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The Tongren Festival Began With Shaman #1
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The Tongren Festival Began With Shaman #1
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://TravelsWithSheila.com The Festival began with a fast hike up the hill at altitude trying not to miss any part of the Tongren Aboriginal Festival held once a year. This video highlights Shaman #1 in a trance, pawing the ground and making horse sounds. Offerings and prayers in the temple, intricate dance routines. A "not for tourist" event - that is becoming more popular every year.
location: China
tagged: travel, adventure, china, culture, asia, festival
views: 21 / rank: 2199 / uploaded: 06/16/2008
duration: 2 Mins. 47 Sec.

Shanghai, China: Kitschy (but fun) Yu Gardens
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Shanghai, China: Kitschy (but fun) Yu Gardens
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com The Yu Gardens (full name - Yu Yuan Gardens) were built in 1559 in typical Chinese fashion. Halls, pavilions, little bridges over small ponds. The inner section has turned into one huge bazaar and is one of Shanghai's most popular destinations for tourists (including us). When you go, definitely try the steamed dumplings (xiaolong bao) and watch out for 3rd degree burns. The extremely hot soup inside squirts out when you bite into them, and don't forget to dip in vinegar. Sounds awful...tastes wonderful. Yu Gardens is always good for a fun time...
location: China
tagged: travel, adventure, china, culture, city, shopping
views: 11 / rank: 2200 / uploaded: 06/16/2008
duration: 3 Mins. 8 Sec.

Jiuzhaigou National Park, Szechuan/Sichuan
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Jiuzhaigou National Park, Szechuan/Sichuan
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com Located in the southern part of Minshan Mountains in China, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Reserve (a UNESCO site) is filled with Chinese National Tourists, high mountains, and crystal clear turquoise lakes. Come along with me and admire its beauty. Don't forget to check out the toilet buses. That's right...toilet buses...
location: China
tagged: travel, adventure, nature, mountains, china, event
views: 18 / rank: 1250 / uploaded: 06/15/2008
duration: 1 Mins. 59 Sec.

China: Training to Shanghai & Shopping
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China: Training to Shanghai & Shopping
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com It's becoming easier and easier to train around China. Especially on the speedy bullet train between Hangzhou ("Han-joe") and Shanghai, only 1:15. And then...once you're in Shanghai...shop 'til you drop. Fenshine Fashion on West Nanjing Road is one of the many places to buy knock-offs and/or really nice clothes, shoes, handbags that aren't name brands. I don't go there looking for fake Vuitton's or Gucci's...everything is so darn cheap, shopping is irresistible. Go, see for yourself...and bargain hard!
location: China
tagged: travel, adventure, china, culture, shopping, shanghai
views: 23 / rank: 1246 / uploaded: 06/15/2008
duration: 3 Mins. 14 Sec.

A Nomad Family in The Ruo Er Gai Grassland
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A Nomad Family in The Ruo Er Gai Grassland
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com The nomads of the Eastern Tibet Plateau still live off the land, traveling with their yaks and black yak wool tents from summer home to winter home and back again. Yak dung (or poop) is formed into yak patties and used for fuel. This nomad Mother used her bare hands to pop additional yak patties in the fire when needed and move the burning coals around. Spinning yak fur, milking yaks...a very hard life.
location: China
tagged: adventure, nature, china, destination, event, tibet
views: 6 / rank: 2206 / uploaded: 06/15/2008
duration: 2 Mins. 38 Sec.

China's Giant and Red Pandas
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China's Giant and Red Pandas
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com We had no idea there were Red Pandas until a visit to the Giant Panda Breeding Institute in Chengdu. A Red Panda resembles a big and more colorful raccoon. The cutest things. And the Giant Panda kindergarten and nursery was completely absorbing. We could have stood there all day watching them. A wonderful habitat for these highly endangered animals. Visit... and enjoy these unbearably adorable Pandas.
location: China
tagged: travel, adventure, nature, china, culture, animals
views: 16 / rank: 2219 / uploaded: 06/14/2008
duration: 2 Mins. 52 Sec.

Beijing, China: The Pangiayuan "Dirt Market"
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Beijing, China: The Pangiayuan "Dirt Market"
Producer: travelswithsheila
http://www.TravelsWithSheila.com The Panjiayuan "Dirt Market" only takes place on Saturdays and Sundays. If you've never visited during a Beijing visit, do! One of the best flea markets I've ever been to anywhere in the world with something for everyone including a rare antique (not that I would know but see serious shoppers there). Mao junk, pottery, tibetan, porcelain, old clothes, furniture, jewelry, village handicrafts from all over China...you name it...it's probably being sold. I wouldn't think of visiting Beijing on a weekend without a stop at the Dirt Market. Too much fun for words...
location: China
tagged: travel, adventure, china, culture, asia, event
views: 2 / rank: 2222 / uploaded: 06/13/2008
duration: 5 Mins. 3 Sec.

Sleeping on the Great Wall of China
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Sleeping on the Great Wall of China
Producer: winterschina
Sleep underneath the stars on the Great Wall of China after having dinner with a local family
location: China
tagged: china, beijing, great wall of china
views: 175 / rank: 2168 / uploaded: 06/13/2008
duration: 4 Mins. 22 Sec.

China
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China
Producer: Adrian25
China
location: China
tagged: china
views: 7 / rank: 2288 / uploaded: 05/30/2008
duration: 5 Mins. 1 Sec.

Wangden, Tibetan Film Maker
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Wangden, Tibetan Film Maker
Producer: TibetanPhotoProject
For complete information and more of Wangden's work, www.tibetanphotoproject.com
location: India / New Delhi
tagged: travel, india, china, culture, tibet, film
views: 29 / rank: 5178 / uploaded: 02/21/2008
duration: 9 Mins. 38 Sec.

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Blog posts tagged with 'china'

New World Heritage Sites

UNESCO is on a preservation spree this week, naming eight sites to its World Heritage list yesterday and an additional 10 today.

China Rises

Today marks the unofficial 40th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution, an event that, in China, will pass unrecognized due to a PRC government decree.

Location: China

Weekend Travel Section Roundup

Travel headlines for the weekend of 4/8/06.

Travel Web 2.0: Part I - YouTube

Since Newsweek’s latest issue is trumpeting the not-so-very-recent development of user-generated sites like flickr and MySpace, it seems like a good moment to take stock of what the .com’s second coming offers in terms of travel info.

Location: China / Shanghai

Together let's explore this wonderful dreamland!

While in Hong Kong this past January, I spent a lazy afternoon holed up in my room off Nathan road, completely engrossed in back-to-back episodes of CCTV International’s show Travelogue.