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Enriched by centuries of history, yet still shrouded in mystery, a luxury holiday to China opens up a whole host of discoveries. A place where modernity fuses with tradition, the heart of the Far East has both entranced and mystified us. China offers a cultural adventure like nowhere else but to really get under its skin, head into Shaolin temples to master the art of kung fu and discover a tremendous sense of peace.
One of the first land to be trodden down by a human foot is China and also of those that were soon the cradle of a developed culture. The first factor that affects to turn China into a pole of attraction for tourism is the vastness of the territory, about twenty times the land of Germany, which allows treasuring a great landscape and climatic diversity.
Since ancient times, China has been a unified nation of different peoples. After the establishment of new China, 56 different ethnic groups were identified and approved by the central government, of these the Han Chinese are the largest, accounting for 91.51% of the total population.
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As the land of China has a strong unfolded history and the land is full of historic places. The well-know Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven depict the long and colorful history of Beijing.
The waning residential Beijing Hutongs have transformed into pedestrian streets with trendy shops and bars. Shanghai has become a worldwide metropolis in the last fifty years during last century.Xi'an is the shining pearl on the Yellow River along which the ancient Chinese culture originated.
The astonishing Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shi Huang were excavated in this city and the famous Silk Road started here via brilliant Dunhuang to Europe thousands of years ago.
Winding through eleven provinces and cities, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. A Yangtze River cruise from Chongqing to Yichang will be an enjoyable holiday with endless green mountains.
Chinese Cuisine consists of Eight Culinary Traditions which are Sichuan, Shandong, Cantonese, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui Cuisines.
The Spring Festival, which is also known as Chinese New Year, is held by the Chinese as their most important festival and has a history of over 4,000 years. It is an occasion on which people pray for a good harvest, celebrate and enjoy themselves. Nowadays, the festival is celebrated from the evening of the last day of the 12th lunar month to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the new lunar year. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional holiday originating in China, and occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Chinese is the official language of China and Chinese characters is intricately linked to people's lives. The other prominent traditional cultures are the Chinese Opera, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts.
The Breath-Taking Capital City
Visit the Imperial Palace, known as Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, most famous location in China
Take a ride on Dragon Escalator, the World's longest outdoor Escalator
The Pearl of the Orient
Admire the classic skyline at the Bund, views of colonial architecture and skyscrapers along the 500m wide Huangpu River
Walk and shop along Nanjing Road, an equivalent of New York's Fifth Avenue;
Home to the Terracotta Warriors
Visit the Terracotta Warriors, considered one of world's greatest archaeological sites and one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century
