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Nanyang - Water City of Central China
China Travel Guide - Travel in Henan

Bai River of Nanyang










Nanyang
(nán yáng 南阳) , located in the west of Henan Province (hé nán shěng 河南省), is a Water City. Bai River (bái hé 白河), the mother river of Nanyang, crosses the Nanyang center city. Bai River, together with Meixi River (méi xī hé 梅溪河), Sanli River (sān lǐ hé 三里河), and Wenliang River (wēn liáng hé 温良河) constitutes a network of rivers and lakes and also forms a unique city landscape.

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Bukui Mosque - the Largest Glazed-Tile Building in Heilongjiang Province
China Travel Guide - Travel in Heilongjiang

Bukui Mosque

Bukui Mosque (bǔ kuí qīng zhēn sì 卜奎清真寺) is also called Worship Mosque, which is a Islamic ancient building with Chinese national characteristics in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang in northeast China. It is located in Mosque Road off of Bukui Street (bǔ kuí jiē 卜奎街). It was built during the Qing Dynasty, and listed in 2006 as a national-level protected cultural relic. It is the largest and oldest mosque in the province.
 
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图穷匕见 (tú qióng bǐ xiàn)
Learn Chinese - Chinese Idiom

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In the end of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), there was a strong country named Qin (秦). It wanted to annex other countries to unite China. In 228 BC, the Qin army captured a country and prepared to attack another country named Yan (燕). So the prince Dan (丹)of Yan sent a brave man called Jing Ke (荆轲) to assassinate the King of Qin.

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Gunpowder
Learn Chinese - History and Culture

The Invention of Gunpowder
Gunpowder (huǒ yào 火药) was invented in China rest on variable interpretations of certain passages in ancient manuscripts. Few substances in history have had as profound an effect on human history as gunpowder, and its discovery was an accident.

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South China Normal University
Study in China - Colleges and Universities

South China Normal University is an institution of higher learning with a long history and a rich legacy. Situated in Guangzhou, an open metropolis in South China, the University is imbued with Lingnan’s pioneering and pragmatic spirit. It has a tradition of elegant simplicity and a favourable learning atmosphere. In the past seventy years or so, the University has all along preserved its distinguishing characteristics, mainly concentrating on teacher-education and training, and has dedicated itself to training qualified teachers and professionals of other kind, viz., outstanding personnel of moral integrity, high thinking, inventive ability, with a sense of responsibility.

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