China is an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia. China has the longest continuous history of any country in the world. Prior to the 19th century, it possessed one of the most advanced societies and economies in the world but missed the industrial revolution and began to decline. China was the source of many major inventions. It has one of the world’s oldest written languages.
According to Wikipedia, China ranges from mostly plateaus and mountains in the west to lower lands in the east. In the east, along the shores of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea there are extensive and densely populated alluvial plains. On the edges of the Inner Mongolian plateau in the north, there are grasslands. Southern China is dominated by hills and low mountain ranges. In the central-east are the deltas of China’s two major rivers, the Huang He and Yangtze River.
I love to see beautiful landscapes. I have never visited China but if you have been to any of these locations please tell my readers about your experience. Click on the images for a larger photograph or follow the photo credit links.
Mountains of the Yangtze River Gorge Yunnan China
Photo Credit: Peter Morgan
Dazhai Terrace China
Photo Credit: randomix
Guangzhou Moon China
Photo Credit: shenxy
Simatai Great Wall China
Photo Credit: Mary Helen McNally
Qingyuan Guangdong China
Photo Credit: shenxy
Kunming China
Photo Credit: Steve Evans
Larima Xinlong Sichuan China
Photo Credit: George Lu
Huangshan China
Photo Credit: Chi King
Kuerdening Valley Yili Xinjiang China
Photo Credit: George Lu
Kawagebo Meili Yunnan China
Photo Credit: Fon Zhou
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