor. Qin Dynasty: 221 - 206 BC.
Qin Shi Huang joined together walls at China's northern frontier into the first Great Wall. He also ended feudalism and unified much of China. JaiYuGuan, the western-most gate of the Qin Great Wall, where trade along the old Silk Road also took place, lies thousands of kilometers from here.
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Pu'Er lies in south YunNan province, south China, not far from the borders with Myanmar and Laos, and is home to a number of ethnic groups. This area is rich in vegetation and wildlife.
Pu'Er gives its name to a popular variety of fermented, aged, dark tea with a strong, earthy flavor.
Pu'Er is about a four to five hours' drive from the provincial capital, KunMing.
Though some are bad - the highly processed 'healthy' polyunsaturate oils; much better to avoid these completely and use butter / ghee, extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil.
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The Grand Buddha at LingShan (Língshān Dà Fó) is the largest bronze Buddha In China with a height of 88 meters. It is located in WuXi, JiangSu province.
It was completed in 1996.
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