“Chinese authorities have taken the rare step of banning tourists from a key protection area of the renowned Mount Wuyi on the World Heritage List to better preserve the environment…” was a statement from local authorities in Fuzhou, where Mt. Wuyi, which was named a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1999, [...]
Archive for June 2nd, 2009
Tourists Banned to Preserve Ancient Forest
Posted in Archaeology, China, Chinese Archaeology, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, cultural heritage, tagged Biodiversity, Fujian, Minyue Culture, Mt. Wuyi, Neo-Confucianism, Preservation, Taoism, Tourism, UNESCO, World Heritage, Zhuxi on 02/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Glimpses from the Underwater Museum at the Three Gorges Dam
Posted in China, News Articles of Interest, cultural heritage, tagged China, Chingqing, Museum, Pictures, Three Gorges, Underwater on 02/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
On May 18, 2009, officials marked the completion of China’s first underwater museum, built in the Three Gorges Dam area in Chongqing, China.
Here are some of the photos taken from the article:
The museum is called Baiheliang Underwater Museum. Baiheliang means, in Chinese, “White Crane Ridge,” which is the name of a stone ridge on the [...]
