China Travel Stories

Celebrating the Qiang New Year

Date: 2008-10-30 20:10:00 by jasmine Tags: Sichuan Travel

Children wear ethic costumes to welcome the New Year in the Qiang calendar at Li county of Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, October 28, 2008. The Qiang New Year (October 1 in the lunar calendar), falls on October 29, 2008. Most ethnic Qiang people live in Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture. Currently busy with reconstruction work af

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Worlds second highest airport opens in Sichuan

Date: 2008-10-23 20:12:00 by sakura Tags: Sichuan Travel

Local people welcome the travelers as the first plane arrives at the newly opened Kangding Airport in Kangding, capital of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, October 22, 2008. At an altitude of 4,280 meters, the newly opened Kangding airport is second only to Qamdo in Tibet Autonomous Region which sits 4,334 meters above sea level.

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Sichuan beckons tourists with pledge of safety

Date: 2008-7-14 4:53:00 by coconut Tags: Sichuan Travel

Tourists can now travel safely to Sichuan's scenic spots, except those in the 30 counties seriously damaged by the May 12 earthquake, a senior provincial official said in Beijing Sunday.

Traveling to parts of Sichuan not hit by the quake is absolutely safe, Qi Guosheng, deputy secretary general of the provincial government, said.

Sichuan's tourism revenue was 100 b

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