The Arctic Circle on the Russian side, we were about to cross the international date line when taking this picture. We departed from Beijing Airport at 9am, June 15th, arrived at Newark at 10 am, June …

China’s first large–scale museum of natural history, the Beijing Museum of Natural History, was opened in 1962. Today this very popular museum owns more than 200,000 …

Sichuan University where I spent my four-year college life, city center and the Kuanzhai Alley (Another ancient pedestrian alleys system)

The Wuhou Temple, also known as Memorial Temple of Marquis Wu, is dedicated to Zhuge Liang, the Marquis Wu of Kingdom of Shu in the Three Kingdoms Period …

We visited Dujiangyan, the 2200-year-old Chinese irrigation system that is still used today. When I was in daycare, my parents often brought me here for picnic in weekend. The Jiezi Ancient Town, this 1000-year-old …

The giant panda is native to south central China, most of their sanctuaries are located in Sichuan province, so Sichuan is kind of the hometown of panda and me ?. We went to the Chengdu Research Base …

For this moment, I’ve been waiting for 14 years! Hometown, sweet hometown. According to the 2017 survey of China’s happiest cities, without much controversy, Chengdu ranks No. 1. Chengdu, a city once you come and never want to leave.

My cousin is going to take the National Higher Education Entrance Examination next week (the annual exam for college entrance), we had a family dinner today to cheer him up. My uncle chose a roast duck …

In this video you’ll see Sommer and Sydnie honoring and saluting the national flag and the Monument to the People’s Heroes, and our visit to the Zhongshan Park (former imperial altar), the Tian’anmen square and Dashilar pedestrian street for old Beijing snacks!

Also known as the Ruins of the Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace is located northwest of Beijing and to the east of the present-day Summer Palace. The Garden was first constructed in the year of 1709 during the reign of the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

The video below introduces a highly effective travel route that allows you to visit pretty much all must-sees (Shichahai, Beihai, Jingshan Park and Ming Hutong) in half day.

Tian’anmen Square, Zhengyangmen (“mén” means gate in Chinese, this gate is the front gate in Beijing’s historic city wall) and Dashilar (city center during Ming and Qing Dynasty). National Museum of China, one of the …

The Summer Palace, the emperor’s private garden during Qing dynasty. I arrived very early this morning before the tourist groups came. So this is my private garden.

The China Millennium Monument, there is a bronze thoroughfare which is a 274-meter (300-yard) long road built of bronze. The thoroughfare is inscribed with about 180,000 words recording the important historical events and a chronology of Chinese history back from 3000BC.

Probably many of you have heard the book “The Art of War”, by Sun Tzu, which is 2500 years old, but it’s still one of the most widely read books on strategy and leadership in the world.

I have to admit that I was shocked today. I came to this small town, my wife’s hometown, 10 years ago, and it was like a pure rural area, there was even no traffic light at the intersection, it was identified as a poverty town by the government.

Beijing Planetarium comprises two main buildings, Building A & B. Building A, which was built in 1957, contains the Celestial Theater, an Eastern Exhibition Hall and a Western Exhibition Hall. It was the first large-scale planetarium in China.

Jingtai Emperor, the 7th emperor (reigned 1449–1457) of the Ming dynasty. He ascended to the throne after his brother, the Zhengtong emperor, was captured while leading the imperial forces against the Oryat (western Mongol) leader Esen Taiji in 1449.

My favorite Beijing snack! The mung bean milk, which is a fermented dish from Beijing cuisine. It is similar to soy milk but made from mung beans. It is a by-product of cellophane noodle production.

The Great Wall is a must if you travel to China, several parts of the walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC, the most famous part was built in 220–206 BC by Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.

This is a traditional dinning in China, people sitting around a round table with a Lazy Susan turntable in the middle, dishes are shared communally. Today my father’s side of the family came to visit us, four generations in one house, we enjoyed a family dinner together.

Ready for the 13-hour flight The North Pole, Arctic Ocean from 30000ft above Sommer, Sydnie and great grandma