Yungang Grottoes, Datong, (September 2017)

Yungang Grottoes, Datong, (September 2017)

 this place is well known in China, whit more than 400 statues carved in the rock. What is so special, to “protect” the statues, they dug first a cave, then the carved the statues. very impressive  We went on a weekend, so, it was...
Hanging Temple, Daton (September 2017)

Hanging Temple, Daton (September 2017)

 I just imagine the people building this temples 100’s years ago… Whaooo The reason this temple was built at this height to to be above the possible floods of the river below. The temple is all in wood, even if it is a small temple, just for the location,...
Terra-Cotta Warriors, X’ian, (May 2015)

Terra-Cotta Warriors, X’ian, (May 2015)

 Absolutely amazing!! And the question is why? What is the purpose of ‘this status army”? Every single statue is different. The statues are under 3 different stage: 1) well preserved/restored, and they are on display 2) They were discovered broken, so...
Harbin Ice Festival (January 2010)

Harbin Ice Festival (January 2010)

 When I was there, in January 2010 it was one of the 3 world biggest ice sculpture in the world, and now it is the biggest one. A MUST see, absolutely FANTASTIC!!! The park has 2 sides, one for the snow sculptures and the other one for the ice sculptures. In was in...